Success in practical/vocational nursing: from student to leader

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. INDICE: UNIT ONE: PASSING THE NCLEX-PN®Chapter1 The Adult Learner and the Practical/Vocational Nursing ProgramChapter 2 Developing a Successful LearningStyle Chapter 3 Time Management: Using a Limited Resource WiselyChapter 4 Methods and Skills Used in LearningChapter 5 Learning During School, for the NCLEX-PN®, and Beyond Chapter 6 Critical Thinking and Patient CareUNIT TWO: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR YOUR CAREERChapter 7 How Practical/Vocational Nursing EvolvedChapter 8 Nursing Process: Your Role Chapter 9 Straightforward CommunicationChapter10 Personal Health PromotionUNIT THREE: PATIENTS AND CO-WORKERSCHAPTER 11 THE HEALTH CARE TEAMCHAPTER 12 CULTURAL UNIQUENESS, SENSITIVITY, AND COMPETENCEChapter 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 DelegationUNIT 5: HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT: BASIC ELEMENTSChapter 17 Health Care SettingsChapter 18 Health Care System: Financing, Issues, and TrendsChapter 19 Ethics Applied to NursingChapter 20 Nursing andthe LawUNIT 6: END AND A NEW BEGINNINGChapter 21 Finding a JobChapter 22 The NCLEX-PN® ExaminationChapter 23 How to Make Your Career GrowAppendix A: State Boards of NursingAppendix B: NAPNES Standards of Practice and Educational Competencies of Graduates of Practical/Vocational Nursing ProgramsAppendix C: NFLPN Nursing Practice Standards for the Licensed Practical/Vocational NurseAppendix D: Learning Exercises for the Organizationally ChallengedAppendix E: Internet ResourcesAppendix F: The Howlett Style of Nursing LeadershipAppendix G: Delegation: Concepts and Decision-Making Process (NCSBN) Grow

• ISBN: 978-1-4160-5659-1
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 544
• Fecha Publicación: 11/11/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés