LPN to RN transitions : achieving success in your new role

Harrington, Nicki. (Author). Terry, Cynthia Lee, (author.).

Summary: Confidently return to academic life and prepare for the rigor of registered nursing programs with this proven guide to personal and professional achievement. [From publisher's description].

Record details

ISBN: 9781496382733
ISBN: 1496382730
Physical Description: print
xix, 403 pages : illustrations, portraits
Edition: 5th edition.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Lifelong learning : returning to school -- Role development and transition -- Adapting to change -- Transitions throughout nursing's history -- Learning at the ADN level -- Individualizing a plan for role transition -- Test success for the LPN : challenge of NCLEX-RN questions -- Practicing within regulatory frameworks -- Critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment in nursing -- The nursing process : assessment and caring interventions -- The nurse as communicator -- The nurse as teacher -- Managing unique client care -- Managing time, conflict, and the nursing environment -- Professional responsibilities -- Legal accountability -- Ethical issues.