RN Comprehensive Predictor® 2013
Form A Web Topic Descriptors (2013 NCLEX-RN® Test Plan)
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BASIC CARE AND COMFORT (13)
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Renal Disorders: Interventions for Chronic
Renal Failure
Pain Management: Nonpharmacologic
Relaxation Techniques
Nasogastric Intubation and Enteral Feedings:
Confirming Placement of a Nasogastric
Feeding Tube in the Jejunum
Urinary Elimination: Performing Closed
Intermittent Irrigation
Guidelines for Healthy Eating:
Recommendations for a Low-Fat Diet
Gastrointestinal Disorders: Priority
Assessment Data for Weight Loss
Renal Disorders: Prevention of Uric
Acid Stones
Gastrointestinal Therapeutic Procedures:
Evaluating a Client’s Understanding of Diet
Eating Disorders: Expected Findings for
Anorexia Nervosa
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:
Nutritional Planning
Eating Disorders: Prevention of
Refeeding Syndrome
Cardiovascular and Hematologic Disorders:
Nutritional Recommendations for
Heart Failure
Parkinson’s Disease: Client Safety
HEALTH PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE (14)
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Guidelines for Healthy Eating: Sources
of Nutrition
Fetal Assessment During Labor: Early
Decelerations
Sources of Nutrition: Dietary Causes of
Constipation
Nursing Care and Discharge Teaching: Care
of Circumcision
Nutrition Across the Lifespan: Adolescent
Nutritional Needs
HEALTH PROMOTION AND
MAINTENANCE (continued)
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Practice Settings and Aggregates: Risk Factors
Linked to Ethnicity
Infections of the Renal and Urinary System:
Urinary Tract Infection
Data Collection and General Survey: Expected
Findings During a Focused Assessment
Guidelines for Healthy Eating:
Understanding Nutritional Food Labels
Newborn Nutrition: Teaching a Client who
has Hepatitis C About Breastfeeding
Assessment of Fetal Well-Being: Screening
Tests at 16 Weeks of Gestation
Health Promotion of Toddlers (1 to 3 Years):
Developmental Tasks for 24 Months
Nutrition During Pregnancy: Preventing
Neural Tube Defects
Contraception: Contraindications of
Combination Oral Contraceptives
MANAGEMENT OF CARE (30)
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Managing Client Care: Appropriate
Communication
Nursing Process: Family Concerns
Professional Responsibilities: Confidentiality
and Information Security
Managing Client Care: Time Management
Managing Client Care: Appropriate Task for
Assistive Personnel
Managing Client Care: Prioritizing Care for
Multiple Clients
Fractures: Evaluating Actions of
Assistive Personnel
Professional Responsibilities: Ethical
Considerations Following a Medication Error
Managing Client Care: Reassigning
Delegated Tasks
Managing Client Care: Prioritizing Care After
Report on Multiple Clients
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RN Comprehensive Predictor® 2013
Form A Web Topic Descriptors (2013 NCLEX-RN® Test Plan)
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MANAGEMENT OF CARE (continued)
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Managing Client Care: Identifying Highest
Priority Findings to Report
Psychotic Disorders: Prioritizing Care for a
Client who has Hallucinations
Managing Client Care: Prioritizing Care
of Clients
Emergency Nursing Principles and
Management: Reporting Priority Findings
Hematologic Disorders: Sickle Cell Crisis
Managing Client Care: Providing
Cost‑Effective Care
Managing Client Care: Organizing Workload
to Manage Time Effectively
Professional Responsibilities: Reporting
Client Abuse
Coordinating Client Care: Coordinating Care
Following Report
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND
PARENTERAL THERAPIES (23)
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Managing Client Care: Prioritization of
Client Care
Endocrine Disorders: Diabetes Insipidus
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Legal Responsibilities: Nursing Role in
Informed Consent
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Health Care Delivery Systems: Referral to
Respite Care
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Legal Responsibilities: Clients’ Right to Privacy
Legal and Ethical Issues: Right to
Refuse Treatment
Managing Client Care: Delegating Tasks to
an AP
Postpartum Physiological Adaptations:
Medication Administration
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Ethical Responsibilities: Advocacy When
Discussing Client Care
Medications for Psychotic Disorders:
Long‑Term Adverse Effects
Antilipemic Agents: Medication Interactions
Coordinating Client Care: Appropriate Action
When a Client Leaves Against Medical Advice
The Interprofessional Team: Referral for
Swallowing Difficulties
Miscellaneous Pain Medications: Evaluating
the Effectiveness of Allopurinol (Zyloprim)
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Managing Client Care: Delegating Tasks to
Assistive Personnel on a Pediatric Unit
Managing Client Care: Effective Negotiation
Strategies
Endocrine Disorders: Therapeutic Effects
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Opioid Agonists and Antagonists: Teaching
Client About Use of PCA Pump
Dosage Calculation: IV Bolus Heparin
Medications Affecting Urinary Output:
Evaluating Client Understanding of
Furosemide (Lasix)
Opioid Agonists and Antagonists:
Evaluating Client Understanding of
Methadone (Dolophine)
Medications for Depressive Disorders:
Dietary Teaching
Endocrine Disorders: Client Teaching
Medications for Psychotic Disorders:
Findings to Report
Medications Affecting Blood Pressure:
Client Teaching
Acute and Chronic Gastritis: Preventing
Total Gastrectomy
Medications Affecting Blood Pressure:
Adverse Effects
Cardiac Glycosides and Heart Failure:
Adverse Effects
Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Therapeutic
Procedures: Care for a Client with an
Implanted Venous Port
Antibiotics Affecting the Bacterial Cell Wall:
Preventing Complications
