LPN to RN transitions / Lora Claywell.

Previous edition: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit one: Essential skills to begin your transition. Honoring your past, planning your future ; Assessing yourself and designing success ; Study habits and test-taking skills -- Unit two: The profession and discipline of registered nursing. Distinguishing the RN role from the LPN/LVN role ; Using nursing theory to guide professional practice ; Using nursing theory to guide professional practice ; Providing patient-centered care through the nursing process ; Critical and diagnostic thinking for better clinical judgment -- Unit three: The RN as a provider of care. Practicing evidence-based decision making ; Communicating with patients and co-workers ; Teaching patients and their families ; The nurses, ideas, and forces that define the profession ; Upholding legal and ethical principles ; Care and safety standards, competence, and nurse accountability -- Unit four: The RN as manager of care. Leading, delegating, and collaborating ; Promoting healthful living in the primary care setting ; Managing care in secondary and teritary health care -- Unit five. Putting it all together. Reflecting on your transition ; Passing the NCLEX-RN -- Appendix 1: Basic math review: preparing for medication calculations.