Keys to Nursing Success, Revised Edition (3rd Edition)

Pay with

About Keys To Nursing Success, Revised Edition

Product Description Want to give pre nursing students a solid idea of what nursing is-as a profession-and what the major issues the profession faces today?  Keys to Nursing Success is designed to promote a realistic understanding of nursing, explore the exceptional opportunities nursing careers offer, and help students prepare for the rigors of nursing school.  This revision introduces a framework that has been proven to improve student learning and achievement.  Using the theory of Successful Intelligence, developed by psychologist Robert Sternberg , this book helps students prepare both academically and personally for applying to and succeeding in nursing school.  Katz provides updated statistics on nursing salaries and demographics.  No other book provides this information on nursing careers and helps students learn how to learn through study strategies. From the Back Cover This is the first Student Success text to use a framework that has been proven to improve student learning and achievement.   Keys to Nursing Success, Third Edition, helps students build analytical, creative, and practical thinking skills.  According to this theoretical premise, also known as Successful Intelligence , all three skill areas require development to be truly successful.   Katz provides updated statistics on nursing salaries and demo graphics, giving teachers all the latest information in one place.  No other book enables professors both to discuss nursing as a career and to help students learn how to learn through study strategies.     Features include: NEW Pedagogy – In-chapter and end-of-chapter exercises teach students to think analytically, creatively and practically. Chapter Opening Q and A – Real-life student questions provide professor response. Teamwork Exercise – Practical trials allow students to develop the skill of working with others. Career Portfolio Exercise – Practice session prepares students to demonstrate their skills via resumes and vitas. Additional Support – in and out of the classroom…   Keys to Nursing Success offers instructors an Instructor’s Manual which provides PowerPoint slides, exercises, tests, and rationales that can be used immediately.  Additional discipline-specific information can be accessed through the Student Success Supersite (www.prenhall.com/success), where students and faculty will find an array of resources.    Start strong. Finish stronger.   www.MyStudentSuccessLab.com   About the Author Janet R. Katz has practiced in cardiac rehabilitation, as well as acute and critical cardiac care.  Her PhD is in educational leadership. She is an assistant professor for Washington State University’s Intercollegiate College of Nursing. She teaches community health.  Janet is the author of articles on nursing and the new book: A CAREER IN NURSING: IS IT Right for Me?  Her research is in the area of recruiting and retaining Native American students into nursing, communitybased  participatory reserach  that is culturally competent, such as on health promotion for Native American teenagers.   She is active in advancing the profession of nursing and its mission of disease prevention, health promotion, and health care advocacy for individuals, families, and communities, both locally and globally. She lives in Spokane, WA.   Carol Carter is founder of LifeBound, a career coaching company that offers individual coaching sessions and seminars for high school students, college students, and career seekers. She has written Majoring in the Rest of Your Life: Career Secrets for College Students and Majoring in High School. She has also co-authored Keys to Preparing for College, Keys to College Studying, The Career Tool Kit, Keys to Career Success, Keys to Study Skills, Keys to Thinking and Learning, and Keys to Success. She has taught welfare-to-work classes, team taught in the La Familia Scholars Program at the Community College of Denver, and conducted numerous workshops