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CONTENTS Contributors vii UNIT V Preface ix Health Promotion and Drug Therapy 155 18 Nutrition and Special Diets 157 UNIT I 19 Pharmacology 163 Overview of Practical/Vocational Nursing 1 1 How to Prepare for NCLEX-PN® 3 UNIT VI 2 Essential Concepts 11 Comprehensive Practice Tests 173 Practice Test One 175 UNIT II Practice Test Two 201 Medical-Surgical Nursing 17 Practice Test Three 225 3 The Cardiovascular System 19 Practice Test Four 249 4 The Hematologic System 27 Practice Test Five 275 5 The Respiratory System 33 Practice Test Six 301 6 The Neurosensory System 39 Practice Test Seven 325 7 The Gastrointestinal System 45 Practice Test Eight 351 8 The Genitourinary System 53 Appendices 379 9 The Musculoskeletal System 61 10 Appendix A Symbols and Abbreviations 380 The Endocrine System 67 11 Appendix B Metric System Equivalents 382 The Integumentary System 73 Appendix C Temperature Conversions 383 Appendix D Medical Prefixes and Suffixes 384 UNIT III Appendix E NANDA International Nursing Maternity and Pediatrics 77 Diagnoses 2009–2011 387 12 The Female Reproductive System, Maternity, and Newborns 79 13 Pediatrics 103 UNIT IV Special Populations 129 14 The Older Adult Client 131 15 The Mental Health Client 135 16 The Perioperative Client 145 17 The Client with Cancer 149 v Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning. 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Arnold, RN, BSN, MA Director VOCN Program Lenore Boris, RN, BSN, MS, JD Blinn College Bryan Campus New York State Public Employees Federation Bryan, Texas Organizer Albany, New York Gyl Ann Burkhard, RN, BSN, MS Instructor Teresa Burkhalter, RN, BS, MSN OCM BOCES Nursing Faculty Syracuse, New York Technical College of the Lowcountry Beaufort, South Carolina Teresa Burkhalter, RN, BS, MSN Nursing Faculty Judy Draper, GNP, BC Technical College of the Lowcountry Nurse Practitioner Beaufort, South Carolina LIFE (Living Independently For Elders) School of Nursing Esther Gonzales, RN, MSN, MSEd. University of Pennsylvania Del Mar College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Corpus Christi, Texas Judith M. Hall, RNC, MSN, IBCLC, ICCE, Bonnie Grusk, RN, MSN FACCE Continuing Education Coordinator for Health Lactation Consultant and Childbirth Educator Professions Fredericksberg, Virginia Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby, Illinois Lieutenant Matthew P. McMahon, RN, BSN Nurse Corps, United States Navy Sheila Guidry, RN, LPN, BSN, DSN, PhD. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Wallace Community College Washington, D.C. Dothan, Alabama Carol Nelson, RN, BSN, MSN Carol Nelson, RN, BSN, MSN Spokane Community College Spokane Community College Spokane, Washington Spokane, Washington Marguerite Barondeau Washnok, APRN, MS, Linda Walline DNP Associate Dean of Instruction Associate Professor Central Community College Presentation College Grand Island, Nebraska Aberdeen, South Dakota REVIEWERS Terry Ardoin, RN, CCM Louisiana Technical College Charles B. Coreil Campus Ville Platte, Louisiana vii Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. 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