Fast facts for the student nurse : nursing student success in a nutshell / Susan Stabler-Haas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stabler-Haas, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Study and teaching.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 id

Contents:

Now that your journey has begun

Common myths regarding nursing

Facing the challenge of your chosen major

Optimizing the value of classroom time

Interacting with your instructor

What kind of learner are you?

The digital world of nursing education

The clinical experience

Once on-site

Patients as people

Working, family and crises that won't wait

You are your own patient

Licensure

NCLEX

The basics of job hunting in nursing

The fine points of job hunting in nursing

Reaching for the next star

What? Me publish?

Insuring your investment

A nursing fable.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8261-9325-0

OCLC:

794664114