| Chapter 1 Yes, You Can Avoid: Confusion, Acute, Related to Multiple Choices |
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Choosing a Program That Fits Your Career Objectives |
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What to look for academically |
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What to look for clinically |
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What to look for socially |
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Making the most of your campus visit |
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Filling out those %#x!! forms |
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Discovering the real costs of attendance |
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Think about: governmental financial aid |
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Think about: nongovernmental financial aid |
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| Chapter 2 Yes, You Can Avoid: Powerlessness Related to Excessive Stress |
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Helping ourselves: the art of self-care |
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When Your Brain Is a Pain: Recognizing Cognitive Distortions |
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Understanding codependence |
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Visualization and affirmations |
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No Nurse Is an Island: Getting Help From Others |
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Building your support system of family and friends |
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| Chapter 3 Yes, You Can Avoid: Role Confusion Related to Juggling Multiple Tasks |
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Juggling Family and Home Responsibilities |
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Bundle activities and purchases |
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Juggling Free Time and Recreation |
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The Nuts and Bolts of Time Management |
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Dealing with procrastination |
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If you can afford not to work |
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Getting (or beeping) a job in health care |
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| Chapter 4 Yes, You Can Avoid: Impaired Memory Related to Information Overload |
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Reading: How Much Is Enough? |
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Making the Most of Your Time and Effort |
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Pre-lecture reading: to read or not to read |
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If you can't do your reading |
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Optimizing your reading time |
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Attendance, preparation, and general classroom behavior |
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Pros and cons of study groups |
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A Note on Competition in Nursing School |
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| Chapter 5 Yes, You Can Avoid: Anxiety Related to a Life Built Around Multiple-Choice Tests |
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Preparing Mentally for Tests |
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Playing private detective |
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Using practice tests to prepare |
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Preparing Physically for Tests |
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Troubleshooting Test Performance |
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Examine the problem yourself |
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A Final Word About Grades |
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| Chapter 6 Yes, You Can Avoid: Fatigue Related to Being Perceived as "Different" |
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If You Are a Nontraditional-age Student |
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Special time concerns for the older student |
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If You Are a Student Who Is Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual |
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If You Are a Male Student |
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Special considerations in choosing a school |
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What does It mean to be male in a female environment? |
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Handling being treated differently |
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| Chapter 7 Yes, You Can Avoid: Fear Related to the Start of Clinical Rotations |
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Choosing a Clinical Instructor |
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Outfitting Yourself for Clinicals |
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Getting the most out of clinical orientation |
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Managing pre-clinical paperwork |
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A final note about care plans |
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Getting and Giving Respect on the Floor: Your Clinical Instructors |
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Getting and Giving Respect on the Floor: Your Classmates |
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Classmates and cultural competency |
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Getting and Giving Respect on the Floor: Your Patients |
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Getting and Giving Respect on the Floor: The Staff |
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When you don't like what you see |
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| Chapter 8 Yes, You Can Avoid: Anxiety, Severe, Related to the Upcoming NCLEX |
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Choosing review tools and options |
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| Chapter 9 Yes, You Can Avoid: Confusion, Chronic, Related to Changing Issues and Trends in Nursing |
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Why This Chapter Is Important |
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Learning to Surf-Keeping on Top of the Trends |
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Nursing in 2004 and Beyond: What You Can Expect |
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Sicker and quicker and other quick fixes |
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"Being nice gets us nowhere" |
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| Chapter 10 Yes, You Can Avoid: Sleep Pattern Disturbance Related to Occupational Worries |
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Job Search, Part I: While You're in School |
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Getting stuff for your resume |
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Job Search, Part II: Getting Started |
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Discovering what's out there |
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Should I do medical/surgical time? |
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Job Search, Part III: The Search Itself |
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| Appendix A Computers and PDAs as a Helping Hand Through Nursing School |
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Some common misconceptions |
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E-mail, e-mail lists, and "netiquette" |
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Information in the palm of your hand: PDAs |
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| Appendix B Humor for Healing |
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Make me laugh: for your patients |
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