| A | B |
|---|
| curriculum | subjects you study will prepare you to become a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) |
| nursing instruction | occurs in the classroom and in clinical settings |
| objective | more specific than a goal |
| neural pathways | connections between neurons |
| tactile | involve touch, movement, posture, orientation |
| visual | seeing things |
| auditory | hearing things |
| clustering | activity that generates ideas, images, and feelings around a particular word |
| critical thinking skills | the foundation of good decision making |
| reasoning | using our mind to make sense of something |
| inferring | describing the mental act of concluding that something is so because something else is so |
| judging | mental act of forming an opinion that can lead to deciding something |
| logic | mental act of trying to figure things out |
| listening | conscious effort to interpret sounds |
| SQ3R | survey–question–read–recite–review |
| index | found at the back of most books |
| appendixes | separate sections of related material found at the back of books |
| glossaries | sections listing vocabulary words special to the topic of the book |
| NCSBN | agency that administers nursing licensure examinations, conducts nurse licensing examinations by computer |
| test anxiety | describe the psychological and physical feelings experienced before an examination |
