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Reentering the rigors of academic life is a monumental decision for any LPN or LVN returning to school, involving both personal and financial investment. This book serves as a guide to assist readers in successfully balancing career, school, and personal life while pursuing educational and professional goals. It leads the reader though a series of interactive exercises and develops a Personal Education Plan. The text supports the reader during this important transition, taking into consideration individual experience, needs, and degree program.
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Now in its Third Edition, this book meets the needs of practical/vocational nurses and nursing faculty, as they work together to smooth the transition from the LPN to the RN role. The text provides interactive student exercises and strategies to "socialize" the LPN nurse/student into an RN program, taking into consideration its philosophy and curricular framework. This Third Edition includes an expanded chapter on communication and a new chapter on the NCLEX®.
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This package contains the following products:
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978-0-7817-8590-7 Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing
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This package contains the following products:
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This package contains the following products:
- 9781609136918 Harrington LPN to RN Transitions, 4e
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Table of Contents
UNIT I: THE TRANSITION PROCESS
Chapter 1: Lifelong Learning: Returning to School
Chapter 2: Role Development and Transition
Chapter 3: Adapting to Change
Chapter 4: Transitions Throughout Nursing’s History
Chapter 5: Learning at the ADN Level
Chapter 6: Individualizing a Plan for Role Transition
Chapter 7: Test Success for the LPN: Challenge of NCLEX-RN Questions
UNIT II: CORE COMPETENCIES FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
Chapter 8: Practicing Within Regulatory Frameworks
Chapter 9: Critical Thinking and Clinical Judgment in Nursing
UNIT III: ROLE CONCEPTS ESSENTIAL FOR RN PRACTICE
Chapter 10: The Nursing Process: Assessment and Caring Interventions
Chapter 11: The Nurse as Communicator
Chapter 12: The Nurse as Teacher
Chapter 13: Managing Unique Client Care
Chapter 14: Managing Time, Conflict, and the Nursing Environment
Chapter 15: Professional Responsibilities
Chapter 16: Legal Accountability
Chapter 17: Ethical Issues
Appendix A: Answers to “NCLEX-RN Might Ask” Questions
Appendix B: NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses
Index