Mosby's Comprehensive Review of Nursing for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

I am very like this book, because this book very organizes the professional knowledge. The contact of the book that it puts the four exam subjects in order, such as medical-surgical, pediatric, Psychological and Mothers’ care. When you read through one topic, after that in the end of this topic has exam question to refresh your brain, so you would not forget all the key point to take your exam. Wow…and it is very important to read the exam strategy and skills first.

Very good. As expected. Came with good study CD that was similar to HESI EXIT. Has tons of very good questions and then the explanations! Highly recommend. Wasn’t a requirement. But I bought it to help with weekly exams in all of my classes. Very pleased. Helped me pass my classes!

This book is such a great resource for nursing school!! I use it all the time, especially when reviewing for exams. I have not had a chance to use the software yet, but I plan to before my boards. I recommend this book for anybody in nursing school, especially if you are struggling in Mental Health or Maternal Health. It has all the info you need!

This book is a good reference for studying nclex questions even for nursing questions that you want to go over while in nursing school. You will still need your book to go back and refer when you want detailed information with topics your not sure. Their are Lots of questions you can use and I like how the chapters are summarized neatly with colorful pictures inside, very helpful for a visual learner like me.

I highly recommend this book for nursing students. I use this book more than my text book required by my class. I love how many questions it offers in the book as well as on the CD. It has certainly saved me when it comes to taking my tests. Worth the money!!!

This book came in handy for my exit exam from nursing school. It had a great variety of high level questions that really pushed your thinking. I even use it at my job now. It has everything in it I need to know to refresh my knowledge on specific diseases/disorders and how to treat them as a nurse.

I used the Mosby book, the Mosby cards, and the Saunders book during my nursing education and lead up to the NCLEX. I found that the cards were by far my favorite for my NCLEX review as the books were too big and had a good deal of information I did not need to review.However, the books were invaluable for my class exams. I could focus on the topics necessary without the fluff that a regular textbook can sometimes add. In addition as one of my early professors noted, professors get the test questions from somewhere. Usually it’s either from the textbook, which is obvious after the first test, or from an NCLEX review test bank. I often recognized questions from the books or the accompanying CDs on my exams.Despite both books being helpful, I would advise against purchasing both for two reasons. First, the information is the same. The onset of action of insulins is the same regardless of who wrote/edited a book. It becomes a preference for how the information is presented. I personally liked the Mosby book layout better. Second, both Mosby and Saunders are published by Elsevier. The CD test banks with each book had similar layouts, and I recognized identical questions between the two. But there are key differences between the two program layouts.The Mosby CD starts with a choice of mode – study, quiz, exam or audio key points. The study mode gives instant feedback and rationales after you submit an answer. Quiz mode allows the user to select areas of concentration and select the number of questions; feedback is provided upon submission of all questions. The exam mode is one of two 265-question comprehensive exams with feedback provided upon completion. Audio key points are lectures summarizing endocrine disorders, fluid and electrolyte balance, impaired skin, infection, neoplastic disorders, neurological system disorders, pain, perioperative care, and teaching and learning. I did not listen to them. Selecting study or exam mode then gives a choice of clinical area (foundations of nursing practice; medical-surgical nursing; mental health nursing; childbearing and women’s health nursing; and child health nursing). Then the user can select categories of client needs, cognitive level, nursing process, and integrated process. The category really only allows the user to select smaller subcategories. If you select all the subcategories, each category has the same number of questions within a clinical area so if you pick a single category and answer all the subcategory questions, you’ll answer all the questions in that clinical area. My biggest problem with the Mosby CD is the rationales. If you get a question wrong, it only gives you rationale on why that answer was wrong. If you want to see the rationale for the correct answer, you need to go back one question, then go forward to reset the question you want, and select the correct answer. This is only possible to do in study mode. Too bad if you’re in quiz or exam mode. Alternate question formats are randomly strewn throughout the question bank.The Saunders CD starts with a choice of assessment, study, quiz, exam or audio review modes. Assessment mode is a 75-question practice test to help the user determine what to concentrate on. I didn’t use this because I knew what I needed to work on. The study mode gives instant feedback and rationales after you submit an answer. Quiz mode allows the user to answer 10-questions in a select area of concentration; feedback is provided upon submission of all questions. The exam mode is up to 100-questions in the selected concentrations. Audio reviews are lectures summarizing fluids and electrolytes, acid base balance or pharmacology strategies. I did not listen to them. Selecting study, quiz or exam mode then gives a choice of category (cognitive level, client needs, integrated process, content area or alternate item formats). Cognitive level, client needs, and integrated process are similar to the Mosby set up. The content area category was my favorite. You can select one or more subcategories such as “Adult Health: Cardiovascular”, “Adult Health: Renal”, “Child Health: Hematological/Oncological”, “Maternity: Intrapartum”, and “Fundamental Skills: Cultural Diversity”. Alternate Item formats offers subcategories for audio, figure/chart, fill-in-the-blank, multiple response, priority order, and video. The rationales provided reasons for the correct answers and the wrong answers despite what the user chose.Overall while I preferred the layout of the Mosby book, the Saunders book was good and the Saunders CD was superior. If I only repurchased one, it would definitely be the Saunders.

I ordered this book for my last semester of nursing school and I have yet to use it. But when I received it- it was in perfect condition and looks extremely useful for my last semester and the boards!! I have a lot of NCLEX books but this one looks very helpful. Can't wait to use it!!