Honoring your past, planning your future -- Assessing yourself and designing success -- Study habits and test-taking skills -- Distinguishing the RN role from the LPN/LVN role -- Using nursing theory to guide professional practice -- Providing patient-centered care through the nursing process -- Critical and diagnostic thinking for better clinical judgment -- 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 -- Leading, delegating, and collaborating -- Promoting healthful living in the primary care setting -- Managing care in secondary and tertiary health care -- Reflecting on your transition -- Passing the NCLEX-RN.
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