cover image - Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323569729
Copyright: 2019
Publication Date: 02-20-2018
Page Count: 600
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $56.99

Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition

by Leighann Remmert, MS, RN and Sheila A. Sorrentino, PhD, RN

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323569729
Copyright: 2019
Publication Date: 02-20-2018
Page Count: 600
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $56.99
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Designed for shorter programs of 85 hours or fewer, Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 6th Edition provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential for becoming a nursing assistant. Known for its reader-friendly approach, and bright visual presentation, the text covers OBRA-mandated content including step-by-step procedures for 76 skills covered on the latest NATSEP certification exams. With focus on quality of life in the patient/person and self-pride in the nursing assistant this concise text emphasizes the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe, competent, and efficient care. New features include Focus on Math to help the student master the formulas and calculations necessary for safe and effective caregiving and Focus on Pride: Application, which directs students to focus on residents’ emotional and mental needs during specific procedures.

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7th Edition

Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

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ISBN: 9780323811040
    • NEW! Getting a Job chapter describes the professional skills students need for seeking and landing a job after certification.
    • NEW! Focus on Math feature increases students’ critical thinking and calculation skills to assist them in performing a variety of procedures.
    • NEW! Urinary Catheters chapter focuses on safety concerns surrounding perineal care.
    • NEW! Content on electronic communication covers safety rules and wrongful use of electronic communication methods including cell phones and social media.
    • NEW! Focus on Pride: Application examines residents’ emotional and mental wellbeing during care for specific issues.
    • Over 75 procedures boxes are divided into step-by-step format with instructions for performing each skill, including Quality of Life courtesies, Pre-procedure, Procedure, and Post-Procedure sections to make learning critical skills easier.
    • Concise coverage of nursing assistant content written at a 7th grade reading level that’s ideal and easy to use in classes with shorter hour requirements.
    • Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes highlight important considerations for providing safe and effective care while promoting patient comfort.
    • Focus on PRIDE boxes highlight personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, independence and social interaction, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws, encouraging students to promote pride in the person, family, and themselves.
    • Caring about Culture boxes contain information to help students learn about the various practices of other cultures.
    • Focus on Practice boxes at the end of each chapter present short case scenarios with questions so students can consider practical applications for providing patient care.
    • Focus on Communication boxes suggest what to say and questions to ask when interacting with patients, residents, visitors, and the nursing team to ensure clear communication in practice.
    • Delegation Guidelines identify the nursing assistant's specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks.
    • NEW! Getting a Job chapter describes the professional skills you need for seeking and landing a job after certification.
    • NEW! Focus on Math feature increases your critical thinking and calculation skills to assist you in performing a variety of procedures.
    • NEW! Urinary Catheters chapter focuses on safety concerns surrounding perineal care.
    • NEW! Content on electronic communication covers safety rules and wrongful use of electronic communication methods including cell phones and social media.
    • NEW! Focus on Pride: Application examines residents’ emotional and mental wellbeing during care for specific issues.
  • 1. Introduction to Health Care
    2. The Person’s Rights
    3. The Nursing Assistant
    4. NEW! Ethics and Laws
    5. Student and Work Ethics
    6. Health Team Communications
    7. Understanding the Person
    8. Body Structure and Function
    9. The Older Person
    10. Safety Needs
    11. Preventing Falls 
    12. Restraint Alternatives and Restraints
    13. Preventing Infection
    14. Body Mechanics
    15. NEW! Moving the Person
    16. NEW! Transferring the Person
    17. Comfort Needs
    18. Hygiene Needs
    19. Grooming Needs
    20. Urinary Needs
    21. NEW! Urinary Catheters
    22. Bowel Needs
    23. Nutrition Needs
    24. NEW! Fluid Needs
    25. Measurements
    26. Collecting Specimens
    27. Exercise and Activity Needs
    28. Wound Care
    29. Pressure Injuries
    30. Oxygen Needs
    31. Rehabilitation Needs
    32. NEW! Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
    33. Common Health Problems
    34. Mental Health Disorders
    35. Confusion and Dementia
    36. Emergency Care
    37. End-of-Life Care
    38. NEW! Getting a Job

  • Leighann Remmert, MS, RN, Certified Nursing Assistant Instructor, Williamsville, Illinois and Sheila A. Sorrentino, PhD, RN, Curriculum and Health Care Consultant
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