Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN Examination
Silvestri, Silvestri · 9th Edition
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN Examination (9th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 70 chapters.
Overview
Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN Examination (9th Edition) is the go-to review book for practical and vocational nursing students, and this study guide is built to help you work through the whole thing at a pace you can sustain. It aligns to the book's 19 content units and 70 chapters, following Silvestri's order from exam preparation and clinical judgment, through professional standards, foundations of care, and growth and development, into maternity, pediatric, and adult body-system nursing, and finishing with mental health and complex care. For every chapter you get a plain-English summary of the key concepts, the learning objectives stated up front so you know what each content area expects of a PN candidate, and NCLEX-style practice questions with a complete rationale for every answer, because understanding why a choice is right is what carries you through the questions you have never seen before. The guide keeps the book's unit framing and pairs each disorders chapter with its medications chapter, so pharmacology always stays tied to the condition it treats and to the LPN or LVN scope of practice. You will drill fluids and electrolytes, acid-base balance, safety and infection control, and the delegating and prioritizing skills the PN exam emphasizes. Because it tracks the 9th Edition's numbering and unit structure, you can run it alongside your reading or use it as a review roadmap when you build a study schedule. Whether you are early and moving unit by unit, or close to your date and closing gaps, this printable companion is something you can highlight, annotate, and keep for your final review week. It breaks a big, comprehensive book into steady, testable pieces you can actually finish. Original, independently written, and not affiliated with the publisher.
Aligned to the NCLEX-PN test plan and the Next Generation NCLEX, with practice questions and rationales geared to the LPN/LVN scope of practice.
- 2,100+ practice questions
- 70 chapters
- ~210 pages
- Instant PDF download
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Clinical judgment and test-taking strategies
- The NCLEX-PN test plan
- Fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance
- Safety and infection control
- Medication administration and IV therapies
- Maternity and newborn nursing
- Pediatric body-system nursing
- Adult medical-surgical nursing by system
- Pharmacology paired with each disorder
- Mental health nursing
- Delegation and prioritization within LPN/LVN scope
- Care of the older client
- Complex care
Need the textbook itself?
Silvestri's Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN (Elsevier) is the leading PN licensure review, organizing the test plan into content units with thousands of practice questions and a clinical-judgment focus tailored to practical nursing.
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Chapters covered
Every chapter below is fully covered in the PDF — summary, learning objectives, key terms, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales.
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What exactly do I get?
A printable PDF study guide covering all 70 chapters of Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN Examination (9th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
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Does this match the 9th Edition specifically?
Yes — it aligns to the 9th Edition, following its 19 content units and chapter numbering for the NCLEX-PN exam.
Is this for RN or PN students?
This guide is built for PN/VN students and the NCLEX-PN exam; the content is scoped to LPN/LVN practice, including delegation and prioritization at that level.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 9th Edition. If your class uses a different edition, chapter numbering may shift slightly, but the topics and learning objectives are usually unchanged.
Do I still need the textbook?
The study guide is a companion, not a replacement — it helps you study efficiently and review fast, but you'll still want the textbook for full depth and any assigned readings. You can buy new, rent, or find a used copy through the price links on this page.
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Is this a test bank or copied from the textbook?
No. This is an original study guide written to align with Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN Examination — summaries, objectives, and practice questions with rationales, not a reproduced publisher test bank or copied text.
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About this study guide
This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN Examination (9th Edition) by Silvestri, Silvestri. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by the publisher or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.