The updated and expanded second edition helps the reader adjust to nursing school and the nursing profession. It provides tools for academic success including learn objectives for each chapter, learning exercises that involve students, and chapters in the "How to Begin" section which provide guidelines to help students learn how to learn. Practical nursing development is specifically addressed by history of nursing, the nursing process, the health care and nursing team, legal and ethical aspects, career mobility, nursing organization, finding a job, NCLEX-PN, AIDS, hepatitis, burnout, leadership and cultural and religious differences.