10th Edition
by Lisa Carroll, Janyce L. Collier
Take 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-basedinformation and can be found in the back of the book.
- NEW! Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Examination-style questions are provided at the end of each chapter.
- NEW! Empowerment boxes introduce tools that can affect positive outcomes in class, clinicals, and professional practice.
- NEW!
Updated content includes delegation,preparing students for leadership
positions immediately upon graduation, and the latest on clinical
judgment.