This resource is dedicated to:
TOM – my husband,
43 years isn’t enough to share all the 1001 things we want to experience. Here’s to taking more time for enjoying our three granddaughters (Kaya, Kasey and Audrey), organizing our "museum" and for finally using our wedding Satsuma chinaware. Your love and devotion, your Scandinavian patience combined with your Irish good humor have been my mainstay while I cranked out 29 editions of seven different nursing books during my professional lifetime.
ELANA – our daughter,
Your creativity and talent, energy and commitment to always "giving your all" to all that you do – be it Stagewrite, parenting your two daughters, Kaya and Kasey, or fostering family unity, make you so very special.
DAN – our son-in-law,
A special thank you for putting reviewfornurses.com and the 6-eBookLibrary online, on smart phone or tablet device, and on DVD – making us the oldest independent, successful "all-in-one" nursing exam prep company. Your job has been never-ending and always innovative!
KALEN – our son,
Your name brings to mind some of your very special "gifts":
With gratitude for sharing your love, celebrations and care and concern.
To our third generation—the 3 granddaughters: Kaya, 9, Kasey, 5, Audrey, 3 (and another grandchild on the way)—each of whom is very precious to me in her own very special way:
KAYA for your sweet, kind and thoughtful ways, and a gentle manner. You are fun and enjoyable to be with, and insightful, sensitive, sentimental and creative at the same time. (We love your notes and artwork that you leave around for us to find all over the house.)
KASEY for your enthusiasm and boundless energy as you laugh and play with us, with friends, and with your collection of dolls and stuffed animals. You delight us with your remarkable singing (on pitch! and you pick up new melodies in Swedish, Russian, Jewish, and Hawaiian really fast!). We love your affectionate and sharing ways.
AUDREY for your giant hugs and loving smiles, as well as your growth and linguistic development in the way you seek and quickly grasp and enjoy new experiences (e.g., picking the correct numerical days on your Advent calendar, learning Italian phrases, and retaining how to say "I love you" in Russian). May you continue to always enjoy both Chanukah and Christmas as part of your own cultural "diversity." May you also continue to enjoy playing with and bonding with your cousins, Kaya and Kasey.
—Sally Lambert Lagerquist
First, I thank God for His unending grace, for the many blessings in my life, and for the gift of salvation in Christ Jesus.
To my husband, Mike, who supports me in everything I do, thank you for your humor and your love. We are a great team. I look forward to a bright future with you. You are truly the best thing that ever happened to me.
To my sweet little Leilani, the light of our life, the girl who makes us smile every day, and I am truly blessed that she calls me Mommy.
To my daughter Rachel, I am proud of the nurse you have become and enjoy watching you grow in your practice.
To my son Justin, keep moving forward. I know God has a plan for your life.
To my parents, John and LaVerne Mahony, I miss you both very much and one day, I will see you again. You both always believed I was capable of achieving whatever I could dream of and for that, I am eternally grateful.
To my big brother John, thank you for being my example. You made me want to achieve even more to keep up with your great accomplishments.
To my brother Brian, who has been making God and all of heaven laugh since 1993, I miss your smile and practical jokes.
To my mentors, Dr. Mollyn Bohnen and Dr. Louise Timmer, who helped shape me as a nurse and a faculty member, I am forever grateful for your attention and encouragement.
To all the nursing students whose enthusiasm inspires me, every time I see a student cry at the birth of a child, I remember why I chose to be a perinatal nurse. It is a pleasure to mentor the next generation of nurses. I have never had a day I wanted to be anything but a nurse, and I am proud to say I am a nurse.
—Jan Lloyd McMillin
This resource is dedicated—
To those who have chosen nursing as their passion, as their life work . . . one education and 1000 career choices! Thanks for choosing NCLEX-RN® Success to increase your knowledge for the practice of nursing. Thanks for choosing a career as a professional nurse. Nurses are the "glue" of healthcare . . . and year after year they are voted the most trusted profession by consumers. Nurses make a difference in the lives of those they care for.
This resource is dedicated—
To my family which is composed of members from four generational groups—my husband Dean (the mature generation), daughters Tina (the nurse and a baby boomer) and Kelly (the musician-graphic designer and Gen Xer), and my grandsons Stirling and Sage (the millennials). Nurses are prepared to give high quality care across all generations—not just one. Our lives and our health will be better because of nurses—because of you!
Thanks to each of you for touching my life daily!
—Robyn Marchal Nelson
To my husband Chris, for always being the eager listener for a new test question and for support throughout the editing process.
To Mom, Jeri, and Joe, who took such good care of Will and Zach when I needed to write.
To Sally and Robyn, mentors and friends, who supplied humor and heart every day of this resource project. You two are the best!
To nursing students, both present and past, for choosing this profession, for always doing your best, and for continuing to give me such a richly rewarding career. I hope this resource helps you succeed in the next phase of your journey!
—Denise Wall Parilo
This resource is gratefully dedicated:
To Terry Oleson, PhD. Thank you for your endless patience and guidance in helping me find the answers to my life’s questions.
To my nursing instructors, religious and secular, who taught me that I wanted to be a pediatric nurse and had the "right stuff" with which to do it.
To my pediatric patients and their families who taught me how to be a pediatric nurse.
To my pediatric nursing students who taught me how to teach pediatric nursing.
To my friends and colleagues in the pediatric community who, with their combined experience and wisdom, gave me insight into the writing of pediatric content and taught me that there is always a "light at the end of the tunnel" and that this resource was not an everlasting project.
And, finally, to Steevio Bardakjian, my resident computer genius and guru who taught me the mysteries of the computer world.
Thank you!
—Kathy Snider
I dedicate my work involved in this resource first and foremost to my beautiful and loving daughters Molly and Katie. You both have always been my inspiration in everything I do and always will—I love you both more than you will ever know.
During the time in editing, authoring the chapters and developing questions for this resource, my life was occupied with personal emotional distress and the most challenging experiences ever. I thank Sally Lagerquist for giving me this opportunity to have this "great distraction" and time-consuming endeavor as I coped and began a new journey in life. Sally, you are not only my partner in this resource, you are a dear and loving friend. Without your ongoing support, insistence on perfection and keeping me sane through it all, I never could have been successful in achieving the final edited and authored copy.
Lastly, I dedicate this to my family, co-workers and friends, who encouraged me and cheered me on during some of the lowest points of my personal life. Without you, I could not have done this.
And, finally to my mother, Marilyn Evans, a nurse at heart and the most loving, God inspired woman on the face of the Earth. You are my role model in everything I do as a nurse—I have become who I am and care for my patients the way I do because of your example. Thanks for being my mom and, most of all, my very best friend.
I am forever grateful to all the wonderful people in my life.
—Janis Ryan Wisherop