Mosby's Tour Guide to Nursing School A Student's Road Survival Kit |
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| Author:
| Chenevert, Melodie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-323-01441-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2002 |
| Publisher: | Mosby, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $43.00 |
Book Description:
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This highly praised, popular "tour guide" provides students with a realistic, yet humorous description of the "journey" through nursing school. Easy-to-read and practical, it offers useful advice and guidance for coping with and making the most of the nursing school experience. Helpful suggestions and strategies are provided for time management, improving study habits, surviving clinical rotations, and balancing school, work, and family obligations.
This highly praised, popular "tour guide" provides students with a realistic, yet humorous description of the "journey" through nursing school. Easy-to-read and practical, it offers useful advice and guidance for coping with and making the most of the nursing school experience. Helpful suggestions and strategies are provided for time management, improving study habits, surviving clinical rotations, and balancing school, work, and family obligations.
- Provides a light-hearted and practical approach to getting through nursing school.
- Uses an easy-to-follow "road trip" theme throughout.
- Endorsed by the National Student Nurses Association.
- Offers down-to-earth advice and suggestions for improving time management and test taking skills, forming support and/or study groups, and improving oral and written reports.
- Describes effective strategies for dealing with stressful situations such as failure, procrastination, and depression.
- Addresses challenges like balancing school, work, and family obligations.
- Includes appendixes that provide useful information on resources for NCLEX review, questions and answers on the computerized NCLEX-RN exam, sources of scholarships and loans, and U.S. and Canadian nursing organizations.
- Includes new chapters on the effective use of the Internet and online sources for research and study, and on the career opportunities and possibilities in nursing.
- Provides updated statistics on college tuition, employment rates, and salaries.
- Presents information on the risk of depression and chemical use/dependency, as well as ways students can obtain help.
- Includes content on how both women and men can survive in nursing school.