Includes bibliographical references (p. 486-502) and index.

The adult learner and the practical/vocational nursing program -- Developing a successful learning style -- Time management: using a limited resource wisely -- Methods and skills used in learning -- Learning during school, for the NCLEX-PN® examination, and beyond -- Critical thinking and patient care -- How practical/vocational nursing evolved -- Nursing process: your role -- Straightforward communication -- Personal health promotion -- The health care team -- Cultural uniqueness, sensitivity, and competence -- Spiritual needs, spiritual caring, and religious differences -- Assertiveness: your responsibility -- Leadership skills -- LPN/LVN charge nurse skills: management, including assignment and delegation -- Health care settings -- Health care system: financing, issues, and trends -- Ethics applied to nursing -- Nursing and the law -- Finding a job -- The NCLEX-PN® examination -- How to make your career grow.