Exam Prep Materials

Surviving the NCLEX -- Care of the Adult -- Care of the Psychiatric Client -- Maternal-Neonatal Care -- Care of the Child -- Issues in Nursing -- Appendices.

"Written by leading APRN neonatal educators and clinicians, this authoritative study guide delivers all the tools neonatal nurse practitioners need to pass the National Certification Corporation (NCC) certification exam and the Continuing Competency Assessment (CCA). User friendly and concise, this review's content mirrors that of the actual exam and is structured in accordance with the most updated test plan blueprint. This resource's numerous exam-style questions and answers with rationales included in each chapter help readers uncover gaps in their knowledge. This review synthesizes the knowledge required to pass the exam, saving the reader time and effort by omitting extraneous material. In addition to spotlighting essential content throughout the text, recommended references provide the reader with the option to seek out additional information as needed. Additional benefits include important information about the exam along with savvy study and test-taking tips"--Publisher's description.

Maternal-fetal medicine -- Normal newborn care -- Asphyxia and resuscitation -- Cardiovascular function -- Respiratory function -- Genetics and dysmophism -- Nutrition -- Renal function -- Endocrinology -- Immunology -- Infectious diseases -- Gastroenterology -- Dermatology -- Hematology and oncology -- Neurology -- Development and behavior -- Pediatric surgery -- Basic principles of pharmacology -- Ethics and health services delivery -- Core knowledge in scholarly activities.

Part I. Patient assessment. History and physical diagnosis -- Urinalysis -- Measurement of GFR -- Imaging techniques -- Renal biopsy -- Part II. Acute kidney injury. Epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and diagnosis -- Management options: CRRT -- Hepatorenal syndrome -- Cardiorenal syndrome -- Medications -- Sepsis -- Rhabdomyolysis -- Tumor lysis syndrome -- Contrast-induced nephropathy -- Acute glomerulonephritis and RPGN -- Nephrotic syndrome -- Obstructive uropathy -- Nephrolithiasis -- Part III. Chronic kidney disease. Epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and staging -- Anemia in chronic kidney disease -- Renal osteodystrophy -- Cardiovascular disease -- Hyperlipidemia -- Nutrition -- Management of the patient with progressive renal failure -- Drug dosing in patients with CKD -- Part IV. Primary glomerular disorders. Minimal change disease -- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis -- Membranous nephropathy -- IgA nephropathy and Henoch Schonlein disease -- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis -- Part V. Secondary glomerular disorders. Diabetic nephropathy -- Lupus nephritis -- Dysproteinemias or light chain diseases -- Vascultides -- Thrombotic microangiopathies -- Part VI. Infection associated glomeruleonephritides. Post-infectious glomereulonephritis -- Viral hepatitis-associated glomerulonephritis -- HIV-associated renal disorders -- Part VII. Other renal parenchymal diseases. Fabry disease -- Cystic diseases of the kidneys -- Other hereditary renal disorders -- Tubulointerstitial diseases -- Urinary tract infections -- Renal neoplasias -- Part VIII. Renal diseases in special populations. Renal disease and hypertension in pregnancy -- Sickle cell nephropathy -- Renal disease in the elderly -- Part IX. Treatment options. Hemodialysis -- Home dialysis -- Peritoneal dialysis -- Therapeutic plasma exchange (plasmapheresis) -- Part X. Transplantation. Epidemiology and outcomes -- Donor and recipient evaluation -- Immunosuppression -- Rejection of the renal transplant -- Post-transplant malignancies -- Post-transplant infections -- Primary care of the renal transplant patient -- Part XI. Hypertension. Primary hypertension -- Renal parenchymal hypertension -- Renovascular disease -- Endocrine hypertension -- Other forms of secondary hypertension -- Renal diseases in African-Americans -- Resistant hypertension -- Hypertensive emergencies -- Pharmacologic treatment of hypertension -- Non-pharmacologic treatment of hypertension -- Part XII. Acid-base and electrolyte disorders. Volume disorders -- Genetic disorders of Na transport -- Hyponatremia and hypernatremia -- Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia -- Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia -- Disorders of phosphorus metabolism -- Disorders of magnesium metabolism -- Metabolic acidosis -- Metabolic alkalosis -- Part XIII. Onconephrology. -- Part XIV. Palliative care nephrology. -- Part XV. Nephrology beginnings. -- Part XVI. Nephrology trivia.

