Saunders Student Nurse Planner: A Guide to Success in Nursing School

Much more than just a calendar, Saunders Student Nurse Planner: A Guide to Success in Nursing School, Version 5 is a versatile organizational tool...a quick-reference nursing orientation handbook...and a telephone and address directory ― all in one! This portable, affordable resource helps you to manage your time and perform to your fullest potential inside the classroom, during clinical sessions, and in practice.

• A variety of calendar options let you access your daily, weekly, and monthly schedules at a glance.
• A lined Day Planner helps you organize and keep track of all the details of your busy schedule.
• A self-contained, alphabetical directory organizes names, addresses, phone numbers, and other important data on all your personal, academic, and clinical contacts.
• An essential nursing school orientation section includes time management strategies, study tips, information on NCLEX® alternative format questions, and suggestions for dealing with stress.
• Clinical preparation tools help you get the most out of your clinical experience, addressing issues such as patient safety, communicating skills, patient teaching, and documentation and charting.
• An Aids to Success section includes a broad range of useful data and procedures, including:
• Commonly used abbreviations
• Basic Spanish phrases
• Fall risk assessment tool
• HIPAA requirements for confidentiality
• JCAHO safety guidelines
• Pain assessment tools
• Most commonly used IV fluids
• Scale of pitting edema
• Equianalgesic doses of opioids
• Use of the incentive spirometer
• Table of commonly used drugs and lab values
• Glasgow Coma Scale
• Body Mass Index
• Measurements and conversions
• Common laboratory test values

• Updated content, including 2007-2008 NANDA nursing diagnoses.
• MyPyramid ― the new food pyramid from the USDA ― offers you instant access to key nutritional guidelines.