LPN to RN transitions
By: Lora Claywell.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Mosby Elsevier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780323058797
Subjects: Nursing -- Vocational guidance; Practical nurses; Education, Nursing; Career Mobility; Nurse's Role; Nursing Process
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Past, present, and future : assessing your accomplishments; title: Identifying individual tools; title: Personal empowerment skills; title: Classroom study habits that work; title: Arranging and accessing support for your professional move; title: Basic math review : preparing for medication calculations; title: Writing professionally; title: Role transition; title: Nursing : past and present influences; title: Educational pathways and expanded roles; title: Nursing theory : guiding professional practice; title: Understanding the nursing process; title: Critical thinking and clinical judgment; title: Knowledge and skill acquisition; title: Evidence based practice; title: The RN as communicator; title: The RN as teacher; title: The RN as manager of care; title: Primary health care : factors influencing health promotion; title: Managing care in secondary and tertiary health care; title: The RN as researcher; title: Ethical and legal considerations; title: Putting it all together.