Contents

The first half of this book builds the reasoning frames you will use on every question. The second half applies those frames to a one-page map of each domain. The last twenty pages are practice with full rationales and a plan for the final weeks.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK · 1–8

• 1 Cover · 2 Imprint and disclaimers · 3 Contents · 4 The three-pass method
• 5 The legend · 6 NCLEX-RN in one page · 7 The Client Needs map · 8 Your companion library

HOW TO THINK · 9–22

• 9 The clinical judgment loop · 10 Recognize cues · 11 Analyze cues · 12 Prioritize hypotheses
• 13 Generate solutions and take action · 14 Evaluate outcomes
• 15 The five prioritization lenses · 16 ABCs versus Maslow · 17 Expected versus unexpected
• 18 Which patient do you see first · 19 Delegation, the five rights · 20 Delegation, assignment, supervision
• 21 Therapeutic communication, six always-right moves · 22 Reading the stem

HOW TO KEEP THEM SAFE · 23–29

• 23–24 Medication safety map · 25–27 Infection control and precautions
• 28 Falls, restraints, and least restrictive care · 29 Triage and disaster

WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN · 30–39

• 30 How to read a value · 31–33 The lab master cards · 34–37 Fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base maps
• 38–39 The four formulas

THE SYSTEMS MAP · 40–59

• 40–59 One page per system, one page per high-frequency condition, ending with professional and legal practice on 59

PRACTICE AND PLAN · 60–80

• 60–75 Three unfolding cases and three question sets · 76 Diagnostic scorecard
• 77 Six-week plan · 78 Two-week plan · 79 Test day · 80 The everything card

Margin noteif you only get one pass, do the thinking pages first.

TakeawayThis is six sections, not eighty pages. Choose a section by what you need to do next. → BOOK 01 · P4 · → BOOK 01 · P5