Success in Practical Nursing
Personal and Vocational Issues
3rd Edition
Published in February 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
407 pages
978-0-7216-6877-2 (ISBN)
Description
Updating readers on recent changes in the healthcare system, the way it is financed and the role of the practical nurse in this system, this text investigates such areas as ethics and law, management, communication, personal development, learning styles and time organization, taking the NCLEX-PN exam, career mobility and more. The text encourages critical thinking and active problem-solving for both academic and personal issues with revised material. It also covers the use of study groups, computer-aided instruction, computer simulation, on-line catalogues and CD-ROMs. An instructor's manual is also available, ISBN 0-7216-6878-X.
Updating readers on recent changes in the healthcare system, the way it is financed and the role of the practical nurse in this system, this text investigates such areas as ethics and law, management, communication, personal development, learning styles and time organization, taking the NCLEX-PN exam, career mobility and more. The text encourages critical thinking and active problem-solving for both academic and personal issues with revised material. It also covers the use of study groups, computer-aided instruction, computer simulation, on-line catalogues and CD-ROMs. An instructor's manual is also available, ISBN 0-7216-6878-X.
Updating readers on recent changes in the healthcare system, the way it is financed and the role of the practical nurse in this system, this text investigates such areas as ethics and law, management, communication, personal development, learning styles and time organization, taking the NCLEX-PN exam, career mobility and more. The text encourages critical thinking and active problem-solving for both academic and personal issues with revised material. It also covers the use of study groups, computer-aided instruction, computer simulation, on-line catalogues and CD-ROMs. An instructor's manual is also available, ISBN 0-7216-6878-X.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
710 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7216-6877-2 (9780721668772)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Who you are: how practical nursing evolved; the practical nurse's role in the nursing process; the health care team; the adult learner. Part 2 How to begin: for the organizationally challenged; discovering your learning style; learning how to learn; hints for using learning resources. Part 3 Knowing yourself: personality development; wellness and personal care; assertiveness as a nursing responsibility; pitfalls to success in practical nursing. Part 4 Knowing others: communicating for success; cultural uniqueness, sensitivity, and competence; spiritual caring, spiritual needs, and religious differences. Part 5 Where you are going: the health care system: agencies, financing, issues, changes, and trends; developing leadership skills; management/supervision/charge nurse skills for practical nurses. Part 6 How to get there: nursing ethics and the law; test taking: the final is NCLEX-PN; finding a job through the year 2005. Appendices: national council of states boards of nursing; learning exercises for chapter 5; the Howlett style of nursing leadership.