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NEW EDITION!
Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing,
6th Edition
Signe S. Hill, RN, BSN, MA and Helen Stephens Howlett, RN, BSN, MS
October 2008 | Approx. 512 pp., illustd.
ISBN: 978-1-4160-5659-1

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For 20 years, nursing students have relied on the easy-to-follow “1-2-3” approach of this bestselling text which clearly explains what to do to be a successful LPN/LVN and exactly how to do it. It provides direct, concise, information on every aspect of practical and vocational nursing, from applying critical thinking to patient care and leadership skills to passing the NCLEX-PN® Examination.
   
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Unit One: Passing The NCLEX-PN® Examination

  1. The Adult Learner and the Practical/Vocational Nursing Program
  2. Developing a Successful Learning Style 
  3. Time Management:  Using a Limited Resource Wisely
  4. Methods and Skills Used in Learning
  5. Learning During School, for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, and Beyond
  6. Critical Thinking and Patient Care

Unit Two: Building Blocks For Your Career

  1. How Practical/Vocational Nursing Evolved
  2. Nursing Process: Your Role
  3. Straightforward Communication
  4. Personal Health Promotion

Unit Three: Patients and Co-Workers

  1. The Health Care Team
  2. Cultural Uniqueness, Sensitivity, and Competence
  3. Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Caring, and Religious Differences

Unit Four: Leading and Managing Others

  1. Assertiveness: Your Responsibility
  2. Leadership Skills
  3. LPN/LVN Charge Nurse Skills: Management, Including Assignment and Delegation

Unit Five: Health Care Environment: Basic Elements

  1. Health Care Settings
  2. Health Care System: Financing, Issues, and Trends
  3. Ethics Applied to Nursing
  4. Nursing and the Law

Unit Six: End And A New Beginning

  1. Finding a Job
  2. The NCLEX-PN® Examination
  3. How to Make Your Career Grow

Appendixes
A. State Boards of Nursing
B. NAPNES Standards of Practice and Educational Competencies of Graduates of Practical/Vocational Nursing Programs
C. NFLPN Nursing Practice Standards for the Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse
D. Learning Exercises for the organizationally challenged
E. Internet Resources
F. The Howlett Style of Nursing Leadership
G. Delegation: Concepts and Decision-Making Process (NCSBN)

Contents may vary upon publication.

 


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