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The new edition of this exciting text has been revised and updated to equip today's students for a career as an LPN/LVN. SUCCESS IN PRACTICAL/VOCATIONAL NURSING offers an interactive approach, teaching students not only what to do, but how to do it. This 1-2-3 approach, combined with an increased emphasis on leadership and management, ensures that this text will continue to be an essential tool that teaches students skills they'll need throughout their careers! SUCCESS IN PRACTICAL/VOCATIONAL NURSING encourages critical thinking and active problem solving. It presents learning strategies for adult students, as well as approaches for traditional and returning students and offers tips on taking the NCLEX-PN and searching for a job.

PART ONE Knowing Yourself

How Practical/Vocational Nursing Evolved

1

(22)

The Health Care Team

23

(17)

The Adult Learner

40

(13)

PART TWO Developing Your Learning Skills

For the Organizationally Challenged

53

(14)

Discovering Your Learning Style

67

(11)

Learning How to Learn and Retain Information

78

(19)

Hints for Using Learning Resources

97

(17)

PART THREE Knowing Others

Straightforward Communication Skills

114

(14)

Cultural Uniqueness, Sensitivity, and Competence

128

(24)

Spiritual Caring, Spiritual Needs, and Religious Differences

152

(16)

PART FOUR Leading and Managing Others

Assertiveness as a Nursing Responsibility

168

(21)

The Practical/Vocational Nurse's Role in the Nursing Process

189

(17)

Developing Leadership Skills

206

(30)

Management, Supervision, and Charge Nurse Skills for Practical/Vocational Nurses

236

(23)

PART FIVE Where You Are Going

Health Care Settings

259

(9)

Health Care System Financing and Trends

268

(15)

Career Mobility

283

(12)

PART SIX How to Get There

Nursing Ethics and the Law

295

(27)

The FINAL Is NCLEX-PN

322

(9)

Finding a Job

331

(54)

Michael S. Hill

APPENDICES

Appendix A State Boards of Nursing

361

(6)

Appendix B NAPNES Standards of Practice for Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses

367

(1)

Appendix C NFLPN Nursing Practice Standards for the Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse

368

(3)

Appendix D NLN Entry-Level Competencies of Graduates of Educational Programs in Practical Nursing

371

(2)

Appendix E Learning Exercises for Chapter 4

373

(6)

Appendix F Internet Resources

379

(2)

Appendix G The Howlett Style of Nursing Leadership

381

(1)

Appendix H Delegation: Concepts and Decision-Making Process (NCSBN)

382

(3)

Glossary

385

(6)

Index

391

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Success in Practical and Vocational Nursing : From Student to Leader

Success in Practical and Vocational Nursing : From Student to Leader

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