Preparation Books

I took the Professional test using the Pass-it book and passed easily. I tested last week using the Server Pass-it with a 900. This author does a good job giving you what is (subject wise) on the test. Two months ago I used the CCNA Pass-it. I have just purchased the Windows 2000 Infra Pass-it and will report my progress here>

I am a computer professional and I have always had problems taking any test. I ordered this book and read it from cover to cover. I scheduled the test and passed with a 900. It must have been this book that covered only the material I needed. I was so please with this author's style that I just purchased the 2000 Professional PASS-IT by the same author. If this one works out I see this same guy has just done another one on CCNA and 2000 Infastructure. Let you all know.

This is the first MCSE examination that I took. I thought the test was going to be hard. But this book only included what I needed to pass the test. Because all the filler was left out I was able to concentrate on the important stuff. Easy to read and I passed with flying colors. Wish there were more from this author.

If you don't have time to do too many multiple choice questions which are so common in many review books, then this is the book for you. It's as rapid fire as you can get! It consists of the question and right after it, the answer. Excellent for a quick review and refreshment. I highly recommend this book along with Clinical Laboratory Science Review: A Bottom Line Approach for super great study material for the certification exams. The third edition of this book is out now but Amazon doesn't seem to carry it. This edition consists of 3,000 questions. Wow, just full of the most important information in clinical laboratory science!

This book is wonderful. The set up is simple and easy to understand, yet in depth. It is an excellent review book if you are studying for the ASCP!

I use recommend this text to all of my students. Pass rate has been 100%. Outstanding.

Asks questions phrased liked questions on the NCLEX. Very helpful to prepare for the exam.

I highly recommend this book!! I passed the exam the first time with the minimum 75 questions. This book helps you learn essential test taking strategies to make the most of the nursing knowledge you have obtained. It gives you plenty of chances to practice with a test on CD-Rom and a written test, which both include very detailed rationalizations utilizing the test taking strategies. I found this book very helpful to learn where I went wrong in my thinking when I had choosen the wrong answer on those questions that have at least two options that seem correct and after practice with different questions I wasn't making the same kinds of mistakes. I recommend you practice, practice, practice using the test taking strategies included in this book!!

This book also includes relaxation techniques, which I believe are essential so that you enter the test taking scenario with the right attitude and without too much anxiety.

I have also seen on other websites that this book is recommended for those that are needing to retake the test and for foreign nurses.

The only slight downfall with this book is that it doesn't break down reviewing nursing knowledge into areas of specialty, such as pediatrics, maternity, and etc., it is varied within the test questions. I was however reviewing my nursing knowledge as I practiced the questions and read the rationalizations. If you have weaknesses in specific areas or in nursing knowledge in general, I also recommend the NCLEX-RN Review-Made Incredibly Easy book. The NCLEX-RN Review-Made Incredibly Easy book helps you to review the most basic and essential nursing information in a fun-to-read, easy-to-understand format and helps you to get in the right attitude for the test.

I loved this book!!! I am a newbie and this book is not only helping me prepare for the NCLEX but it is also helping with all of my tests at school! All my friends are asking to see it and I don't want to give it up! It is very simple and easy to understand. Buy it Buy it Buy it!

This book takes you through nephrology in and out. Reading it makes you ready for any nephrology exam. and practice.

It is highly recommended.

Adewunmi Jonathan.

The book comprehensively reviewed the important points in Nephrology. It is a great help for practice and exams as well. The authors uses easy language and simple phrases. Reviewed good. Congratualtions to every one participated in a job well done.

The book comprehensively reviewed the important points in Nephrology. It is a great help for practice and exams as well. The authors uses easy language and simple phrases. Reviewed good. Congratualtions to every one participated in a job well done.

Great book, excellent presentation and discussion of the exam. Appropriate for neurology residents or students interested in neurology

Great starter book for the neuro exam for students or even residents. Easy to read and follow; information sticks with you the way it is presented. Goes through each portion of the examination and what one can find and what it means.

a great must-have book for medical student, resident or practicing primary care physician. It is extremely helpful when you exam the patient. You may look it up for almost each uncertainty. It will be a great tool which is easily put in the lab coat. It is handy when you encounter some neurological problem.

