Take an exciting journey to success in your LPN/LVN career! Emphasizing leadership and clinical judgment skills, Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing: From Student to Leader helps you navigate your way through nursing school, examinations, the job search, and success in professional practice. It describes the building blocks essential to a successful career, such as critical thinking, ethics, effective communication, and an understanding of your role in the nursing process. Useful review questions help you get ready for the NCLEX-PN� examination.
- Basic career information includes the value of the LPN/LVN, workforce trends, state regulations governing LPN/LVN practice, and insight into safe practice and NCLEX-PN� success
- Learning features in each chapter include objectives and key terms with phonetic pronunciations, as well as definitions in the text and in the glossary
- Storytelling narratives at the beginning or within the chapters use real-life scenarios to provide context for the topic
- Get Ready for the NCLEX-PN� Examination section at the end of each chapter includes key points, critical thinking scenarios, additional learning resources, and review questions with answers at the back of the book
- Test-taking and interview preparation tips prepare you to take the NCLEX-PN Examination and guide you through the job search, applications, and interviews - including electronic resumes
- Critical Thinking boxes provide opportunities to practice problem-solving
- Coordinated Care boxes develop leadership and management skills with hints, tools, and activities
- Keep in Mind boxes introduce the underlying theme of each chapter
- Professional Pointers boxes advise on nursing best practices in clinical settings
- Try This! boxes challenge you to imagine, visualize, and think outside the box
- Full-color design makes this text visually appealing and easy to read
- References cite evidence-based information and can be found in the back of the book
- NEW! Content addresses current issues and trends in nursing, including telehealth, AI in health care, prescription cost caps on insulin, and online prescription discounts
- EXPANDED! Additional Next-Generation NCLEX-PN� (NGN) Examination-style questions provide even more valuable exam preparation
- NEW! Clark Workplace Civility Index is included for a deeper focus on civility
- UPDATED! Case studies throughout link lessons from the text to clinical practice
- NEW! Coverage of technology and software discusses their use in both the classroom and practice
- EXPANDED! More screenshots of electronic health records help you visualize the software you will see in practice
Table of Contents
UNIT I: RESOURCES1. Personal Resources of an Adult Learner
2. Academic Resources (Study Skills and Test Strategies)
3. Community Resources
UNIT II: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR YOUR CAREER
4. How Practical/Vocational Nursing Evolved: 1836 to the Present
5. Critical Thinking: A Lifelong Journey
6. Ethics Applied to Nursing: Personal Versus Professional Ethics
7. Nursing and the Law: What Are the Rules?
UNIT III: RELATIONSHIP-CENTERED CARE
8. Effective Communication: Health Care Team, Clients, Faculty, and Peers
9. Assertiveness: Your Responsibility
10. Cultural Uniqueness, Sensitivity, and Competence
11. Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Caring, and Religious Differences
UNIT IV: HEALTH SYSTEM-BASED CARE
12. The Nursing Process: Your Role
13. Nursing Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice
14. The Interdisciplinary Health Care Team: The Role of the Practical/Vocational Nurse
15. Health Care Settings: Continuum of Care
16. The Health Care System: Financing, Issues, and Trends
UNIT V: THE LPN/LVN: YOUR ROLE TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE
17. Collaboration: Leading and Managing
18. Workforce Trends: How to Find a First Job You Will Love
19. Licensure and Regulation: Becoming Licensed and Understanding Your State Nurse Practice Act
