Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Success: NCLEX-Style Q&A Review
Curtis, Fegley · 5th Edition
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Success: NCLEX-Style Q&A Review (5th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 18 chapters.
Overview
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Success: NCLEX-Style Q&A Review (5th Edition) is organized into three parts moving from test-taking strategy through basic concepts and into disorder-specific management, and its 18 chapters give you a focused, test-ready sequence. This study companion is written from scratch to follow that same three-part structure, so you review in the same order Curtis and Fegley organize the material and always know where a topic belongs. For every chapter you get a plain-English summary of the key concepts, learning objectives laid out up front, and a fresh set of NCLEX-style practice questions with a full rationale for every answer — original questions written independently, not the review book's own item bank — so you get additional, complementary practice on the same content. You'll start with critical thinking and clinical judgment related to test taking, then move through basic concepts covering mental health theory, psychiatric nursing, communication, and legal and ethical considerations. Part C works disorder by disorder through stress and trauma, anxiety and OCD, depressive and bipolar disorders, substance use, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, personality disorders, somatic symptom and dissociative disorders, neurocognitive disorders, eating disorders, and children and adolescents, before finishing with clinical judgment case studies and a comprehensive final examination. Every chapter is matched to how the 5th Edition organizes the material so your review stays aligned with the same three-part progression. As you study you'll practice the therapeutic-communication and safety-prioritization reasoning psych clinicals and the NCLEX both emphasize. Whether you're using this alongside the review book or as a standalone refresher before a psych final or the NCLEX, this printable companion is built to be highlighted, annotated, and kept for the whole course. Original, independently written, and not affiliated with the publisher.
Aligned with psychiatric-mental health nursing courses and structured around NCLEX-RN content areas — the practice questions provide additional, independently written NCLEX-style review across the same content areas the review book covers.
- 540+ practice questions
- 18 chapters
- ~120 pages
- Instant PDF download
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Critical thinking and clinical judgment for test taking
- Mental health and mental illness theory
- Legal and ethical considerations in psychiatric nursing
- Stress, trauma, and stressor-related disorders
- Anxiety, OCD, and sexuality-related issues
- Depressive disorders and suicide risk
- Bipolar and related disorders
- Substance-related and addictive disorders
- Schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders
- Personality and somatic symptom disorders
- Neurocognitive and eating disorders
- Psychiatric care of children and adolescents
Need the textbook itself?
The review book itself, by Cathy Melfi Curtis and Audra Baker Fegley (F.A. Davis), organizes psychiatric-mental health NCLEX preparation into three parts moving from test-taking strategy through disorder-specific management.
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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 18 chapters of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Success: NCLEX-Style Q&A Review (5th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
How soon will I get it?
Instantly. A download link appears on screen and lands in your inbox the moment your payment clears.
Does this match the 5th Edition specifically?
Yes — it's built around the 5th Edition, following its three-part, 18-chapter structure. If you're using an earlier edition, most content areas still line up.
Is this the same as the review book?
No — it's an original, independently written study companion that reviews the same content areas in the same order, with plain-English summaries, learning objectives, and its own original NCLEX-style practice questions and rationales. It does not reproduce the review book's questions or content and isn't affiliated with the publisher.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 5th 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 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Success: NCLEX-Style Q&A Review — 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 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Success: NCLEX-Style Q&A Review (5th Edition) by Curtis, Fegley. 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.