Developing Clinical Judgment for Practical/Vocational Nursing Practice and NGN Readiness. Edition No. 2

Table of Contents

Part 1. Introduction to Clinical Judgment
1. Clinical Judgment: Building on the Clinical Problem-Solving Process
2. Introduction to the New NGN Item Types

Part 2. Clinical Judgment for Young and Middle-Aged Adults Experiencing Commonly Occurring Health Conditions
3. Client Conditions Affecting Perfusion
4. Client Conditions Affecting Gas Exchange
5. Client Conditions Affecting Mobility
6. Client Conditions Affecting Glucose Regulation
7. Client Conditions Affecting Elimination
8. Client Conditions Affecting Reproduction
9. Client Conditions Affecting Mood and Affect
10. Client Conditions Resulting from Ineffective Coping

Part 3. Clinical Judgment to Coordinate Care for Older Adults Experiencing Commonly Occurring Conditions
11. Client Conditions Affecting Perfusion
12. Client Conditions Affecting Gas Exchange
13. Client Conditions Affecting Mobility
14. Client Conditions Affecting Elimination
15. Client Conditions Affecting Tissue Integrity
16. Client Conditions Affecting Metabolism
17. Client Conditions Affecting Sensory-Perception
18. Client Conditions Affecting Cognition
19. Client Conditions Affecting Mood and Affect

Part 4. Clinical Judgment for Maternal-Newborn and Pediatric Clients
20. Commonly Occurring Client Conditions Affecting Intrapartum Care
21. Commonly Occurring Client Conditions Affecting Newborns
22. Commonly Occurring Client Conditions Affecting Children
23. Commonly Occurring Client Conditions Affecting Adolescents

Answer Key with Rationales for Thinking Exercises

Authors

Donna D. Ignatavicius Speaker and Curriculum Consultant for Academic Nursing Programs; Founder, Boot Camp for Nurse Educators; President, DI Associates, Inc. Littleton, Colorado, USA. Donna Ignatavicius is nationally recognized as an expert in nursing education and medical-surgical/gerontological nursing and has a wealth of experiences as a nurse educator, clinical nurse specialist, and administrator for over 40 years. Currently, she provides curriculum consultation and presentations for nursing faculty on topics such as concept-based curriculum, assessment of learning methods, and active learning strategies through her consulting company, DI Associates, Inc. Additionally, she is the primary author of numerous articles and books, including Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional Collaborative Care, 11th ed. (2024) and her new student workbooks, Developing Clinical Judgment for Professional Nursing Practice and NGN Readiness, 2nd ed. (2024) and Developing Clinical Judgment for Practical/Vocational Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN� Examination (2021). In 2007 she was inducted as a fellow into the prestigious Academy of Nursing Education (ANEF) for her national contribution to the field of nursing education. In 2016 she obtained her Certified Nurse Educator� (CNE) credential; in 2020 she obtained her Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNEcl) credential. Tami K. Little Corporate Director of Nursing, Vista College, Richardson, Texas, USA. Tami Little is the Corporate Director of Nursing at Vista College, Richardson, Texas.