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Overview""This guide by Stabler-Haas sets itself apart in its direct, kind, and professional tone...Notably, it concludes with chapters about success beyond graduation...Recommended.""--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Written with candor and good humor, this Fast Facts guide for students in diploma, AD, BSN, and RN-BSN level programs features the information that nursing students really need to know in order to achieve excellence up to and beyond the NCLEX. Incorporating many real-life examples (drawn from more than 1,000 students taught by the author), Fast Facts for the Student Nurse clarifies common issues such as choosing a major, work/study arrangements, and difficulties associated with living at home. It discusses the NCLEX, licensure, continuing education, and graduate education, and helps readers identify what type of learner they are and how to capitalize on their strengths. Checklists to facilitate important decision making and charts and tables with ""hot topics"" are also included. Key Features: Provides, in Fast Facts format, all of the information new and experienced nursing students need to know for classroom and clinical success Helps readers identify their learning style and capitalize on strengths Covers the NCLEX, licensure, continuing education routes, graduate education, and how to survive the first year of practice Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Stabler-HaasPublisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Springer Publishing Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.456kg ISBN: 9780826193247ISBN 10: 0826193242 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 17 May 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword Preface ix Acknowledgments Part I: Your New Life as a Student Nurse 1. Now That Your Journey Has Begun 2. Common Myths Regarding Nursing 3. Facing the Challenge of Your Chosen Major Part II: Success in the Classroom 4. Optimizing the Value of Classroom Time 5. Interacting With Your Instructor 6. What Kind of Learner Are You? 7. The Digital World of Nursing Education Part III: Success at the Clinical Site 8. The Clinical Experience 9. Once On-Site 10. Patients as People Part IV: Success at Home 11. Working, Family, and Crises That Won’t Wait 12. You Are Your Own Patient Part V: Success Following Graduation 13. Licensure 14. NCLEX (The National Council License Examination) 15. The Basics of Job Hunting in Nursing 16. The Fine Points of Job Hunting in Nursing 17. Reaching for the Next Star 18. What? Me Publish? 19. Insuring Your Investment 20. A Nursing Fable References IndexReviewsAuthor InformationSusan Stabler-Haas PMHCNS-BC, RN, is a clinical instructor at Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania. She has more than thirty years of classroom and clinical teaching experience in the areas of medical-surgical, critical care, geriatric, and psychiatric nursing. Her instruction is influenced by her prior roles as staff nurse, rehabilitation nurse, and critical care manager. Professor Stabler-Haas has earned a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist designation from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a trained mindfulness-based meditation teacher, and author of ""Fast Facts for the Student Nurse."" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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