Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing: From Student to Leader

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.

• 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.
• UNIQUE! Learning Exercises challenge you to imagine, visualize, and think outside the box.
• 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.
• UNIQUE! Management Tools and Management Hints provide practical instructions, resources, and tips to use when in a management situation.
• UNIQUE! Offers time-management tips to help prioritize.
• 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.
• 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.
• Features information on Medicare and the many changes that affect health care, including health care settings, medication coverage, and the costs of managed care.
• Includes a separate chapter on learning strategies for the adult student and updated approaches for traditional and returning students.
• 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.

• 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.
• UNIQUE! Keep In Mind boxes located in each chapter introduce readers to the underlying theme in the chapter.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• UNIQUE! Culture content has been expanded content addressing the growing needs of patient care for special populations and to help students develop cultural sensitivity.
• Includes the latest protocols from NAPNES regarding standards of practice and educational competencies that LPN/LVN nursing students need to know.