This book addresses the severe knowledge deficit in peripheral nerve amongst neurosurgeons, however this topic represents an integral part of the oral board examination. The book employs a case based approach with the highest-yield scenarios for oral boards, primarily focusing on nerve entrapments, trauma and tumors. Thanks to its question and answer format, the reader is encouraged to think about the cases and questions as if taking the real exam before they check the answers. The work also includes common pitfalls, a section on nerve examinations including video recordings, and a section on important clinical findings that should be diagnosed from the picture. The book not only serves neurosurgeons, but also plastic surgeons, orthopedists, and neurologists.

1. Introduction to evidence synthesis -- 2. The core model -- 3. Model fit, model comparison and outlier detection -- 4. Generalised linear models -- 5. Network meta-analysis within cost-effectiveness analysis -- 6. Adverse events and other sparse outcome data -- 7. Checking for inconsistency -- 8. Meta-regression for relative treatment effects -- 9. Bias adjustment methods -- 10. Network meta-analysis of survival outcomes -- 11. Multiple outcomes -- 12. Validity of network meta-analysis -- Solutions to exercises -- Appendices -- References -- Index.

Introduction and user's guide -- External morphology of the central nervous system -- Cranial nerves -- Meninges, cisterns, ventricles, and related hemorrhages -- Internal morphology of the brain in unstained slices and MRI -- Internal morphology of the spinal cord and brain: functional components, MRI, stained sections -- Internal morphology of the brain in stained sections: axial-sagittal correlations with MRI -- Tracts, pathways, and systems in anatomical and clinical orientation -- Herniation syndromes: brain and spinal discs -- Anatomical-clinical correlations: cerebral angiogram, MRA, and MRV -- Q & As: a sampling of study and review questions, many in the USMLE style, all with explained answers.

The neurological examination and diagnostic tests -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Epilepsy and seizures -- Headache and facial pain -- Traumatic and occupational injuries -- Infections -- Neoplasms -- Nutritional and metabolic disorders -- Dementia and cognitive disorders -- Movement disorders -- Disorders of myelination -- Developmental and hereditary disorders -- Neuromuscular disorders -- Toxic injuries -- Eye disease and visual disturbances -- Disturbances of hearing, balance, smell, and taste -- Spinal cord and root disease -- Peripheral neuropathy -- Neurological emergencies.

"PreTest Neurology offers a full range of Board style questions that help you succeed on your clerkship and the shelf exam. The questions are targeted and high yield and each is accompanied by a detailed answer that clearly and succinctly explains why each answer option is right or wrong. You will learn by completing the questions; the answers are robust enough to also serve as a study tool. To reflect today's neurology clerkships, you'll find the latest information in the field. We've expanded content in the following key areas: psychiatry, lesion localization and drug intoxication syndromes. To ensure all content is relevant, timely and high yield, this edition was carefully reviewed and edited by medical students who successfully mastered their clerkship"-- Provided by publisher.

The autonomic nervous system -- Behavioral neurology -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Congenital disorders including neurocutaneous disorders -- Critical care and trauma -- Dementia -- Demyelinating diseases and neuroimmunology -- Epilepsy -- Metabolic disorders -- Movement disorders -- Neuroanatomy -- Neurochemistry -- Neurogenetics -- Neuroinfectious disease -- Neurologic complications of systemic diseases -- Neuromuscular disease -- Neuro-oncology -- Neuro-ophthalmology -- Neuro-otology -- Neuropathology -- Neuropharmacology -- Neurophysiology -- Neurotoxicology -- Pain and headache -- Pediatric neurology -- Psychiatry -- Sleep disorders -- Substance abuse -- Vitamin deficiency and excess.

