LPN to RN transitions /
Licensed practical nurse to registered nurse transitions
Lora Claywell.
- Fifth edition.
- viii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Previous edition: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Essential skills to begin your transition. Honoring your past, planning your future ; Assessing yourself and designing success ; Study habits and test-taking skills -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Putting it all together. Reflecting on your transition ; Passing the NCLEX-RN -- Basic math review: preparing for medication calculations. Unit one: Unit two: Unit three: Unit four: Unit five. Appendix 1: