Pass Pccn! Paperback - 2015

From the publisher

From the author of the bestselling Pass CCRN! and Pass CEN!, Pass PCCN! applies Dennison's time-tested approach to the Progressive Care Nursing Certification exam and follows the latest PCCN exam test plan, with one or more chapters for each section of the exam. This all-new review book features a thorough review in narrative format for each chapter - and covers all the content you need, including the disorders unique to the PCCN, to master the PCCN exam. Learning Activities interspersed throughout the book, as well as more than 900 review questions on the companion Evolve website, are geared towards progressive care nurses and offer valuable test-taking experience.

• Closely follows the PCCN Test Plan

Text will be fully updated to follow the latest PCCN Test Plan.

Without the CCRN content and with the latest PCCN test plan, customers can more efficiently prepare for the examination.

• Outline format

The review content is presented in outline format.

Easy-to-follow outline format quickly and clearly delineates what a nurse must know to pass the PCCN exam.

• Companion Website

The Companion Website will include Learning Activities, Review Questions in study or exam-simulation mode, linked references, and more.

The 4^th edition provides a fun, interactive learning experience that is available via portable device as well as at home.

• UNIQUE!
• Interactive Learning Activities

Interactive learning activities provide fun and stimulating ways to learn critical concepts.

By using and thinking about the content in different ways, the user is able to truly understand.

• Review Questions

Over 1000 multiple-choice review questions are available online.

Users can test themselves in an examination-simulation or in study mode.

• Appendices

Appendixes include common abbreviations, laboratory values, and formulas.

Must-have information is at ready reference.

• Pharmacology boxes

Highlighted boxes in each chapter will cover pharmacology as it pertains to each body system.

Pharmacology is treated as it is on the examination-in relation to the respective body system or disorder.

• Content follows the latest PCCN test plan
to ensure you have the most current information for exam preparation.
• Companion Evolve website with more than 900 multiple-choice review questions, available in Study Mode or Exam Mode, lets you self-test online.
• UNIQUE! Learning Activities provide fun and stimulating ways to learn critical concepts, such as crossword puzzles, matching and fill-in-the-blank questions.
• Case studies, consisting of patient scenarios and associated learning activities, stimulate critical thinking and promote application of knowledge.
• Appendices include common abbreviations and acronyms, laboratory values, formulas, hemodynamic monitoring essentials, and a dysrhythmias reference (including etiology, criteria, significance, and management), so you can quickly reference important information when studying for the PCCN examination.