This light-hearted, fun, fresh, and easy-to-read guide for nursing students by nursing students is full of practical information to help them cope with—and get the most out of—nursing school.

The Nursing School Survival Guide is designed to assist new and returning students to navigate through the tribulations of nursing school and written from the perspective of a nursing school instructor and full time nurse. Techniques in the Stress and Time Management edition will help to develop strategies to manage the already stressful caseload of clinical, labs and lecture. A short read, a step-by-step guide to creating a grade predictor, is included to ease grade-related stress.

About to start nursing school? Or maybe you already have, and still don't know why you are so stressed. Take my word for it: I've been there. And you're in luck. This little guide is what every clinical instructor and floor nurse wished you knew.A quick, easy read for the busiest student, "The Survival Guide to Nursing School" will give you the unique perspective you will need to actually enjoy nursing school. Written by an RN and for students in the first semester to students about to graduate, this little guide packs a big punch. It dispels with myths and offers straightforward suggestions for how to deal with stress, nerves, and perhaps just the encouragement you need to be successful in your nursing journey.

Your transition from nursing student to practicing nurse begins here! Packed with real-life examples and indispensable advice from novice nurses and staff development experts, New Nurse’s Survival Guide is the single best book available on how to get the job you want and become the nurse you aspire to be after you graduate from nursing school. You’ll learn exactly what you must know and do in order to stand out from all the other new graduates and make yourself irresistible to employers -- in even the most challenging job market. And you’ll find out what it really takes to thrive, not just survive, during your first year on the job. Land a great job in any economy by learning: What you can do to gain on-the-job experience while you are still in school How to prepare for your job search, interview, and orientation What hospitals are looking for and what you need to bring to the table How you can demonstrate that you are a nurse that takes the initiative How to demonstrate leadership to potential employers

Providing students with additional information on this extensive and especially difficult subject area, this guide features visual cues to help students retain information by expressing the material in a fun, engaging manner with activities created to appeal to students of different learning styles. NCLEX( Review questions follow the end of each chapter to help check the students' understanding of key topics and to perform necessary review.

Encouraging, user-friendly, and altogether unique, Mosby's Tour Guide to Nursing School encourages you to not only survive nursing school, but excel in whichever program you select. Throughout the book, Dr. Chenevert compares your journey through nursing school to a road trip, and she offers advice to increase your understanding, help you successfully navigate obstacles, and make your journey more enjoyable. You'll learn how to prepare for the NCLEX® and your nursing career, how to get good grades, how to deal with failure, how to improve oral and written reports, and much more. A must-have for every nursing student! - Endorsed by the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). - Written by a nationally known motivational speaker and nurse, the book's down-to-earth approach uses humor and clever analogies to clearly teach the information you need to know. - Uses the analogy of a cross-country road trip to help you see the relationships between different aspects of nursing school, as well as give you a finite view of its duration and end result. - Inspirational quotes throughout offer wisdom and encouragement from fellow nursing students and graduates. - The appendix lists numerous diverse resources you'll find useful before, during, and after nursing school. - Electronic Age Information covers distance learning, online courses, and podcasts, facilitating your success both in today's electronic classroom and with the advancing technology in nursing. - A special NCLEX® chapter (Chapter 29: Are We There Yet? Almost.) provides you with the tools you need to prepare for and pass the NCLEX®. - Updated statistics and information on the emerging trends of the workforce keep you current with what's happening in the world outside nursing and help you make educated choices during nursing school. - Three chapters are devoted to diversity in today's workforce and the non-traditional student. - Thorough coverage of ADN, BSN, and RN-BSN programs (program prerequisites, differences, and more) helps you make informed decisions about your choice of nursing programs. - An appendix of Online Resources provides quick and easy access to web sites that will assist both students and graduates with continued study and real-world advice.

Are you a starting work in critical care? Are you an experienced nurse but need to check guidelines and best practices? This is the indispensable guide to daily procedures and problems faced by nurses working in this specialty. This book will help you to Organise your job and yourself Assess patients and communicate with them Get clinical information on a wide range of conditions What to do in emergency This UPDATED edition: Completely updated and revised content written by authors with extensive nursing experience in the field Physiological, psychological and social areas, as well as legal issues, ethical and moral dilemmas that critical care nurses and health care practitioners may face on a daily basis Boxes, tips and diagrams to help bridge the theory-practice gap while embarking on your critical care career. Part of the A Nurse’s Survival Guide series Completely updated and revised content written by authors with extensive nursing experience in the field Physiological, psychological and social areas, as well as legal issues, ethical and moral dilemmas that critical care nurses and health care practitioners may face on a daily basis Boxes, tips and diagrams to help bridge the theory-practice gap while embarking on your critical care career.

My name is Alexandra, AKA Andra, and I am an intensive care unit registered nurse. Working frequently with students and new nurses has shown me that there is a HUGE practical education gap for students as they become nursing students and new grad nurses. After seeing this need, I sought to write this handbook (...or rather, survival guide) to help pass on the information and lessons I've learned throughout school about topics not typically covered by nursing programs or the profession...topics most students have to learn the hard way like I did. The goal here is to prevent you from spending unnecessary time invested in activities that are not the best utilization of your time.No matter what point you're at in the nursing school process - pre-nursing, currently enrolled, about to graduate, etc. - this guide will have something to help make your life easier! You can expect this guide to talk about:? Planning and preparing for nursing school? The application and interview process? Preparing for success in lecture? How to handle nursing exams? Preparing for success in simulation lab? How to approach clinical placements? Maintaining school-life balance? Your final semester? What to expect after graduation

The book gives guidance and practical advice about working in the community and the specialist role of school nursing. It includes contributions from newly qualified school nurses to provide reflections on their experiences, challenges and successes.