1,200+ Q&A's provide the ultimate review for the neurology boards.

1. Clinical neuroscience -- 2. Clinical neuroanatomy -- 3. Approach to the patient with neurologic disease -- 4. Myopathies -- 5. Neuromuscular junction diseases -- 6. Peripheral neuropathies and motor neuron diseases -- 7. Radiculopathy and degenerative spine disease -- 8. Myelopathies -- 9. Brain stem disease -- 10. Cerebellar disease -- 11. Basal ganglia disorders -- 12. movement disorders -- 13. Autonomic nervous system -- 14. Demyelinating and autoimmune diseases -- 15. Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment -- 16. Non-Alzheimer's dementias -- 17. Neuropsychiatry and behavioral neurology -- 18. Cerebrovascular disease -- 19. Neurocritical care -- 20. Neuro-oncology -- 21. Headaches -- 22. Seizures and epilepsy -- 23. Sleep disorders -- 24. Neurologic complications of systemic disease -- 25. Infectious diseases of the nervous system -- 26. Neurogenetic disorders -- 27. Pain processing and modulation -- 28. Pediatric neurology -- 29. Psychiatry in neurology -- 30. Neuro-otology -- 31. Electroencephalography -- 32. Electromyography -- 33. Neuropathology.

Neoplastic abnormalities -- Inflammatory and demyelinating conditions -- Skull, ventricles and developmental abnormalities -- Trauma -- Brain infections -- Inherited and neurodegenerative abnormalities -- Vascular abnormalities -- Manifestations of toxic, metabolic and systemic pathologies -- Spine trauma and degeneration -- Spine infection, inflammation and demyelination -- Spine neoplastic and vascular abnormalities -- Congenital and development abnormalities of the spine -- Soft tissue neck -- Nose and paranasal sinuses -- Orbit -- Sella/suprasellar lesions -- Skull base -- Temporal bone -- Noninterpretive skills.

Easy cases -- Moderately difficult cases -- Most difficult cases.

Opening round -- Fair game -- Challenge.

High-yield facts -- Gross anatomy of the brain -- Development -- Anatomical and functional properties of neurons and muscle -- The synapse -- Neurochemistry/Neurotransmitters -- The spinal cord -- The autonomic nervous system -- The brainstem and cranial nerves -- Sensory systems -- Anatomy of the forebrain -- Motor systems -- Higher functions.

"The book provides an overview of the certification exams written specifically by the certification organizations themselves. Distinctive to this book is a format of asking a question and thinking through a response with rationales. This review book is unique in "Think in Questions" format, which helps readers to anticipate the kinds of questions that might be asked and promote critical thinking throughout the exam. The content review is comprised of bite-sized sections for easier learning and memorization that includes thousands of unfolding questions, answers, and hints"-- Provided by publisher.

"Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers, 2nd Edition by Remi Nader, Abdulrahman Sabbagh, Samer Elbabaa, Hosam Al Jehani, Jaime Gasco, and Cristian Gragnaniello provides a robust study guide for the American Board Neurological Surgery and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada oral board examinations. The second edition expands on the highly successful first edition, presenting 148 cases commonly encountered by neurosurgeons in clinical practice. The cases are broadly divided into seven sections-tumor, vascular intracranial pathology, trauma, pediatric, functional, spine, and peripheral nerves. The chapters are arranged in a manner that mirrors the oral board exam. Each case includes a brief clinical scenario followed by questions on presentation, diagnosis, imaging, management, surgical detail, complications, and outcome. The presented information is backed by the latest available evidence-based references and data. Key Features: Contributions from internationally renowned neurosurgical educators Detailed answers enhance readers' knowledge and provide guidance on how to respond to questions asked in the oral board exams More than 760 high-quality images, many in full color, ensure visual understanding of key concepts Suggested readings at the end of cases offer additional study resources This is an indispensable, one-stop resource for neurosurgical residents and fellows prepping for the ABNS and Royal College oral board examinations. Neurosurgeons studying for recertification will also find this book an invaluable reference for rapid review"-- Provided by publisher.

