Majoring in Nursing : From Prerequisites to Postgraduate Study and Beyond

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Summary: good book for those thinking about nursing
Review: An excellent book for anyone looking into a nurisng career. Very informative and easy to read. Ms. Katz works hard to give her readers an accurate description of the profession.

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Summary: Majoring in Nursing
Review: An excellent book for anyone looking into a nurisng career. Very informative and easy to read. Ms. Katz works hard to give her readers an accurate description of the profession.

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Summary: It is called "Majoring in Nursing" for a reason....
Review: I found the book to be well-written and informative, and Ms. Katz is clearly a wonderful advocate for the nurse and wants to encourage her readers to be the same; this can only be a good thing.

To badgerhockey...it is called "Majoring in Nursing" for a reason. You choose a major field of study at a four-year university, not at a community college. Associate degree programs are well and good, but they do not include the scope that a four-year degree has, including the general education requirements that a BSN has to fulfill but an ASN can ignore. Also, nobody earns a BSN in nursing to become an LPN; that's not something that is done at a four-year university.

I think you probably bought the book with the right intentions; you are just not part of the book's audience.

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Summary: Okay, but...
Review: I quickly grew tired with the author's leftist political views, which she felt compelled to insert in nearly every chapter. And unions? She's all for them, and doesn't seem to understand that there are those that want nothing to do with them. Also, she completely negates those with ASN nursing degrees, relagating them to being slightly above NA's on the nursing food chain. No mention of LPN's at all.

Which is disappointing, since I am enrolled in an LPN program, with a goal of becoming a PRN - the care I received at two Spokane hospitals (during the birth of my children) was the turning point of my interest in nursing.

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Summary: Okay, but...
Review: I quickly grew tired with the author's leftist political views, which she felt compelled to insert in nearly every chapter. And unions? She's all for them, and doesn't seem to understand that there are those that want nothing to do with them. Also, she completely negates those with ASN nursing degrees, relagating them to being slightly above NA's on the nursing food chain. No mention of LPN's at all.

Which is disappointing, since I am enrolled in an LPN program, with a goal of becoming a PRN - the care I received at two Spokane hospitals (during the birth of my children) was the turning point of my interest in nursing.

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Summary: A Good Information Source
Review: Majoring in Nursing helped me with deciding the steps to take to see if nursing would be a good career for me. I am currently trying to decide if I should change careers and the book covers nursing as a second career and the advantages and disadvantages to starting nursing at an older age. It also discusses steps to take before putting in all the time on a degree (such as volunteer work) to see if nursing is the kind of job you thought it would be. Details of the different educational paths to an RN are clearly discussed as well as the various types of jobs available in nursing and of course the many problems (insurance, etc).

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Summary: Great Overview For Career Research
Review: This book is great for those considering nursing as a career. It gives an overview of many aspects of the profession from school requirements to dealing with problems. The best part of the book is the appendix which contains references to books and organizations.

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Summary: good book for those thinking about nursing
Review: This book was great reading material. I've already made up my mind to become a nurse. The book is directed to those who are considering a career in nursing. However, I enjoyed reading it just the same and the ideas presented reinforced my commitment to nursing.

One interesting point is that Janet Katz drives home the need for leadership within nursing and how nursing can be as versatile as you want it to be. This really helped me because I now realize how I can make nursing fit in my life.

One captivating chapter is named "You don't have to like blood to be a nurse" or something like that. For a brief moment, I thought that not liking blood would be detrimental to my nursing career. In her book, Janet demonstrates why this doesn't have to be the case.

Another point covered is a comparison of associate's, diploma and BSN programs and Janet does a good job doing this. She also describes education beyond the RN degree which opened up my mind to countless possibilities. I read it in a day!

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Summary: For those who are thinking about a meaningful career
Review: Very helpful and straightforward written. I would love a new edition of this book, as the first and last edition is from 1999. Although it will be very nice to see the data updated. It gave me a wonderful clue of what nursing is all about.