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TABLE OF CONTENTS NCLEX TEST RESOURCES................................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION TO THIS GUIDE .................... ............................................................................... 5 TESTING AND ANALYSIS................................................................................................................. 7 INTRODUCTION TO THE NCLEX................................................................................................... 9 THE NCLEX SCORING SCALE........................................................................................................ 10 GENERAL STRATEGIES.................................................................................................................... 11 STRATEGY 1: UNDERSTANDING THE INTIMIDATION ........................................................................... 11 STRATEGY 2: FINDING YOUR OPTIMAL PACE ..................................................................................... 13 STRATEGY 3: DON’T BE A PERFECTIONIST .......................................................................................... 15 STRATEGY 4: FACTUALLY CORRECT, BUT ACTUALLY WRONG............................................................ 16 STRATEGY 5: EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION......................................................................................... 16 STRATEGY 6: AVOIDING DEFINITES..................................................................................................... 18 STRATEGY 7: USING COMMON SENSE................................................................................................. 18 STRATEGY 8: INSTINCTS ARE RIGHT ................................................................................................... 19 STRATEGY 9: NO FEAR.......................................................................................................................... 19 STRATEGY 10: DON’T GET THROWN OFF BY NEW INFORMATION .................................................... 20 STRATEGY 11: NARROWING THE SEARCH........................................................................................... 20 STRATEGY 12: YOU’RE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EINSTEIN.................................................................... 21 RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS....................................................................................................... 21 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM................................................................................................................... 35 COURSE OF CIRCULATION...................................................................................................................... 36 THE HEART.............................................................................................................................................. 37 CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS............................................................................................................ 40 ARRHYTHMIAS REVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 53 CARDIAC FAILURE REVIEW......................................................................................................... 55 ENDOCRINE REVIEW....................................................................................................................... 57 MICROBIOLOGY REVIEW .............................................................................................................. 68 2 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. 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CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIA TYPES............................................................................................... 68 IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES................................................................................................................. 74 CYTOKINES REVIEW ............................................................................................................................... 74 PHARMACOLOGY ................................................................................................................................ 78 MEASUREMENT EQUIVALENTS................................................................................................... 87 DRUG DISTRIBUTION...................................................................................................................... 90 BIOTRANSFORMATION OF DRUGS .......................................................................................... 93 DRUG ELIMINATION................................................................................................................................ 94 GENERAL PHARMACOKINETICS REVIEW............................................................................. 96 PHARMACODYNAMIC TERMS................................................................................................................... 98 AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM RECEPTORS........................................................................................ 98 SPECIFIC PEDIATRIC CONDITIONS ....................................................................................... 99 TUMOR REVIEW................................................................................................................................ 108 GI REVIEW........................................................................................................................................... 110 EYE, EAR, AND MOUTH REVIEW.............................................................................................. 118 DISORDERS OF THE EYE ...................................................................................................................... 118 DISORDERS OF THE MOUTH ................................................................................................................ 121 DISORDERS OF THE EAR...................................................................................................................... 123 OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 125 DERMATOLOGY REVIEW.............................................................................................................. 133 AXIAL SKELETON ............................................................................................................................. 139 APPENDICULAR SKELETON........................................................................................................ 140 MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS......................................................................................... 146 SAMPLE QUESTIONS...................................................................................................................... 155 ANSWER KEY ...................................................................................................................................... 175 3 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. All rights reserved. VALUABLE NCLEX RESOURCE LINKS .................................................................................... 182 SPECIAL REPORT– QUICK REFERENCE LESION REVIEW ......................................... 183 SPECIAL REPORT- HIGH FREQUENCY TERMS.................................................................. 186 DEFINITION OF ROOT WORDS ................................................................................................ 192 PREFIXES.............................................................................................................................................. 196 SUFFIXES. [Show More]

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