F.A. Davis Company

Make the transition from LPN to RN smoother for your students as they embark on their journey of professional development.

• Uses an informal, conversational writing style to engage and encourage students. Provides context-based learning through nursing process, safety, critical thinking, nursing theory, and evidence-based practice to RN practice.
• Presents a balance of theory, clinical application of knowledge, and clinical decision making.
• Builds on their knowledge of basic nursing skills to address the practice issues that differentiate LPN from RN practice.
• Uses an informal, conversational writing style to engage and encourage students.
• Presents a balance of theory, clinical application of knowledge, and clinical decision making.
• Builds on their knowledge of basic nursing skills to address the practice issues that differentiate LPN from RN practice.
• Provides context-based learning through nursing process, safety, critical thinking, nursing theory, and evidence-based practice to RN practice.

I. Beginning your Journey

1. Multiple Roles

2. Professional Practice Parameters

3. Nursing Theory

4. Legal & Ethical Issues

II. Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process

5. Decisions and Approaches

6. The Imperative for Safety

7. Assessment

8. Diagnosis and Planning

9. Implementation

10. Evaluation

III. Concepts for Your Continuing Journey

11. Evidence-based Practice

12. Planning Your Future

Appendices

A. Dosage and Solution Review and Resources

B. Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns and NANDA

C. NIC/NOC