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Nursing Today: Transition and Trends
This bestselling issues & trends textbook gives you a broad understanding of the problems and opportunities you will face as you make the transition from student to practicing nurse. While most of your studies have focused on learning how to care for the patient, this text teaches you the practical skills essential to managing the business side of your nursing career, including tips on resume writing and interviewing techniques, how to prepare for the NCLEX-RN exam, and effective ways to communicate and handle conflict in the work place. This new edition includes two new chapters on Emergency Preparedness and Building Nursing Management Skills plus numerous chapters that have been updated with the most relevant topics necessary for today’s nursing student.
640 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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March 30, 2014
I hated this book.
Out of ALL the nursing books I've had over my RN career (and there have been many, terribly lengthy and atrociously long-winded ones), this is my least favorite.
It is not only dry and long-winded, it actually admits to "dumbing" itself down, despite that being an admittedly bad idea.
Chapter 19:
"In developing the content for this chapter, a deliberate effort has been made to "simplify" the presentation of ethical issues and avoid complex philosophical debate. Many nurses shy away from formal ethical discussions because the terminology seems better suited to graduate school and a peer-reviewed journal. In reality, nurses deal with ethical issues every day in practice ad need to have the tools to advocate effectively for patients, as well as themselves. The first step in equipping oneself for ethical debate is becoming comfortable with the language and issues."
Da. Fuq.
In ONE paragraph, the author admitted to dumbing shit down, and THEN has the balls to say "But you really need to know your shit, despite the fact that you're not gonna like it because it has really big words, because otherwise, you'll sound like a dumbass when you try to talk to people about important things. But we're not gonna do that here, so you're shit-outta-luck, bro."
Treat people like they won't be interested, or dumb shit down past a point where they won't understand or be able to use tools, and you haven't done your job. I felt like I was being patronized as a COLLEGE-LEVEL student reading this drivel.
Seriously, how are people going to be encouraged to go on to higher levels of education when the authors make it sound like that shit is SO hard because it "sounds" like it's past their level of understanding or interest?
So glad I can take this out in the real world and know how to NOT instill a desire for higher education in future nurses..
Out of ALL the nursing books I've had over my RN career (and there have been many, terribly lengthy and atrociously long-winded ones), this is my least favorite.
It is not only dry and long-winded, it actually admits to "dumbing" itself down, despite that being an admittedly bad idea.
Chapter 19:
"In developing the content for this chapter, a deliberate effort has been made to "simplify" the presentation of ethical issues and avoid complex philosophical debate. Many nurses shy away from formal ethical discussions because the terminology seems better suited to graduate school and a peer-reviewed journal. In reality, nurses deal with ethical issues every day in practice ad need to have the tools to advocate effectively for patients, as well as themselves. The first step in equipping oneself for ethical debate is becoming comfortable with the language and issues."
Da. Fuq.
In ONE paragraph, the author admitted to dumbing shit down, and THEN has the balls to say "But you really need to know your shit, despite the fact that you're not gonna like it because it has really big words, because otherwise, you'll sound like a dumbass when you try to talk to people about important things. But we're not gonna do that here, so you're shit-outta-luck, bro."
Treat people like they won't be interested, or dumb shit down past a point where they won't understand or be able to use tools, and you haven't done your job. I felt like I was being patronized as a COLLEGE-LEVEL student reading this drivel.
Seriously, how are people going to be encouraged to go on to higher levels of education when the authors make it sound like that shit is SO hard because it "sounds" like it's past their level of understanding or interest?
So glad I can take this out in the real world and know how to NOT instill a desire for higher education in future nurses..
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