LPN to RN Transitions:: Career Mobility in Nursing is a text designed to fit a LPN to RN transition /articulation program. This text is written with a very practical approach. Unit One focuses on assessing the returning LPN/LVNs past professional and personal accomplishments as well as the goals that they would like to accomplish in nursing school. The text helps the student do this by providing several motivational exercises to complete. It also helps the students assess their academic skills and it provides several tools and resources to use throughout nursing school.
Unit Two presents the knowledge and skills needed for the role transition to a RN. The topics in this half of the text focus on the critical thinking, clinical and communication skills that the LPN/LVN needs to successfully transition to the RN role.
UNIT I: TRANSITIONING TO THE STUDENT ROLE Section I: Understanding Yourself 1. Past, Present and Future: Assessing Your Accomplishments 2. Individual Tools 3. Personal Empowerment Skills Section II: Becoming a Successful Student 4. Classroom & Study Habits That Work 5. Arranging and Accessing Support for your Professional Move 6. Basic Math Review: Preparing for Medication Calculations Unit II: TRANSITIONING TO THE REGISTERED NURSE ROLE Section III: Understanding the Difference between LPN and RN 7. Differentiation of Roles Section IV: Care Planner versus Care Giver: Distinguishing the Roles 8. Understanding the Nursing Process 9. The Nurse as a Critical Thinker 10. Maintaining Professional Growth 11. The Nurse as a Communicator 12. The Nurse as a Teacher 13. The Nurse as a Manager of Care 14. The Nurse as a Researcher Section V: Role Differences in Managing the Consumer: Health Illness Continuum 15. Primary Health Care: Understanding Factors Influencing Health Promotion 16. Managing Care in Secondary & Tertiary Health Care Settings 17. Putting it all together Appendices A. Medication calculations/conversion review test B. Nurses Code of Ethics C. NANDA: Using Nursing Diagnosis