It's important to know that it's on concrete.
Did you buy the regular strip? Because if you're laying this on concrete it won't work, instead you should use a strip that doesn't have nails to hammer into the floor. Buy some tack track (green contact cement, basically) and use that to secure the strip to the concrete. Then install a metal channel at the spot where you'll be transitioning to the lino. This is where you'll install a vinyl cap to finish off the transition.
Once the strip is in, it's time to install the pad. You're obviously going to have seams in your pad, so I would suggest you use carpet glue (I'm sure something else will work, but that's what we use) to secure the edges of the pad to the concrete. Then it's probably best to place some tape over the seams. This should prevent the pad from ever buckling over itself.
Once the pad is down, lay out the carpet. This is a bedroom, you said, so hopefully you won't need a seam. Start kicking in the carpet by kicking towards the wall, and then tucking the carpet under the baseboard. There's a specific way that you're supposed to kick the carpet in, but I can't seem to find a diagram on the internet, and I don't feel like drawing it out for you. Basically, just make sure you try to kick the carpet in evenly so that you don't twist the carpet.
Once you're satisfied that the carpet is stretched enough, install your vinyl cap and you're done.
Hope that's enough.
-Edit- A kicker costs about 10 bucks to rent from Home Depot. You can't install carpet without a kicker. I suggest you kick it in, as opposed to your mother in law doing it.
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