Best Med Surg Review books

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Hi, what can you suggest as the best or if not the best a good review book for the Med-Surg Certification exam. What are the questions like? Is it similar with the nclex? I highly appreciate if you can share your points.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

much of this information can be found online

• http://www.nursecredentialing.org/default.aspx
  
  • http://www.nursecredentialing.org/nursespecialties/medicalsurgical.aspx - medical-surgical nurse
    
    • http://www.nursecredentialing.org/documents/certification/testcontentoutlines/medsurgnursetco.aspx - the outline of what is on the test - nursing theories are presented in the appendix of taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary, http://www.bergen.edu/faculty/cpolnyj/nursing_program_materials/eriksonhavighurst.htm - comparison of erikson's and havinghurst's developmental levels, there are weblinks to therapeutic communication tutorials on post #40 of this thread in the nursing student assistance forum https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/health-assessment-resources-techniques-forms-145091.html - health assessment resources, techniques, and forms, anatomy links are on post #45 of this thread in the in nursing student assistance forum https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/pathophysiology-p-fluid-electrolyte-resources-145201.html - pathophysiology/ a & p/ microbiology/ fluid & electrolyte resources, pharmacology information can be found on this sticky thready: https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/pharmacology-help-140434.html - pharmacology help!, i have posted the principles of teaching on this thread: https://allnurses.com/forums/3014923-post2.html, i write about the nursing process all the time and it is posted here https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/help-care-plans-286986.html and on this web site http://home.cogeco.ca/~nursingprocess/index.htm, information about all kinds of assessment is on this sticky thread in the nursing student assistance forum https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/health-assessment-resources-techniques-forms-145091.html - health assessment resources, techniques, and forms, nursing diagnoses can be found in the appendix of taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary, nursing interventions are in any nursing textbook and you will know from your practice by now. the management/leadership and legal issues/ethical issues are a bit harder to find information on.
      
    • http://test.nursecredentialing.org/medsurg-test.htm - exam sample questions
      

for review, you might consider using the saunders comprehensive review for the nclex-rn examination by linda anne silvestri. this book presents concepts in a very nice concise outline form. when i took this exam some years ago i found that knowing what my hospital policies and procedures and having been on the qa committee was a big help. having seen just about every medical disease a patient could come in with and working on a stepdown unit was also a help as there were some ekg strips of basic arrhythmias to identify on my test. http://www.12leadecg.com/intro/ does a nice job of explaining basic ekg--it is a textbook companion website.

there is a medical-surgical nurse review & resource manual that you can purchase from the ancc to prepare for this test:

http://nursingworld.org/books/anpsearchdetail.cfm?pubnum=me-ms07&thedesc=medical-surgical&disnum=10&startrow=1

hope that helps.