Keys to Nursing Success

by Katz, Janet R.; Carter, Carol J.; Bishop, Joyce; Kravits, Sarah Lyman

• ISBN13: 9780131135581
• ISBN10: 0131135589
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

For courses in College Success, pre-Nursing and intro-nursing.This innovative text/workbook is designed to help entry-level students understand the various aspects and opportunities of the profession of nursing while allowing them to develop both personal management and academic skills necessary to succeed in a nursing school program. It covers a full range of topics-from exploring the opportunities of the nursing profession to discovering personal learning styles, values, and goals. It teaches how to manage one's time, relationships, and money; and allows students to develop critical skills in reading, studying, thinking, note-taking and writing, listening, test-taking, and lab work.Students and Faculty alike are encouraged tovisit the central website forall Keys franchise materials, www.carterkeys.com , where you cancorrespond with the author team,view theirspeaking calendar, benefit from current articles, andmore!

Author Biography

Janet R. Katz is a cardiac rehabilitation nurse and an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University, where she earned her Ph.D. in Education

Table of Contents

Preface	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
About the Authors	p. xvi
Researching Your Nursing Education: Collecting the Basic Data	p. 2
Discovering Nursing: Exploring Your Options	p. 42
Self-Awareness: Knowing How You Learn	p. 70
Goal Setting and Time Management: Using Values to Map Your Course	p. 98
Scientific Inquiry: Critical Thinking in Nursing	p. 132
Reading and Studying: Focusing on Content	p. 172
Listening, Memory, Note Taking, and Test Taking: Taking In, Recording, and Retaining Information	p. 210
Research and Writing: Gathering and Communicating Ideas	p. 268
Wellness and Stress Management: Taking Care of Yourself	p. 312
Relating to Others: Communicating in a Changing World	p. 346
Managing Money and Career: Reality Resources	p. 388
Moving Ahead: Building a Flexible Future	p. 426
Index	p. 453
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