It is in 250 pages, with margins to take and make your own notes (a feature I used and enjoyed). It is in two parts and 18 chapters. The first Neuro Presentations (coma, headache, dizzy, dementia, ataxia). The second is Neuro Disease (vascular, infectious, trauma, demyelinating, metabolic/systemic, movement, Neoplastic, epilepsy, sleep, spinal cord, neuromuscular, pain, pediatric). Each chapter has 4-7 cases. Each case is about 2-3 pages in length. Cases are very interactive and provoking; the questions are followed by the answers/explanations. The case is built in the following manner: history and exam, summarize it, localize (not all), differential diagnosis, obtain further info, narrow the differential diagnosis, management, and prognosis.
In addition, there are informative concise reviews related to the case, for example Status protocol.
I used this book during my oral board preparation, and I found it very helpful. I agree with the two previous reviewers from June 2004.

Fantastic review that helps you think in the style that is tested on the oral boards. An ample amount of cases in which to practice. Not bogged down with irrelevant details. A must-read prior to Part II boards.

Cases are organized by topic, and each has sections on presentation, exam, summary, DDX, evaluation and treatment. Very thought-provoking, and, I'm told, much like the actual process of taking the oral exam.

Don't waste your time sitting in class for another month getting ready for Step 1. Get these books, knuckle down and do ALL of them (it will take well disciplined 7-8 hours of study 6 days per week) and you will do great. That's what I did, I'm no genius, and I still scored in the 96th percentile.

This is one of the best series I have ever seen. If you are a foreign grad, you really have to know how to take these exams. This set of 5 books is a great source. I did every question and used the explanations and I did very well on the boards. A definite must have !

Don't waste your time sitting in class for another month getting ready for Step 1. Get these books, knuckle down and do ALL of them (it will take well disciplined 7-8 hours of study 6 days per week) and you will do great. That's what I did, I'm no genius, and I still scored in the 96th percentile.

The author is a great teacher and this is certainly some of her best work. I think this is a great book for nurses.

Very informative. Easy for students to use with good critical thinking exercises for students to review what the chapters have covered. I would recommend this book to any new incoming nursing student.

This textbook explains the nursing process in an easy to use entry level nursing book. It takes a student nurse from the LVN/LPN level all the way to an RN advanced practice nurse -- showing you how to use the nursing process to enhance your practice. It includes the most up-to-date NANDA approved nursing diagnosis. Once you read how to apply your assessment to implementation & evaluation, you'll take this to the clinical setting with you, along with your stethescope. Marybeth Sinclair BSN, RN Nursing Faculty

This text is a must for Orthopaedic Registrars and trainees about to sit the FRCS(Tr & Orth) / Boards examination . It is a credible alternative to the Miller textbook ; Review of Orthopaedics. For those tired of wading through longer texts it is easy to read and easily digestible. It should be a readily accessible tome in Orthopaedic Departmental libraries

This excellent tome is aimed at those sitting the boards examination or the UK FRCS(Tr & Orth). It is highly readable and concise and constitutes an excellent alternative to Miller's textbook of Orthopaedics. however it is more expensive but should be obtained in the year leading up to the examinations. Highly recommended.

This text is a must for Orthopaedic Registrars and trainees about to sit the FRCS(Tr & Orth) / Boards examination . It is a credible alternative to the Miller textbook ; Review of Orthopaedics. For hthose tired of wading throgh longer texts it is easy to read and easily digestible. It should be a readily accessible tome in Orthopaedic Departmental libraries

The Pharm Phlash cards do a good job of breaking down the drug information and giving you what is pertinent.

I am a second year nursing student, enrolled in a RN program which to say the very least is very challenging. Pharm Phlash is such a helpful tool that I use during my clinical rotations. The information is easy to read and understand. The pictures really help you remember the area of the body the drug is targeted for. Pharm Phlash is much quicker than using a traditional drug reference book. I will continue to use Pharm Phlash after I graduate. I would suggest every nursing student invest in Pharm Phlash and instructors and educational instutions should put Pharm Phlash on their "recommended book" lists. Thanks for publishing such a helpful tool!!!!!!!!

I can never look at these cards enough! They are so colorful and the pictures help identify the systems for each medication. A person can never know enough about medications. As a nurse, you are the patients advocate and it is important to know what you are giving them and what to watch for! Safety is "A" number one! Great box of cards.