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Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing
From Student to Leader
- 9th Edition - August 1, 2020
- Author: Patricia Knecht
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 8 3 7 3 - 9
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Request a sales quoteGet the proven guidance you need to succeed in both nursing school and professional LPN/LVN practice with Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing, From Student to Leader, 9th Edition. Focusing on must-have leadership and problem-solving skills, this unique, market-leading text covers the soft skills that are essential for success in nursing school, in the job market, and in professional practice. Topics build on each other in a logical manner, beginning with tools you’ll need for success in class, continuing to the skills needed in LPN/LVN practice, and culminating in the higher-level roles and responsibilities of the LPN/LVN as a leader. The newest feature box on empowerment introduces you to the concepts of self-reflection, self-growth, and power to enhance your student experience and accomplish positive outcomes in nursing school and in practice. Additionally, like in previous editions, Critical Thinking and Try This! boxes are incorporated throughout this ninth edition to challenge you in thinking outside of the box to solve personal, academic, and professional situations. There are also practice review questions at the end of each chapter help you prepare for the NCLEX-PN® examination and chapters on Workforce Trends and Nurse State Practice Acts to help you easily move from the academic to the practice setting. With all its proven guidance and insight, this text is must-have for any LPN/LVN student wanting to find success in today’s demanding healthcare environment.
- Collaborative Care boxes introduce you to management tools and leadership activities.
- Critical Thinking boxes provide critical thinking and problem-solving opportunities throughout the chapter to enhance your understanding.
- Try This! boxes cover activities related to topics discussed in the text that can be utilized in simulation or role-play scenarios in class.
- Professional Pointers boxes give advice on nursing best practices in the professional arena during and after nursing school.
- Chapter on community resources covers tools and resources that you can find within your community to help you with learning, personal, and family needs that could interfere with success in school.
- Storytelling narratives at the beginning of each chapter use true stories to enhance your learning and demonstrate the relevancy of key topics.
- Test-taking and interview preparation tips focus on preparing you to take the NCLEX-PN Examination and provide information on applications, interviews, and the job search — including electronic resumes.
- Get Ready for the NCLEX-PN® Examination section at the end of the text contains key points, critical thinking scenarios, additional learning resources, and review questions for the NCLEX-PN Examination — including alternate format items in every chapter.
- Full-color design and visuals makes this text visually appealing and easy to read.
- Numbered objectives open each chapter and provide a framework for content.
- Key points at the end of each chapter summarize chapter highlights and serve as an excellent review tool.
- Key terms with phonetic pronunciations are at the beginning of each chapter and in full color at first mention in the text to assist you in improving and supplementing your terminology and language skills before entering clinical practice.
- References are arranged by chapter at the end of the book to give you resources for further understanding of text concepts.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contributor and reviewers
- LPNLVN threads and advisory board
- Preface
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- UNIT I. Resources
- 1. Personal resources of an adult learner
- 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 2. Academic resources (study skills and test strategies)
- 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 3. Community resources
- What types of community resources exist?
- Beyond community resources
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- UNIT II. Building Blocks for Your Career
- 4. How practical/vocational nursing evolved: 1836 to the present
- 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 2014
- 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
- You have come a long way!
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 5. Critical thinking: A lifelong journey
- 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 6. Ethics applied to nursing: Personal versus professional ethics
- 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 7. Nursing and the law: What are the rules?
- 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
- Get ready for the nclex-pn® examination
- UNIT III. Relationship-Centered Care
- 8. Effective communication: Health care team, clients, faculty, and peers
- 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 9. Assertiveness: Your responsibility
- Nonassertive (passive) behavior
- Aggressive behavior
- Assertive behavior
- Negative interactions: Using coping mechanisms
- Guidelines for moving toward assertiveness
- Aggressiveness and work-related issues
- Counseling and filing charges
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 10. Cultural uniqueness, sensitivity, and competence
- 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 11. Spiritual needs, spiritual caring, and religious differences
- 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
- Western and Middle Eastern religions in the United States and Canada
- Eastern religions and philosophies in the United States and Canada
- Nursing interventions for eastern religions
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- UNIT IV. Health System-Based Care
- 12. The nursing process: Your role
- 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?
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 13. Nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice
- Nursing theories
- Nursing research
- Evidence-based practice
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 14. The interdisciplinary health care team: The role of the practical/vocational nurse
- Who is responsible for mrs. brown’s discharge?
- Interdisciplinary 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 15. Health care settings: Continuum of care
- Public versus private health care agencies
- Types of hospitals
- Beyond the hospital setting
- Ambulatory services
- Alternatives to nursing homes
- How the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act relates to skilled nursing facilities
- Types of care
- Other types of facilities/services
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 16. The health care system: Financing, issues, and trends
- 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- UNIT V. The LPN/LVN: Your Role Today and in the Future
- 17. Collaboration: Leading and managing
- 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 18. Workforce trends: How to find a first job you will love
- 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- 19. Licensure and regulation: Becoming licensed and understanding your state Nurse Practice Act
- 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
- Get ready for the NCLEX-PN® examination
- Appendix A: Answer key for review questions for the National Council Licensure Examination for Licensed PracticalLicensed Vocational Nurses NCLEX PN®
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Language: English
- Edition: 9
- Published: August 1, 2020
- Imprint: Saunders
- eBook ISBN: 9780323683739
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