Elsevier Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination (SAE) -4E Paperback – January 1, 2022

The first time I took the NCLEX-RN I studied from a book that focused on test taking strategies. I took all 265 questions and failed. I was scored a "near passing" in every category. I bought this book to study from before I took the test the second time and passed the exam in 75 questions (the minimum). It is helpful to know strategies for taking the NCLEX-RN but I credit my passing to this book. The review of each body system/med category/etc. was a great refresher from all we learned in school. The practice questions at the end of each chapter, the comprehensive test at the end of the book, and the CD that accompanies the book really tested my knowledge and showed me where to focus further studying. I HIGHLY recommend this book!!

Every Nursing student NEEDS this book!! Once I started using it, my exam grades started greatly improving! If you are someone who needs to practice a lot of questions to apply your knowledge, then you will definitely benefit from this book. It is also a great review as I prepare for my boards!

I ordered a Kindle edition textbook once before to later discover a CD Rom was available with the printed version. I didn't miss it much, but the CD Rom that usually comes with this book is of substantial value. There may be a way to obtain it, but Amazon does not make that clear to consumers. I also don't know why the 2004 Kindle edition is being offered at the same price as the 2010 printed edition (which includes the CD Rom). There is no shipping charge on the printed edition because it is priced over $35. Personally, I will never buy just the Kindle edition of a large textbook again. The information is there, but visually it doesn't present well. The diagrams and figures in a textbook are designed to enhance the text. With a Kindle download, when there are drawings or charts, they are often too small to see clearly. You can only enlarge the image so much. The good thing about a Kindle download is being able to do a search within the text to find specific words. So as a quick reference tool, it is useful sometimes. It is also beneficial not having to lug a heavy textbook around. But for visual learning, it is not good. And for medical textbooks such as this, much is lost in the presentation of essential information.

Great buy

Very helpful!

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I used this book and a Kaplan book to prepare for the NCLEX. Kaplan will tell you the style of questions and how to read them, but I finished the book thinking, "I need to know content more than how to read the question." This is where Saunders came in, and it made more a bit more confident going into the NCLEX. You say to yourself, "I need to know more about hepatitis, but I don't need to know everything, just a basic understanding." This book nails the basic understanding and skips the obscure stuff for all forms of hepatitis. Even things like trach care and sanitation. I'm keeping it just for quick reference.

Through the 2 years it took me to get ready for the NCLEX this book was my constant company and almost the only study material ( except the Kaplan book, which I didn't fancy that much )I used. In a very comprehensible way it provided every information required for me as a foreign nurse who took her exam in Germany about 20 years ago to get prepared for the NCLEX exam, and last December I passed.