ISBN9781416040781

I feel that this book has helped me tremendously in studying for the NCLEX. The CD is very easy to use on my pc, the questions on the cd are challenging. I specially like the "HESI HINTS" which tell you something super important that you need to know about the topic. At the end of each subject.. for example "cardio" it tells you several straight to the point questions with answers to test your knowledge of VIP material you should know about the topic. I am studying Kaplan right now, and it beats the content book that came with my kaplan book.
It is written very simple and straight to the point what you need to know. In addition, it gives you the meds of each topic, right after you read the topic. It is not like other books that you get the meds towards the end... which to me that is great! THere are no details, just what you "need to know" for the nclex boards!

this book is a must have for the nursing student. although there is a new one being released in Dec. '07, it is worth the money spent if it helps to pass the first semester of nursing. there are not many questions in the book itself, however the tips and hints alone make it worthwhile. the companion cd is where the nursing student will find questions comparable to the nclex. i will also be purchasing the newer edition when it becomes available.

I really like this book. We had to take a an exit exam for Nursing school which is provided by Hesi. I used this book along with other NCLEX programs and books and passed the Hesi the first time around!

I just took the HESI exam and this book isn't worth the price. The CD is terrible. Some of the answers the CD gives you are even wrong,our school provided a HESI review course by the HESI group and the moderator even said some of the rationales were incorrect as did my instructors, and the book itself has several typos. Buy the Kaplan book it is much better.!!!!!

Overall, this books only OK. I recently took a HESI exam and much of the content was not even covered in the book. Several diseases that the pediatric HESI tested for were completely left out of the book--quite disappointing considering that I actually knew the book's content very well. Also, the book has spelling errors and contradicts itself (e.g., lab values) from one page to the next. Instead, I recommend NSNA's NCLEX review by Alice M. Stein.