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, 10th
Edition 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. Also useful are
review questions to help you get ready for the NCLEX-PN®
examination. Written by educators Lisa Falgiatore Carroll and
Janyce Collier, this edition adds new insight into the ways
self-empowerment can help you achieve positive outcomes in class
and on the job. Basic career information includes the value of the
LPN, workforce trends, state regulations governing LPN practice,
and insight into safe practice and NCLEX-PN® success. Learning
features in each chapter include objectives and key terms with
phonetic pronunciations, with definitions in the text and in the
glossary. Storytelling narratives at the beginning of specific
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 students 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 give advice on nursing best practices
in practice settings. Try This! boxes challenge students 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! Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Examination-style
questions are provided at the end of each chapter. NEW! Empowerment
boxes introduce tools that can affect positive outcomes in class,
clinicals, and professional practice. NEW! Updated content includes
delegation, preparing students for leadership positions immediately
upon graduation, and the latest on clinical judgment.
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