Suc pract/voc nsg - student to leader 4° ed

Success in Practical and Vocational Nursing 4/e continues to be an essential tool teaching students skills they 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.

KNOWING YOURSELF · How Practical/Vocational Nursing Evolved · The Health Care Team · The Adult Learner · DEVELOPING YOUR LEARNING SKILLS · For the Organizationally Challenged · Discovering Your Learning Style · Learning How to Learn and to Retain Information · Hints for Using Learning Resources · KNOWING OTHERS · Straightforward Communication Skills · Cultural Uniqueness, Sensitivity, and Competence · Spiritual Caring, Spiritual Needs, and Religious Differences · LEADING AND MANAGING OTHERS · Assertiveness as a Nursing Responsibility · The Practical/Vocational Nurse's Role in the Nursing Process · Developing Leadership Skills · Management, Supervision, and Charge Nurse Skills for Practical/Vocational Nurses · WHERE YOU ARE GOING · Health Care Settings · Health Care System Financing and Trends · Career Mobility · HOW TO GET THERE · Nursing Ethics and the Law · The FINAL is NCLEX-PN · Finding a Job · Appendices · Glossary · Index