"Surgery requires a combination of knowledge and skill acquired through years of direct observation, mentorship, and practice. The learning curve can be steep, frustrating, and intimidating for many medical students and junior residents. Too often, books and texts that attempt to translate the art of surgery are far too comprehensive for this audience and counterproductive to learning important basic skills to succeed. Neurosurgery Outlines by neurosurgeon Paul Kaloostian is the neurosurgical volume in a series of textbooks that offer a simplified roadmap to surgery. This unique resource outlines key steps for common surgeries, laying a solid foundation of basic knowledge from which trainees can easily build and expand. The text serves as starting point for learning neurosurgical techniques, with room for adding notes, details, and pearls collected during the journey. Chapters are systematically organized and formatted by subspecialty, encompassing spine, radiosurgery, brain tumors and vascular lesions, head trauma, functional neurosurgery, epilepsy, pain, and hydrocephalus. Each chapter includes symptoms and signs, surgical pathology, diagnostic modalities, differential diagnosis, treatment options, indications for surgical intervention, step-by-step procedures, pitfalls, prognosis, and references where applicable"-- Provided by publisher.

Neuroanatomy -- Neurophysiology -- Neuropathology -- Neuropharmacology -- Cranial neurosurgery -- Spine -- Peripheral nerves -- Neurology -- Neuroradiology.

Peripheral nerves -- Spine and spinal cord -- Vascular -- Oncology (brain) -- Head injury -- Pediatric neurosurgery -- Functional neurosurgery -- Other diseases -- Anatomy -- Surgical procedures -- Surgical complications -- Neurology for neurosurgeons.

Neurotrauma in Multiple Choice Questions is the FIRST review book to use the multiple-choice question format in neurosurgical trauma. Students of neurosurgery, the resident, the fellow, the younger neurosurgeon preparing for exams or practice, and even the later stage neurosurgeon are the target audience of this book. The information in this work is in accordance with the most up-to-date best practice evidence, with a style that mirrors the format adopted by the majority of local, regional, and international board examinations. The strategy and format of the questions provide a stepwise progression from definition to surgical decision-making, to a comprehensive and concise overview of neurological trauma.

"This book is written primarily for students and residents in general surgery. It is meant to serve as an introduction to the field of surgery, rather than a comprehensive review. In this edition, we have re-organized the overall structure. First and foremost, we reduced the size to fit in a lab coat pocket, so you can carry it with you for quick reference. Accordingly, we pared down some of the text to focus on the essential information. New features to this edition include "Trusted Sources," which are links to non-commercial websites and other sources of up-to-date details and practice guidelines on relevant topics. We have also aimed to create more alignment with the NMS Surgery Casebook. This involved changing the order of the chapters from the previous edition and adding "Cut to Casebook" cross-references to make it easier to find the appropriate cases to complement the textbook. We have also revised the outline of each chapter to open with highlights, called "Chapter Cuts." The key points are immediately followed by "Critical Surgical Associations," which provide triggers for medical students to remember important connections in the surgical thought process. For the tremendous work put into this edition, we thank the individual contributors. Their highquality and frequently punctual contributions have made our jobs as editors pleasant. We are also grateful to the editorial team at Wolters Kluwer for their guidance and support throughout the Process"-- Provided by publisher.

