Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing - Pageburst E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)
By- Signe Hill, RN, BSN, MA, Formerly Instructor, Practical Nursing Program, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Green Bay, WI
- Helen Howlett, RN, BSN, MS, Formerly Instructor, Practical Nursing Program, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Green Bay, WI
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Using an engaging, interactive, 1-2-3 approach, this text helps you develop problem-solving skills that will be useful throughout your nursing career. Active participation and application of critical thinking are utilized through questions, quizzes, and self-assessments to provide you with practical and efficient aids to learning. You will also discover learning strategies, tips on taking the NCLEX-PN®, guidance on the job search, and an in-depth discussion of supervision, delegation, assignment of tasks, and the distinctions among them. An LPN Threads Series title.
Book, 544 Pages
Published: January 2009
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4557-3602-7
Contents
- UNIT ONE: PASSING THE NCLEX-PN®
Chapter1 The Adult Learner and the Practical/Vocational Nursing Program
Chapter 2 Developing a Successful Learning Style
Chapter 3 Time Management: Using a Limited Resource Wisely
Chapter 4 Methods and Skills Used in Learning
Chapter 5 Learning During School, for the NCLEX-PN®, and Beyond
Chapter 6 Critical Thinking and Patient Care
UNIT TWO: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR YOUR CAREER
Chapter 7 How Practical/Vocational Nursing Evolved
Chapter 8 Nursing Process: Your Role
Chapter 9 Straightforward Communication
Chapter10 Personal Health Promotion
UNIT THREE: PATIENTS AND CO-WORKERS
CHAPTER 11 THE HEALTH CARE TEAM
CHAPTER 12 CULTURAL UNIQUENESS, SENSITIVITY, AND COMPETENCE
Chapter 13 Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Caring, and Religious Differences
UNIT FOUR: LEADING AND MANAGING OTHERS
Chapter 14 Assertiveness: Your Responsibility
Chapter 15 Leadership Skills
Chapter 16 LPN/LVN Charge Nurse Skills: Management, Including Assignment and Delegation
UNIT 5: HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT: BASIC ELEMENTS
Chapter 17 Health Care Settings
Chapter 18 Health Care System: Financing, Issues, and Trends
Chapter 19 Ethics Applied to Nursing
Chapter 20 Nursing and the Law
UNIT 6: END AND A NEW BEGINNING
Chapter 21 Finding a Job
Chapter 22 The NCLEX-PN® Examination
Chapter 23 How to Make Your Career Grow
Appendix A: State Boards of Nursing
Appendix B: NAPNES Standards of Practice and Educational Competencies of Graduates of Practical/Vocational Nursing Programs
Appendix C: NFLPN Nursing Practice Standards for the Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse
Appendix D: Learning Exercises for the Organizationally Challenged
Appendix E: Internet Resources
Appendix F: The Howlett Style of Nursing Leadership
Appendix G: Delegation: Concepts and Decision-Making Process (NCSBN) Grow
