About the Author

Sandra F. Smith received her BS/RN degree from Skidmore College and her masters degrees in public health and psychiatric nursing from the University of California, San Francisco. She's held teaching positions at UC San Francisco and San Jose State University. Mrs. Smith attended the School of Education at Stanford University where she is a doctoral candidate.

In 1976, Sandra Smith co-founded National Nursing Review to conduct review courses and publish test preparation books for RN licensure candidates. She is the author of five review texts for RN and PN candidates and co-author of three nursing skills textbooks for undergraduate programs. Her current skills books are Clinical Nursing Skills, now in its seventh edition, and the Photo Guide to Nursing Skills , published in late 2001.  

She directed the highly effective Sandra Smith Review Courses that were conducted for RN licensure candidates throughout the US from 1976 to 1996. Many of her review course faculty have been active contributors and editorial advisors to her review books. Mrs. Smith has also formulated the RN and PN software programs and the PN assessment test published by National Nursing Review.

Jones & Bartlett, located in Sudbury MA, publishes and markets the Sandra Smith review books. Prentice Hall Nursing publishes her skills textbooks. 

For further information:  

NCLEX RN Book - NCLEX PN Book