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Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing
From Student to Leader
- 10th Edition - June 8, 2022
- Authors: Lisa Carroll, Janyce L. Collier
- Language: English
- formats.Other ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 1 5 4 - 9
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 1 0 1 7 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 1 1 7 3 - 6
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Request a sales quoteTake 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.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Evolve Student Resources
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Reviewers
- LPN/LVN Threads and Advisory Board
- Preface
- Teaching and Learning Package
- Reading and Review Tools
- Chapter Features
- Unit I: Resources
- 1. Personal Resources of an Adult Learner
- Key Terms
- The Adult Learner and Resource Management
- Formal and Informal Educational Experiences
- Geared for Success
- Potential Hidden Dangers to Avoid
- Special Challenges for Practical/Vocational Nursing Students
- Strengths of all Adult Learners
- Learners Have Rights
- Responsibilities of Learners
- 2. Academic Resources (Study Skills and Test Strategies)
- Key Terms
- Brain Dominance
- Thinking Preference
- Learning Preferences
- Categories of Multiple Intelligences
- Identifying and Using the Intelligences
- How We Learn
- Undependable Memory and Learning System
- More Barriers to Learning
- Putting it All Together
- General Hints for Learners
- How to Understand (Comprehend) Information
- Remembering and Forgetting
- Successful Test Taking
- Beyond the Basics of Study Skills
- Your School’s Learning Resource Center
- Other Learning Resources
- 3. Community Resources
- Key Terms
- What types of community resources exist?
- Beyond Community Resources
- Unit II: Building Blocks for your Career
- 4. How Practical/Vocational Nursing Evolved: 1836 to the Present
- Key Terms
- Modern Practical Nurses
- First School of Nursing (1836)
- Florence Nightingale (1820–1910)
- Early Training Schools in America
- Formal Training: Practical Nursing
- Twentieth Century
- National Black Nurses Association
- Iraq War 2003 to 2011 and the Afghan War 2001 to 2021
- Nurse Leaders in U.S. Government
- American Nurses Association Movement Toward Two Levels of Nursing
- American Medical Association Moves to Ease Nursing Shortage
- Twenty-First Century
- The Covid-19 Pandemic 2020—Present
- You Have Come a Long Way!
- 5. Critical Thinking: A Lifelong Journey
- Key Terms
- Overview of Critical Thinking
- Ways of Thinking
- Critical Thinking and Licensed Practical/Licensed Vocational Nursing
- What You Need to Think Critically
- Factors that Influence Critical Thinking
- Additional Factors that Influence Critical Thinking
- Critical Thinking and the Nclex-Pn®
- Making it Work for You
- Where to Go from Here
- 6. Ethics Applied to Nursing: Personal Versus Professional Ethics
- Key Terms
- Description and Scope of Ethics
- Nursing Ethics
- Your Personal Code of Ethics
- Roots of Nursing Ethics
- Ethical Decisions in Health Care
- Ethical Responsibilities of Nurses
- Principles of Ethics
- Role of Beneficent Paternalism
- 7. Nursing and the Law: What Are the Rules?
- Key Terms
- Nurse Practice Act
- State Board of Nursing
- Disciplinary Process and Action
- Nursing Standard of Care
- How the Law Affects Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Criminal Versus Civil Action
- Negligence
- Malpractice (professional Negligence)
- Steps for Bringing Legal Action
- Liability
- Specific Client Situations
- End-of-life Issues
- Good Samaritan Act
- Unit III: Relationship-Centered Care
- 8. Effective Communication: Health Care Team, Clients, Faculty, and Peers
- Key Terms
- Communication Process
- Types of Communication
- Communication Strategies
- Blocks to Communication
- Cultural Differences
- Role Changes for the Client
- Communicating with Instructors and Staff
- Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
- Life Span Communication
- Digital Communication
- Conflict Resolution
- 9. Assertiveness: Your Responsibility
- Key Terms
- Nonassertive (Passive) Behavior
- Assertive Behavior
- Negative Interactions: Using Coping Mechanisms
- Guidelines For Moving Toward Assertiveness
- Aggressiveness And Work-Related Issues
- Counseling And Filing Charges
- 10. Cultural Uniqueness, Sensitivity, and Competence
- Key Terms
- Definition Of Culture
- Characteristics Of Culture
- Danger: Ethnocentrism, Prejudice, And Discrimination
- Knowing Yourself
- What We Share In Common
- Knowing Others: Cultural Diversity
- Increasing Your Knowledge Of Culturally Diverse Groups
- Developing Cultural Competence In Health Care Situations
- Care Planning For Culturally Diverse Clients In Your Service Area
- Adapting Plans Of Care For Culturally Diverse Clients
- 11. Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Caring, and Religious Differences
- Key Terms
- Spirituality and Religion
- Spiritual Versus Emotional Dimension
- Importance of Spiritual Care
- Who Needs Spiritual Care?
