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Be sure to recommend this book to your incoming or new students. This light-hearted, fun, and easy-to-read guide for nursing students by students is full of practical information to help them cope with and get the most out of nursing school. It will help keep students on track about the ups and downs they are likely to encounter and keeps them focused on why they chose nursing as a career.
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This book will be of special interest to potential and existing nursing students, but it will also be helpful to nursing faculty. The author uses a lighthearted approach to present suggestions for dealing with issues and concerns one may experience while choosing a nursing school and being a nursing student. Students preparing for the NCLEX and graduates choosing employment in the profession of nursing will also benefit. Numerous quotes and anecdotes from nursing students and instructors underscore points that the author makes throughout the book. The use of relevant cartoons and clichis add levity to the down-to-earth suggestions. This book is truly written for the nursing student in particular as opposed to the college student. The author addresses concerns that are somewhat unique to nursing students, such as those related to clinical rotations, clinical instructors, and staff in the clinical area. She recognizes many concerns nursing students may have but also writes about special concerns of older students, male students (as a minority in a female-dominated profession) and gay, lesbian, or bisexual students. There is a wonderful chapter on taking care of oneself in which the author writes about dealing with stress, codependency, and cognitive distortions. It is a chapter that readers will find enlightening and self-empowering. The author recognizes that most students work while they are in school and offers innovative suggestions on how to manage multiple responsibilities. There are also chapters filled with strategies for being successful in the classroom and with test taking. At the end of each chapter, there are an array of resources, such as books, Web sites, and organizations to contact and explore. For prospective and existing nursing students, this book is very useful resource. Marilyn Sample, BS, MS(Indiana State University). Copyright 2001, Doody Publishing
目录
Chapter 1 Yes, You Can Avoid: Confusion, Acute, Related to Multiple Choices | p. 1 |
Choosing a Program That Fits Your Career Objectives | p. 4 |
Choosing a School | p. 7 |
Choosing a school size | p. 8 |
What to look for academically | p. 8 |
What to look for clinically | p. 11 |
What to look for socially | p. 12 |
Making the most of your campus visit | p. 13 |
Online options | p. 14 |
Getting in | p. 15 |
Filling out those %#x!! forms | p. 16 |
Handling interviews | p. 17 |
Transferring credits | p. 17 |
Counting the Cost | p. 18 |
Discovering the real costs of attendance | p. 18 |
Think about: government financial aid | p. 21 |
Think about: nongovernmental financial aid | p. 22 |
Resources | p. 23 |
Chapter 2 Yes, You Can Avoid: Powerlessness Related to Excessive Stress | p. 29 |
Defining the Problem | p. 30 |
Taking Control | p. 31 |
Helping ourselves: the art of self-care | p. 32 |
Maintaining balance | p. 32 |
When Your Brain is a Pain: Recognizing Cognitive Distortions | p. 34 |
Helping You/Hurting Me | p. 36 |
Understanding codependence | p. 36 |
Establishing boundaries | p. 38 |
Visualization and affirmations | p. 40 |
No Nurse Is an Island: Getting Help from Others | p. 42 |
Building your support system of family and friends | p. 42 |
If You Need More Help | p. 44 |
A Note about Motivation | p. 47 |
Resources | p. 50 |
Chapter 3 Yes, You Can Avoid: Role Confusion Related to Juggling Multiple Tasks | p. 53 |
Juggling Family and Home Responsibilities | p. 54 |
Sell the program | p. 54 |
Involve the kids | p. 55 |
Bundle activities and purchases | p. 55 |
Juggling Free Time and Recreation | p. 56 |
The Nuts and Bolts of Time Management | p. 58 |
Dealing with clutter | p. 58 |
Dealing with procrastination | p. 60 |
Working while in School | p. 62 |
If you can afford not to work | p. 62 |
Getting (or keeping) a job in health care | p. 63 |
Resources | p. 65 |
Chapter 4 Yes, You Can Avoid: Impaired Memory Related to Information Overload | p. 69 |
Finding a guide | p. 70 |
Reading: How Much is Enough? | p. 71 |
Making the Most of Your Time and Effort | p. 73 |
Pre-lecture reading: to read or not to read | p. 73 |
If you can't do your reading | p. 75 |
Optimizing your reading time | p. 75 |
Learning from Lectures | p. 76 |
