Good Thinking: Test Taking and Study Skills for Nursing Students

This exciting textbook can be used by nursing students at all levels of their educational program. Each author has over 20 years of experience working with nursing students preparing for exams. They have published extensively in this area. This book includes information on: * Study Skills * Test-taking skills specific for nursing exams and NCLEXr. * Specific cognitive and behavioral methods for decreasing test anxiety. * Nurse's cognitive assessment model to understand the effects of negative thinking on test performance. * Metacognitive techniques to enhance preparation for the NCLEXr and other nursing exams. * Reasoning exercises to enhance problem solving skills. * Sample questions to prepare for the alternative item format questions on the NCLEXr. * Over 1,000 sample practice test questions with extensive rationales for both correct and incorrect answers.