What type of nursing position would most likely provide experience in the type of nursing situations upon which the NCLEX® Exam questions are based?
a. Home care nurse
b. Psychiatric staff nurse
c. Staff nurse in an ambulatory pediatric clinic
d. Staff nurse in a medical-surgical inpatient unit
D
The largest percentage of content on the test plan is based on physiologic integrity, which in-cludes basic care and comfort (6%–12%), pharmacologic and parenteral therapies (12%–18%), reduction of risk potential (9%–15%), and physiologic adaptation (11%–17%). Research also shows that the majority of new graduates begin their first job in a hospital medical-surgical en-vironment caring for adult clients.
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A) Word salad B) Clang association C) Loose association D) Ideas of reference
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