Attendance, preparation, and general classroom behavior | p. 76 |
A note about notes | p. 81 |
Planning Your Study Time | p. 82 |
Joining a Study Group | p. 85 |
Pros and cons of study groups | p. 85 |
Choosing groupies | p. 86 |
Building a structure | p. 86 |
A Note on Competition in Nursing School | p. 88 |
Papers and Such | p. 90 |
Researching | p. 90 |
Writing strategies | p. 91 |
Resources | p. 94 |
Chapter 5 Yes, You Can Avoid: Anxiety Related to a Life Built Around Multiple-Choice Tests | p. 99 |
Preparing Mentally for Tests | p. 100 |
Playing private detective | p. 100 |
Using practice tests to prepare | p. 102 |
Preparing Physically for Tests | p. 103 |
Rest and exercise | p. 103 |
The night before | p. 104 |
The Day of the Exam | p. 105 |
Before the exam begins | p. 105 |
Test-taking tips | p. 108 |
Troubleshooting Test Performance | p. 110 |
Examine the problem for yourself | p. 111 |
Getting outside help | p. 111 |
A Final Word about Grades | p. 112 |
Resources | p. 113 |
Chapter 6 Yes, You Can Avoid: Fatigue Related to Being Perceived as "Different" | p. 117 |
If You Are a Nontraditional-age Student | p. 118 |
Special Time Concerns for the Older Student | p. 119 |
If You Are a Student Who Is Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual | p. 125 |
If You Are a Male Student | p. 128 |
Special considerations in choosing a school | p. 128 |
What does it mean to be male in a female environment? | p. 129 |
Handing being treated differently | p. 129 |
Resources | p. 132 |
Chapter 7 Yes, You Can Avoid: Fear Related to the Start of Clinical Rotations | p. 135 |
Choosing a Clinical Instructor | p. 136 |
Choosing a Clinical Site | p. 137 |
Outfitting Yourself for Clinicals | p. 138 |
Uniforms | p. 138 |
Equipment | p. 140 |
Preparation | p. 141 |
Getting lab experience | p. 141 |
Getting the most out of clinical orientation | p. 143 |
Managing pre-clinical paperwork | p. 144 |
A final note about care plans | p. 145 |
The night before | p. 146 |
Getting and Giving Respect on the Floor: Your Clinical Instructors | p. 147 |
If a problem develops | p. 151 |
If the problem persists | p. 152 |
Getting and Giving Respect on the Floor: Your Classmates | p. 154 |
Getting along | p. 154 |
Classmates and cultural competency | p. 154 |
Getting and Giving Respect on the Floor: Your Patients | p. 156 |
Confidentiality | p. 156 |
Privacy | p. 157 |
Getting and Giving Respect on the Floor: The Staff | p. 160 |
When you don't like what you see | p. 161 |
Resources | p. 162 |
Chapter 8 Yes, You Can Avoid: Anxiety, Severe, Related to the Upcoming NCLEX | p. 167 |
Anticipation | p. 168 |
Planning | p. 168 |
Registering | p. 169 |
Picking a time and place | p. 170 |
The NCLEX in a nutshell | p. 171 |
Preparation | p. 172 |
Assessing your needs | p. 172 |
Mapping out a study plan | p. 173 |
Choosing review tools and options | p. 175 |
Forming a study group | p. 175 |
Taking the Test | p. 179 |
Final preparation | p. 179 |
Handling the computer | p. 180 |
Handling your anxiety | p. 180 |
Getting your results | p. 181 |
If you don't pass | p. 181 |
Resources | p. 183 |
Chapter 9 Yes, You Can Avoid: Confusion, Chronic, Related to Changing Issues and Trends in Nursing | p. 187 |
Why This Chapter Is Important | p. 188 |
Learning to Surf-Keeping on Top of the Trends | p. 189 |
Nursing in 2001 and beyond: What You Can Expect | p. 190 |
The coming nurse gap | p. 191 |
The endangered back rub | p. 192 |
Sicker and quicker and other quick fixes | p. 193 |
Changing the Weather | p. 195 |
"Being nice gets us nowhere" | p. 199 |
Resources | p. 201 |
Chapter 10 Yes, You Can Avoid: Sleep Pattern Disturbance Related to Occupational Worries | p. 207 |
The Job Search, Part I: While You're in School | p. 208 |
Networking at clinical | p. 208 |
Getting stuff for your resume | p. 209 |
Using school resources | p. 210 |
The Job Search, Part II: Getting Started | p. 210 |
Discovering what's out there | p. 210 |
Should I do medical-surgical time? | p. 212 |
When to start looking | p. 213 |
A resume on resumes | p. 214 |
Education | p. 215 |
Past work experience | p. 215 |
The Job Search, Part III: The Search Itself | p. 217 |
Job search strategies | p. 217 |
Interviewing | p. 223 |
Getting up to Speed | p. 233 |
What's Next? | p. 233 |
Resources | p. 235 |
Appendix A Computers as a Helping Hand through Nursing School | p. 239 |
Some Common Misconceptions | p. 239 |
Getting Started: The Very Least You Need to Know | p. 240 |
Word Processing | p. 241 |
To the Internet and beyond | p. 242 |
Resources | p. 249 |
Appendix B | |
Humor for Healing | p. 253 |
Make Me Laugh: For You | p. 254 |
Make Me Laugh: For Your Patients | p. 255 |
Resources | p. 260 |
Index | p. 265 |