Preoperative care / Bruce E. Jarrell, Molly Buzdon, Daniel Bochicchio, Eric D. Strauch -- Postoperative care / Bruce E. Jarrell, Molly Buzdon, Eric D. Strauch -- Wound healing / Bruce E. Jarrell, Eric D. Strauch -- Thoracic and cardiothoracic disorders / Bruce E. Jarrell, Joseph S. MacLaughlin, Eric D. Strauch -- Vascular disorders / Bruce E. Jarrell, Marshall Benjamin, Eric D. Strauch -- Upper gastrointestinal tract disorders / Bruce E. Jarrell, John L. Flowers, Molly Buzdon, Eric D. Strauch -- Pancreatic and hepatic disorders / Bruce E. Jarrell, Eric D. Strauch -- Lower gastrointestinal disorders / Bruce E. Jarrell, Molly Buzdon, Daniel Bochicchio -- Endocrine disorders / Bruce E. Jarrell, W. Bradford Carter -- Skin and soft tissue disorders and hernias / Bruce E. Jarrell -- Breast disorders / Bruce E. Jarrell, Emily Bellavance, Michelle Townsend-Watts, Katherine Tkaczuk, Eric D. Strauch -- Trauma, burns, and sepsis / Bruce E. Jarrell, Thomas Scalea, Molly Buzdon -- Congenital anomalies / Clint D. Cappiello, Eric D. Strauch, Bruce E. Jarrell.

Physics and instrumentation / Kanak Amin, Frank DiFilippo, and Wael A. Jaber -- Radiopharmaceuticals and radiation safety / Kanak Amin ... [et al.] -- Nuclear cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures/protocols/artifacts / Samuel Unzek Freiman and Wael A. Jaber -- Clinical cases / Wael A. Jaber and Richard Brunken -- Cardiovascular positron emission computed tomography (PET) / Richard C. Brunken and Wael A. Jaber -- Image interpretation / Manuel D. Cerqueira -- Imaging protocols / Manuel D. Cerqueira -- Rapid-fire review / Richard C. Brunken, Manuel D. Cerqueira, and Wael A. Jaber.

Physics and instrumentation -- Radiopharmaceuticals and radiation safety -- Nuclear cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures/protocols/artifacts -- Imaging protocols -- Image interpretation -- Cardiovascular positron emission tomography (pet) -- Imaging systemic diseases -- Appropriate use criteria in nuclear cardiology -- Rapid-fire review.

This book presents a comprehensive review of nuclear cardiology principles and concepts necessary to pass the Nuclear Cardiology Technology Specialty Examination. The practice questions are similar in format and content to those found on the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) and American Registry of Radiological Technologists (ARRT) examinations, allowing test takers to maximize their chances of success. The book is organized by test sections of increasing difficulty, with over 600 multiple-choice questions covering all areas of nuclear cardiology, including radionuclides, instrumentation, radiation safety, patient care, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Detailed answers and explanations to the practice questions follow. It also includes helpful test-taking tips. Supplementary appendices include commonly used abbreviations and symbols in nuclear medicine, glossary of cardiology terms, and useful websites. Nuclear Cardiology Study Guide is a valuable reference for nuclear medicine technologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and all other imaging professionals in need of a concise review of nuclear cardiology.

1. Cardiac anatomy and physiology -- 2. Electrocardiography -- 3. Non-myocardial perfusion imaging indications and protocols -- 4. Myocardial perfusion imaging indications, protocols, and acquisition procedures -- 5. Myocardial PET -- 6. Cardiac medications and emergencies in the cardiac stress laboratory -- 7. Radiopharmaceuticals used in myocardial imaging -- 8. Basic myocardial processing techniques -- 9. Advanced processing and quantitative analysis -- 10. Interpretation, reporting, and appropriateness of studies -- 11. Quality assurance/quality control -- 12. Exercise stress testing -- 13. Pharmacologic stress agents -- 14. Using myocardial perfusion imaging for optimal patient management -- 15. Identifying image artifacts -- Mock examination -- Answers to mock examination -- Index.

