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.
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<li>UNIQUE! 1-2-3 approach in a clear, simple, engaging writing style instructs you in what you need to do and how to do it. </li>
<li>UNIQUE! Learning Exercises challenge you to imagine, visualize, and think outside the box. </li>
<li>UNIQUE! Leadership Activities provide exercises to practice and develop leadership skills and Leadership Hints provide helpful pointers to follow and remember when in various leadership situations. </li>
<li>UNIQUE! Management Tools and Management Hints provide practical instructions, resources, and tips to use when in a management situation. </li>
<li>UNIQUE! Offers time-management tips to help prioritize. </li>
<li>Integrates wellness and personal care throughout the text, including information and coping skills for stress management and burnout, nutrition and exercise, the impaired nurse, and co-dependency. </li>
<li>Includes separate chapters on “Ethics Apply to Nursing and “Nursing and the Law that address pertinent legal and ethical issues that directly and indirectly affect LPN/LVNs. </li>
<li>Features information on Medicare and the many changes that affect health care, including health care settings, medication coverage, and the costs of managed care. </li>
<li>Includes a separate chapter on learning strategies for the adult student and updated approaches for traditional and returning students. </li>
<li>A separate chapter on critical thinking and many critical thinking exercises promotes the development of critical thinking and problem solving skills in both academic and personal situations. </li>
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<li>Includes updated State Boards of Nursing and Internet Resources Appendixes with the most up-to-date addresses for nursing boards and website addresses for nursing, medical, and health-related information as an all-in-one ready resource for you as you prepare to enter the work world.</li>
<li>UNIQUE! Keep In Mind boxes located in each chapter introduce readers to the underlying theme in the chapter. </li>
<li>UNIQUE! Evolve Student Resources includes 230 NCLEX Exam-Style Interactive Questions per chapter, with correct response and rationales for both correct and incorrect responses, to encourage self-study and review. </li>
<li>UNIQUE! The “Learning During School, for the NCLEX-PN, and Beyond chapter includes new content on the role of simulation in nursing education and etiquette for electronic device use, such as cell phones and iPods. </li>
<li>UNIQUE! The “Personal Health Promotion chapter helps you provide a positive role model for patients with new content on MyPyramid, the benefits of exercise, personal steps to help prevent hospital-acquired infections, burnout versus stress, and tips for personal safety. </li>
<li>UNIQUE! Culture content has been expanded content addressing the growing needs of patient care for special populations and to help students develop cultural sensitivity. </li>
<li>Includes the latest protocols from NAPNES regarding standards of practice and educational competencies that LPN/LVN nursing students need to know. </li>
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Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing: From Student to Leader

Medical Books

Signe S. Hill

Helen Stephens Howlett

Nursing

Saunders

Part of the LPN Threads series, Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing: From Student to Leader, 7th Edition helps you develop the practical knowledge and problem-solving skills you need for a successful career as an LPN/LVN. This edition features up-to-date content that is logically organized with concepts that build on each other as you progress through the material.
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<li>1-2-3-approach</li> walks you through the steps of what you need to do and how to do it. <li>
A separate chapter on critical thinking and plentiful critical thinking exercises encourage you to apply your knowledge to solve problems in both academic and personal situations.</li>
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Coverage of Medicare helps you understand the costs of managed care, especially in long-term settings for older adults, and how it affects LPN/LVN practice and patients.</li>
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Keep In Mind boxes prompt you to consider the underlying theme as you read the chapter.</li>
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<li>New Research and Evidence Based Practice chapter</li> addresses topics commonly encountered in LPN/LVN practice.<li>
New technology content helps you understand the role of simulation in nursing education and the proper etiquette for using electronic devices.</li>
<li>Content reflects the concepts contained in the most current NCLEX-PN test plan.
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Professional Pointers throughout the text offer valuable advice on expectations in the professional arena during and after nursing school.</li>
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Revised chapter on Health Care Systems reflects the implementation of dramatic changes.</li>
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Updated nutrition and dietary information includes new MyPlate information.</li>
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The latest protocols from the NAPNES, including student confidentiality, keeps you updated on your national association's practice standards.</li>
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Revised, updated, and expanded culture content allows you to provide culturally sensitive care.</li>
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Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing: From Student to Leader, 7th Edition

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Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing: From Student to Leader, 7th Edition