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| Ticket to Ride | |
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| Nursing is more than a great living. It's a great life. Career options to last a lifetime. | |
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| The Starting Lineup | |
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| If you've been admitted to a school of nursing, you can do anything! Cooperation, not competition, will bring success. | |
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| Is This Trip Really Necessary? | |
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| Determining whether you have what it takes to be a nurse. Diverse demands on a working nurse. | |
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| Destination: Registered Nurse | |
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| Tangible and intangible rewards of nursing. | |
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| How Long Will This Trip Take? | |
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| Three preparatory paths to nursing. Career aspirations and financial and time considerations determine the length of education. | |
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| How Much Will This Trip Cost? | |
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| Calculating and defraying expenses. Being a smart consumer and getting your money's worth. | |
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| Rules of the Road | |
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| Don't fight the system-work with it. Know your school's rules and follow them to the letter. Collisions between personal freedoms and professional responsibilities. | |
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| Slower Traffic Keep Right | |
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| Survival tips from students to students. | |
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| Driving Instructors | |
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| The importance of knowing faculty members thoroughly and understanding the many roles they play. | |
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| More Miles Per Gallon | |
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| Time management from A to Z. | |
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| Detours | |
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| Turning wishes into 'goals and goals into accomplishments. Issues for the student who must work while going to school. | |
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| You Can't Get There from Here | |
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| Problem-solving and assertiveness skills. | |
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| Drive-Up Teller | |
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| Making the best use of your memory bank: listening and learning, reading and remembering. | |
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| Tollbooth | |
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| Test-taking skills designed to boost your grades. | |
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| Totaled | |
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| Dealingwith failure: major and minor. | |
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| How to Jump-Start Your Battery | |
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| Procrastination and motivation. | |
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| 10-4, Good Buddy | |
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| How to form and conduct study groups. Supporting each other. | |
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| Preventive Maintenance | |
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| The importance of taking care of yourself. | |
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| Scenic Routes | |
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| Choosing electives. | |
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| Bridges | |
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| Diversity within the nursing profession. | |
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| Business Routes | |
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| Improving oral and written reports. | |
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| Hot-Wired | |
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| Internet for nurses. | |
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| In the Driver's Seat | |
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| Taking full responsibility for your actions. | |
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| Shifting Gears | |
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| Difficulties of being a spouse/parent/student. Challenges of returning to school after a long absence. Making the transition from person to professional. | |
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| Moving Violations | |
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| Making the most of the nursing skills lab. Getting adequate experience in the clinical setting. | |
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| Defensive Driving | |
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| Rights and responsibilities. Conforming to the letter or the spirit of the law. Paperwork. | |
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| Street Smart | |
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| Surviving on tough turf. The importance of the first impressions and body language. | |
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| Life in the Fast Lane | |
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| Last-minute suggestions from senior students. | |
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| Are We There Yet? Almost | |
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| Tools to prepare for and pass the NCLEX“ with flying colors. | |
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| Kick the Tires and Light the Fires | |
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| Transition from experienced student to inexperienced professional. Getting your first job as a nurse! | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Common Prefixes and Suffixes Used in Nursing | |
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| Sources of Scholarships and Loans | |
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| State Nurses Associations | |
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| Canadian Nurses Associations | |
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| Specialty Nursing Organizations | |
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| U.S. State and Territorial Boards of Nursing | |
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| Resources for NCLEX“- RN Review Available from Mosby/Elsevier | |
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| Index | |