- Gathering Data for Spiritual Issues
- Meeting the Spiritual Needs of Clients and Their Families
- Pastoral Care Team
- How Clients Meet Spiritual Needs
- The Religious American
- Unit IV: Health System-Based Care
- 12. The Nursing Process: Your Role
- Key Terms
- The Nursing Process: The 1950s
- The Nursing Process: The 1970s to the 1990s
- The Nursing Process: 2000 and Beyond
- What Differentiates the Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse Role from the Registered Nurse Role
- Developing Your Plan of Care for Assigned Clients
- Steps of the Nursing Process
- Where are We Now in the Nursing Process?
- 13. Nursing Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice
- Key Terms
- Nursing Theories
- Nursing Research
- Evidence-Based Practice
- 14. The Interdisciplinary Health Care Team: The Role of the Practical/Vocational Nurse
- Key Terms
- Who is responsible for the client’s discharge?
- Interprofessional health care team
- Diversity in educational preparation of nurses
- Delivery of nursing care in acute care settings
- Client-centered–relationship-centered care—a philosophy
- The hidden nursing shortage
- 15. Health Care Settings: Continuum of Care
- Key Terms
- Public Versus Private Health Care Agencies
- Types of Hospitals
- Beyond the Hospital Setting
- Ambulatory Services
- Alternatives to Long-Term Care Facilities
- How the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act Relates to Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Types of Care
- Other Types of Facilities/Services
- 16. The Health Care System: Financing, Issues, and Trends
- Key Terms
- The United States Health Care System
- Financing Health Care Costs
- How Clients Pay for Health Care Services
- Quality, Safety, and Cost of Health Care
- Restructuring the Health Care System
- Unit V: The LPN/LVN: Your Role Today and in the Future
- 17. Collaboration: Leading and Managing
- Key Terms
- Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse as First-Line Leader
- The Diverse Role of the Newly Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse
- Expanded Role of Licensed Practical/Licensed Vocational Nursing
- Preparing for a Leadership and Management Role
- Difference Between Management and Leadership
- What Kind of Leader are You?
- Leadership Styles
- Using the Leadership Continuum as a Guide
- Core Knowledge and Skills Needed for Leadership
- Team Building
- Specific Knowledge and Skills Needed for Leadership
- Where to Begin? Job Description for Charge Nurse
- How Long Will it Take Me to Prepare to Be a Charge Nurse?
- A Checklist of Policies, Regulations, and Routines for the Licensed Practical/Licensed Vocational Charge Nurse
- Collecting Data as a Charge Nurse
- Common Problems of Licensed Practical/Licensed Vocational Charge Nurse
- Assignment and Delegation
- General Considerations
- Using the Nursing Process as a Guide for Assigning Tasks and Delegating Duties
- Putting it All Together
- Reporting at the End of Your Shift
- 18. Workforce Trends: How to Find a First Job You Will Love
- Key Terms
- Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse Demographics
- Nursing: The Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse as a Door to Many Workforce Options and Life-Long Learning
- Countless Workforce Settings Exist: Finding the Right Fit is a Rewarding Challenge
- Operating Room Nursing
- Using Interpersonal Styles to Your Benefit
- Potential References
- Networking Your Way to Success
- Informational Interviews to Create Future Expectations
- References: A Timeless Treasure
- Resumes: The Contributions You Will Make
- Cover Letters: Tailored to Fit the Job You Want
- Answers to Application Questions
- Preparing for the Interview
- Interview Questions and Answers: A Challenging Opportunity
- Making a Lasting Impression
- Discussing Pregnancy Issues
- Preemployment Physical Examination, Drug Screening, and Background Checks
- Resignation with Style
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing Transition to Practice Model
- Staying Satisfied at Your Job
- Professional Organizations
- Continuing Education
- Certification Opportunities
- Registered Nurse Career Pathway
- 19. Licensure and Regulation: Becoming Licensed and Understanding Your State Nurse Practice Act
- Key Terms
- What is the state nurse practice act?
- How does the nurse practice act guide/govern nursing practice?
- Variability of the state’s nurse practice act applicable to licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse practice
- Applying for a practical nursing license or a temporary permit
- What is the national council licensing examination for practical nursing?
- Overview of application process
- National council licensing examination for practical nurses administration in the united states and its territories
- A word about national council licensing examination for practical nurses review books and national council licensing examination for practical nurses preparation programs
- Appendix A. Answer Key for Review Questions for the National Council Licensure Examination for Licensed Practical/Licensed Vocational Nurses (NCLEX-PN®)
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 368
- Language: English
- Edition: 10
- Published: June 8, 2022
- Imprint: Saunders
- formats.Other ISBN: 9780443111549
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323810173
- eBook ISBN: 9780323811736