Part of the Prentice Hall LPN/LVN-specific series, this streamlined but comprehensive text covers the main content areas that every LPN/LVN needs to know. Topics include fundamentals, medical-surgical, mental health, maternal-newborn, pediatrics, and leadership (professionalism and transition to practice). It also details what users 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. Licensed Practical Nursing Students and Licensed Vocational Nursing Students.