Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN
Hogan · 4th Edition
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN (4th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 65 chapters.
Overview
Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN (4th Edition) is organized into 9 sections mapped directly to the NCLEX-RN test plan categories, covering everything from safe and effective care environment topics through the full range of physiological adaptation content. This study guide is an original, independently written companion built around that same section-by-section structure, so you review in the same order Mary Ann Hogan organizes the material and always know where a topic belongs. For every section you get a plain-English summary of the key concepts, learning objectives laid out up front, and its own exam-style practice questions with full rationales — written from scratch, not pulled from the review book's own question bank. You'll start with exam preparation and test-taking strategies, then move through management of care, safety and infection control, and health promotion topics spanning the childbearing family and lifespan development. From there you'll cover psychosocial integrity, basic care and comfort, pharmacological and parenteral therapies organized by body system, and finish with reduction of risk potential and the full range of physiological adaptation disorders. Every section is matched to how the 4th Edition organizes the material so your review stays aligned with the NCLEX-RN test plan. As you study you'll practice the applied clinical judgment reasoning the NCLEX-RN's Next Generation items test, moving fluently across all four client-needs categories, and you'll build the habit of connecting a clinical scenario to the specific test-plan category it represents, the same skill the exam itself rewards. Whether you're using this alongside the review book or as a standalone refresher, this printable companion is built to be highlighted, annotated, and kept through your whole exam prep. Original, independently written, and not affiliated with the publisher.
Aligned with the NCLEX-RN test plan's four client-needs categories — the practice questions mirror how the NCLEX-RN, including Next Generation NCLEX items, tests clinical judgment across every category.
- 1,950+ practice questions
- 65 chapters
- ~195 pages
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What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- NCLEX-RN test-taking strategies
- Management of care and legal/ethical practice
- Safety, infection control, and disaster planning
- Childbearing family and newborn care
- Lifespan growth and development
- Psychosocial integrity and mental health disorders
- Basic care and comfort
- Medication administration by body system
- Common laboratory and diagnostic tests
- Perioperative care
- Physiological adaptation and body-system disorders
- Complicated antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care
Need the textbook itself?
The review book itself, by Mary Ann Hogan (Pearson), organizes NCLEX-RN review into 9 sections mapped to the official test plan, spanning management of care through physiological adaptation.
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Chapters covered
Every chapter below is fully covered in the PDF — summary, learning objectives, key terms, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales.
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What exactly do I get?
A printable PDF study guide covering all 65 chapters of Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN (4th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
How soon will I get it?
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Does this match the 4th Edition specifically?
Yes — it's built around the 4th Edition, following its 9-section structure. If you're using an earlier edition, most core content still lines up, though the NCLEX-RN test plan and Next Generation item types are updated periodically.
Is this the same as the review book?
No — this is an original, independently written study guide built around the same review book's structure and topic order. It provides its own plain-English summaries, learning objectives, and its own exam-style practice questions with rationales; it does not reproduce the review book's own item bank and isn't affiliated with the publisher.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 4th Edition. If your class uses a different edition, chapter numbering may shift slightly, but the topics and learning objectives are usually unchanged.
Do I still need the textbook?
The study guide is a companion, not a replacement — it helps you study efficiently and review fast, but you'll still want the textbook for full depth and any assigned readings. You can buy new, rent, or find a used copy through the price links on this page.
What if it is not what I expected?
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Is this a test bank or copied from the textbook?
No. This is an original study guide written to align with Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN — summaries, objectives, and practice questions with rationales, not a reproduced publisher test bank or copied text.
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About this study guide
This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN (4th Edition) by Hogan. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by the publisher or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.