This curriculum guide contains the materials required to teach a course to prepare students for employment as practical nurses. The following topics are covered in seven instructional units: successful learning skills, positive self-concept, techniques for a balanced lifestyle, communication skills, legal and ethical issues, organizational and management skills, and techniques for career success. Each unit contains some or all of the following: objective sheets, suggested activities, handouts, supplements, transparency masters, activity sheets, assignment sheets, instructional supplements providing suggestions for teaching basic skills, job sheets, practical tests, written tests, and assignment sheet and test answers. Academic skills training is combined with vocational training throughout the instructional materials. To assist teachers in identifying activities that promote basic skills development, a marking system of simple graphic symbols, or icons, is used to denote which of the following nine general basic skill categories is being emphasized: reading, science, creative thinking/problem solving, writing, oral communication, employability, math, interpersonal skills, and social studies. (MN)