Updated to reflect the next-generation NCLEX® Examination, including careful attention to NCLEX® examination formatting such as boldfacing key words and referencing “healthcare providers” versus “physicians”Enhanced emphasis on application-level questions and above, including an increased percentage of alternate-format questionsEmphasis on outpatient scenarios, such as those in Nurse Practitioner-run urgent care centers and other nurse-managed facilities to help introduce beginning students to advanced practice nursing rolesImproved formatting of Definition exercises including the addition of a brief instruction line to guide the student in how to complete the exercises, plus increased spacing between terms for greater clarityUNIQUE! Step-by-step approach builds student skills in critical thinking, clinical decision-making, and clinical reasoning, walking students through the author's research-based critical thinking modelMore than 100 true-to-life cases demonstrate how cases progress and complications arise, helping students develop increasingly sophisticated levels of critical thinkingEmphasis on prioritization helps students prepare for the NCLEX® Examination and for nursing practiceIntegrated NCLEX Examination review helps students apply critical thinking skills to test questions and prepares students for the state boardsIntegration of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies and the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice equips students for safe practice and interprofessional collaborationUpdated throughout to reflect the latest research and critical thinking and clinical reasoning

Updated to reflect the next-generation NCLEX® Examination, including careful attention to NCLEX® examination formatting such as boldfacing key words and referencing “healthcare providers” versus “physicians”Enhanced emphasis on application-level questions and above, including an increased percentage of alternate-format questionsEmphasis on outpatient scenarios, such as those in Nurse Practitioner-run urgent care centers and other nurse-managed facilities to help introduce beginning students to advanced practice nursing rolesImproved formatting of Definition exercises including the addition of a brief instruction line to guide the student in how to complete the exercises, plus increased spacing between terms for greater clarityUNIQUE! Step-by-step approach builds student skills in critical thinking, clinical decision-making, and clinical reasoning, walking students through the author's research-based critical thinking modelMore than 100 true-to-life cases demonstrate how cases progress and complications arise, helping students develop increasingly sophisticated levels of critical thinkingEmphasis on prioritization helps students prepare for the NCLEX® Examination and for nursing practiceIntegrated NCLEX Examination review helps students apply critical thinking skills to test questions and prepares students for the state boardsIntegration of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies and the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice equips students for safe practice and interprofessional collaborationUpdated throughout to reflect the latest research and critical thinking and clinical reasoning