NCLEX-RN Exam Cram

Wilda Rinehart Gardner received an Associate Degree in Nursing from Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville, Mississippi. After working as a staff nurse and charge nurse, she became a public health nurse and served in that capacity for a number of years. In 1975, she received her nurse practitioner certification in the area of obstetrics-gynecology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1979, she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Mississippi University for Women. In 1980, she completed her Master of Science degree in Nursing from the same university and accepted a faculty position at Northeast Mississippi Community College, where she taught medical-surgical nursing and maternal-newborn nursing. In 1982, she founded Rinehart and Associates Nursing Consultants. For the past 26 years, she and her associates have worked with nursing graduates and schools of nursing to assist graduates to pass the National Council Licensure Exam for Nursing. She has also worked as a curriculum consultant with faculty to improve test construction. Ms. Rinehart has served as a convention speaker throughout the southeastern United States and as a reviewer of medical-surgical and obstetric texts. She has co-authored materials used in seminars presented by Rinehart and Associates Nursing Review. Dr. Diann Sloan received an Associate Degree in Nursing from Northeast Mississippi Community College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Mississippi, and a Master of Science degree in Nursing from Mississippi University for Women. In addition to her nursing degrees, she holds a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Georgia State University and a Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education, with minors in both Psychology and Educational Psychology, from Mississippi State University. She has completed additional graduate studies in healthcare administration at Western New England College and the University of Mississippi. Dr. Sloan has taught pediatric nursing, psychiatric mental health nursing, and medical-surgical nursing in both associate degree and baccalaureate nursing programs. Clara Hurd received an Associate Degree in Nursing from Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville, Mississippi (1975). Her experiences in nursing are clinically based, having served as a staff nurse in medical-surgical nursing. She has worked as an oncology, intensive care, orthopedic, neurological, and pediatric nurse. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama, and her Master of Science degree in Nursing from the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi. She currently serves as a nurse educator consultant and an independent contractor. Ms. Hurd has taught in both associate degree and baccalaureate degree nursing programs. She was a faculty member of Mississippi University for Women; Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee; Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee; and Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ms. Hurd joined Rinehart and Associates in 1993. She has worked with students in preparing for the National Council Licensure Exam and with faculty as a consultant in writing test items.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Preparing for the National Council Exam for Registered Nurses
Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Pharmacology
Chapter 3: Caring for the Client with Disorders of the Respiratory System
Chapter 4: Caring for the Client with Disorders of the Genitourinary System
Chapter 5: Caring for the Client with Disorders of the Hematopoietic System
Chapter 6: Caring for the Client with Disorders of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance and Acid/Base Balance
Chapter 7: Caring for the Client with Burns
Chapter 8: Caring for the Client with Sensorineural Disorders
Chapter 9: Caring for the Client with Cancer
Chapter 10: Caring for the Client with Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System
Chapter 11: Caring for the Client with Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 12: Caring for the Client with Disorders of the Endocrine System
Chapter 13: Caring for the Client with Disorders of the Cardiovascular System
Chapter 14: Caring for the Client with Disorders of the Neurological System
Chapter 15: Caring for the Client with Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 16: Caring for the Maternal/Infant Client.
Chapter 17: Caring for the Pediatric Client