Publisher's Synopsis
Written by two specialists in reading education, this text provides nursing students with comprehension, vocabulary, and study skills necessary for reading and understanding their textbooks. Helpful topics such as time management, pre-reading strategies, and monitoring comprehension develop the concentration skills needed to focus on textbook assignments. The exercises in the text, drawn from actual nursing textbooks, help the reader synthesize all of the skills learned throughout the text. Provides chapters on comprehension including tips on identifying the "main idea", as well as a unique and easy-to-use format that gives the reader the ability to learn individually or with an instructor's guidance. Also aids in vocabulary development including tips on the use of a glossary, a thesaurus, and a dictionary as well as a guide to affixes and the use of content clues.