"In recent years the field of nuclear medicine has witnessed an unprecedented explosion of new clinical diagnostic tracers, radionuclide therapies, hardware, and molecular imaging paradigms. This new second edition of RadCases Plus Q&A Nuclear Medicine by Daniel Appelbaum, John Miliziano, Anup Jacob Alexander, and Yong Bradley reflects these advances, presenting 100 new cases and 500 high-quality images. The book covers a wide spectrum, from classic topics, such as thyroid, bone, parathyroid, and renal scans, to the paradigm-shifting concept of "theranostics." For maximum ease of self-assessment, each case begins with the clinical presentation on the right-hand page; study that and then turn the page for imaging findings, differential diagnoses with the definitive diagnosis, essential facts, pearls and pitfalls, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Radiopharmaceuticals -- Endocrine system -- Musculoskeletal system -- Head and neck -- Nuclear cardiology -- Vascular and lymphatics -- Pulmonary system -- Gastrointestinal system -- Genitourinary system -- Pediatric nuclear medicine -- Other oncology -- Physics, artifacts, NRC, quality control and safety.

"The second edition of the Nuclear Medicine: A Core Review builds on the success of the first edition by covering the essential aspects of nuclear medicine in a manner that serves as a guide for residents to assess their knowledge and review the material in a format that is similar to the ABR core examination"-- Provided by publisher.

Radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals -- Instrumentation -- Quality control -- Radiation safety and legal requirements -- Musculoskeletal -- Cardiac -- Central nervous system -- Thyroid gland and endocrine system -- Gastrointestinal -- Genitourinary -- Infection, inflammation, and oncology -- Pulmonary -- Basics of PET -- Basics of CT physics -- Breast cancer -- Gastrointestinal -- Pulmonary -- Genitourinary -- Lymphomas -- Head and neck cancer -- Thyroid cancer -- Neuro-PET -- Miscellaneous PET/CT -- Radionuclide therapy.

This book prepares students and technologists for registry examinations in nuclear medicine technology by providing practice questions and answers with detailed explanations, as well as a mock registry exam.The questions are designed to test the basic knowledge required of nuclear medicine technologists, as well as the practical application of that knowledge.The topics covered closely follow the content specifications and the components of preparedness as published by the certification boards.This 4th edition includes expanded coverage of positron emission tomography and other new procedures and practices in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.

This book prepares students and technologists for registry examinations in nuclear medicine technology by providing practice questions and answers with detailed explanations, as well as a mock registry exam. The questions are designed to test both the basic knowledge required of nuclear medicine technologists and the practical application of that knowledge. The topics covered closely follow the content specifications and the components of preparedness as published by the certification boards. This 5th edition includes expanded coverage of positron emission tomography, multimodality imaging, and other new procedures and practices in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.

"Provides instructors with a comprehensive, in-depth guide to creating effective classroom exams. Nurse educators will learn how to craft reliable and valid assessment materials ranging from multiple-choice exams and true-false tests to matching exercises and essay responses. Hundred of sample test questions, as well as detailed scoring rubrics, serve as invaluable resources for educators preparing their students for successful careers in nursing. Additionally, the text delves into the pedagogy behind Bloom's taxonomy, how to gauge the difficulty level of questions, and how to revise questions to increase their cognitive challenge. This revised edition is an essential guide for developing questions that require students to think critically and features a chapter on NCLEX test question development"-- Provided by publisher.

Start preparing for your future - today! The new edition of this award-winning text, written by renowned NP educator and certification preparation expert Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald. A must read for anyone taking the NP certification exam. Develop critical thinking and test-taking skills for the exam and the firm knowledge-base needed for both the exam and practice. The 5th edition delivers the latest guidelines, recommendations, diagnostic and treatment protocols, and procedures -everything critical to passing the NP boards.

Nursing diagnoses : issues and controversies -- Development of nursing diagnosis -- Types and components of nursing diagnoses -- Nursing diagnosis : what it is, what it is not -- Planning care with nursing diagnosis -- Eleven steps to putting it all together with concept mapping.

Reflecting the challenges of ongoing rapid change in the nursing profession, this volume offers definitive guidance on nursing diagnosis, its role in the nursing process and its application to clinical practice.