Opis
Now part of the popular LPN Threads series, this popular textbook helps students develop the practical knowledge and problem-solving skills they need for a successful career as an LPN/LVN. It uses an engaging 1-2-3 approach that describes what needs to be done in a situation as well as how to do it. Questions, quizzes, and self-assessments encourage active participation and critical thinking, while serving as practical and efficient aids to learning. Coverage of leadership and management has been substantially increased in this edition.
Szczegóły produktu
Indeks
36573
EAN13
9780721603490
ISBN
9780721603490
Opis
Rok wydania
2005
Numer wydania
5
Oprawa
miękka foliowana
Liczba stron
512
Wymiary (mm)
191 x 235
Waga (g)
784
Unit One: Learning Skills for Critical Thinking 1. The Adult Learner 2. Personal Learning Style Preference 3. For the Organizationally Challenged 4. Learning and Retaining Information for Critical Thinking 5. Learning Resources for Student and Graduate 6. Critical Thinking for Clinical CompetenceUnit Two: Building Blocks for Your Career 7. How Practical/Vocational Nursing Evolved 8. Nursing Process: Your Role 9. Straightforward Communication 10. Personal Health PromotionUnit Three: Patients and Coworkers 11. Health Care Team 12. Cultural Uniqueness, Sensitivity, and Competence 13. Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Caring, and Religious DifferencesUnit Four: Leading and Managing Others 14. Assertiveness: Your Responsibility 15. Leadership Skills 16. LPN/LVN Charge Nurse Skills: Management, Including Assignment and DelegationUnit Five: Health Care Environment: Basic Elements 17. Health Care Settings 18. Health Care System: Financing, Issues, and Trends 19. Ethics Applied to Nursing 20. Nursing and the LawUnit Six: End and a New Beginning 21. Finding a Job 22. NCLEX-PN® Examination 23. How to Make Your Career GrowAppendices A. State Boards of Nursing B. NAPNES Standards of Practice for LP/VNs C. Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse D. Learning Exercises for the Organizationally Challenged (Chapter 3) E. Internet Resources F. The Howlett Style of Nursing Leadership G. Delegation Concepts and Decision-Making Process (NCSBN) Glossary References and Suggested Readings Answers to Chapter Review Questions (inside back cover)