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RN Comprehensive Predictor® 2013
Form A Web Topic Descriptors (2013 NCLEX-RN® Test Plan)
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PHARMACOLOGICAL AND
PARENTERAL THERAPIES (continued)
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Medications for Bipolar Disorders:
Monitoring Laboratory Values
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Immunizations: Contraindication to
MMR Immunization
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Diabetes Mellitus: Client Teaching
Postpartum Disorders: Contraindications of
Medications Post-Labor
PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION (21)
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PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION (continued)
Cardiovascular Disorders: Monitoring
Laboratory Values
Nursing Process: Assess the Needs of a Client
who has a Nasogastric (NG) Tube
Communicable Diseases: Infectious
Mononucleosis
Acute Infectious Gastrointestinal Disorders:
Evaluating Effectiveness of Dehydration
Interventions
Head Injury: Interventions for Increased
Intracranial Pressure
Bowel Elimination: Ostomy Care
Electrocardiography and Dysrhythmia
Monitoring: Purpose of Telemetry
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Fluid Imbalances: Clinical Manifestations
of Hypervolemia
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Seizures and Epilepsy: Treatment for
Status Epilepticus
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Cancer Treatment Options: Treating
Xerostomia Following Radiation
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Seizures and Epilepsy: Planning Seizure
Precautions
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Thorax, Heart, and Abdomen: Assessing
Heart Sounds
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Peripheral Vascular Diseases: Expected
Finding of Peripheral Arterial Disease
Disorders of the Male Reproductive System:
Assessment Following TURP
Prenatal Care: Interventions for Urinary
Frequency During Pregnancy
Infections: Planning Care for a Client who
has HSV 2
Diabetes Mellitus Management: Foot Care
Complications Related to the Labor Process:
Planning Interventions for Magnesium
Sulfate Toxicity
PSYCHOSOCIAL INTEGRITY (13)
Cancer Disorders: Prioritizing Client Care
Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis:
Discharge Teaching
Electrolyte Imbalances: Interpretation of
Laboratory Findings
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Substance Use and Addictive Disorders:
Planning Care for Client who has Alcohol
Withdrawal Syndrome
Effective Communication: Appropriate
Response
Cognitive Disorders: Nursing Interventions
for Dementia
Substance Use and Addictive Disorders:
Clinical Findings
Effective Communication: Response to the
Grieving Client
Care of Those Who are Dying and/or
Grieving: Grief Process
Assessment and Management of
Newborn Complications: Indications of
Methadone (Methadose) Withdrawal
Sexual Assault: Priority Intervention
Effective Communication: Responding to a
Client’s Statement
Effective Communication: Use of Therapeutic
Communication With an Adolescent
Baby-Friendly Care: Sibling Bonding
Psychotic Disorders: Communicating With a
Client who is Hallucinating
Psychotic Disorders: Assessment Findings
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REDUCTION OF RISK POTENTIAL (18)
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Diabetes Mellitus Management: Clinical
Manifestations of Hyperglycemia
Pressure Ulcers, Wounds, and Wound
Management: Preventing Delays in Healing
SAFETY AND INFECTION CONTROL (18)
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Vital Signs: Calculating Pulse Pressure
Sedative-Hypnotics: Complications During
IV Conscious Sedation
Cancer Treatment Options: Sealed
Radiation Implants
Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Therapeutic
Procedures: Cardiac Catheterization
Priority Finding
Arthroplasty: Postoperative Care Following
Total Hip Arthroplasty
Gastrointestinal Structural and Inflammatory
Disorders: Cleft Palate Postoperative Care
Electrolyte Imbalances: Analyzing
Preadmission Results
Angina and Myocardial Infarction: Plan of
Care for Thrombolytic Therapy
Anemias: Diagnostic Test for
Pernicious Anemia
Diabetes Mellitus Management: Glycosylated
Hemoglobin Blood Test
Intravenous Therapy: Peripheral
Catheter Insertion
Tuberculosis: Identifying a Positive Result of
a Mantoux Skin Test
Respiratory Diagnostic Procedures: Findings
Following Thoracentesis
Medical Conditions: Caring for a Client who
has Preeclampsia
Head and Neck: Assessing Cranial Nerve XI
Assessment of Fetal Well-Being: Client
Teaching About Amniocentesis
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Client Safety: Correct Use of a
Fire Extinguisher
Acute and Infectious Respiratory Illnesses:
Transmission Precautions for Respiratory
Syncytial Virus
Cognitive Disorders: Use of Restraints
Facility Protocols: Clinical Manifestation
of Smallpox
Meningitis: Appropriate Actions for
Bacterial Meningitis
Medical and Surgical Asepsis: Protecting
Clients who have Latex Sensitivities
Client Safety: Priority Action for an
Electrical Hazard
Legal and Ethical Issues: Appropriate Nursing
Action when Caring for a Client in Seclusion
Enuresis and Urinary Tract Infections:
Obtaining Urine Culture
Communicable Diseases: Understanding
Transmission of Varicella
Communicable Diseases, Disasters, and
Bioterrorism: Nursing Intervention for a
Client who has Lyme Disease
Seizures: Nursing Interventions for an
Adolescent who has Hyperthermia
Skin Infections and Infestations: Teaching
About Pediculosis Capitis
Client Safety: Assigning a Client to a Room
Home Safety: Needle Disposal in
Home Settings
Cancer Treatment Options: Caring for a
Client who has a Radiation Implant
Ergonomic Principles: Evaluating
Lifting Techniques
Fractures and Immobilization Devices:
Interventions for Sprain
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