Comprehensive Nursing CareFor LPN/LVN courses that want all core content in one text.Part of the Prentice Hall LPN/LVN-specific series. Looking at the practice of nursing from the LPN/LVN point of view, this streamlined but comprehensive text covering the main content areas including fundamentals, medical-surgical, mental health, maternal-newborn, pediatrics, and leadership (professionalism and transition to practice), explains to students what they need to know and do in order to deliver safe and effective nursing care in a variety of settings. It focuses on the information and essential skills that will help ensure clinical and NCLEX-PN test-taking success, as well as addresses the LPN/LVN scope of practice and relationship to the registered nurse. |
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Comprehensive Nursing Care Roberta Pavy Ramont,Dolores Maldonado Niedringhaus,Mary Ann Towle No preview available - 2010 |
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