LPN/LVN Student Nurse Handbook: Core Concepts and Essential Skills

For beginning students in LPN/LVN programs—Introduction to Nursing and Fundamentals of Nursing courses. Can also be used as a handy reference in Medical Surgical Nursing and throughout nursing school.

This handbook is designed to help students learn the essential elements of topics that are central to their successful functioning as a professional practical or vocational nurse. A dependable companion throughout nursing education and beyond, it will help students keep feelings of being overwhelmed and frustrated to a minimum.

The Handbook includes five easy-to-use sections:

**Mapping for Success **
Addresses learning skills, effective resource management, and special performance issues.

Behavioral Competencies
Discusses concepts and skills related to communication, documentation, patient teaching and the nursing process.

Core Issues
Explores universal healthcare issues with emphasis on essential skills related to each topic.

Advanced Skills
Provides helpful information relating to passing the NCLEX-PN examination as well as advanced skills pertaining to leadership and management.

Clinical Competencies
Focuses on LPN/LVN-specific core concepts and essential skills for topics ranging from drug calculation and infection control to electrolytes and IV infusion.

BONUS! - Includes CD-ROM with Flash Card and Audio Glossary functions. At any time students can hear the pronunciations and see the definitions of more than 800 nursing terms. Allows students to build and to review key terms and definitions, promoting academic and clinical success.

Authors: Nancy J. Brown, Sandra M. Boyd, and B. Gayle Twiname
Published: August 2002
ISBN: 0-13-094182-4
400 Pages