cover image - Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 10th Edition
ISBN: 9780323655637
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 04-17-2020
Page Count: 960
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $73.99

Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 10th Edition

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

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 10th Edition
ISBN: 9780323655637
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 04-17-2020
Page Count: 960
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $73.99
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Known for its comprehensive coverage, readability, and visual presentation, Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 10th Edition helps prepare students to work in long-term care, acute care, and subacute care settings — and includes a practice scenario in each chapter to enhance clinical judgment skills. It is the most comprehensive text for CNA programs, packed with step-by-step instructions for over 100 procedures and perfect for programs that are 80 hours or longer. The lifespan coverage includes skills not only for adults and older residents, but also for maternity and pediatric patients, so students are comfortable in a variety of care settings. New chapter organization allows students to learn in manageable portions and a revitalized art program clarifies important concepts and procedural steps.

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    • UPDATED! Shorter, more focused chapters help students retain important concepts and skills covered in the NATCEP certification exam.
    • NEW and UPDATED! New chapter organization breaks material into manageable portions, improving students’ ability to retain important information.
    • UPDATED! Enhanced art program illustrates important content and procedures.
    • A clear writing style at a 7th grade reading level ensures accessibility for low-level learners.
    • Over 100 skills outlined in pre- procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections ensure students learn all the necessary steps to pass the skills portion of the certification exam.
    • Complete coverage of the knowledge and skills needed to pass the state certification exam and engage in safe practice.
    • Focus on Practice: Problem Solving provides scenarios that stimulate critical thinking about common situations encountered during practice.
    • Focus on Math feature reviews mathematical calculations needed in various care measures and procedures.
    • Focus on Surveys feature highlights the nursing assistant’s role during state inspections.
    • Getting a Job chapter covers the soft skills needed to seek and obtain employment.
    • Focus on PRIDE: The Person, Family, and Yourself boxes build on chapter concepts to help promote pride in the nursing assistant, the resident, and the resident’s family.
    • Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes emphasize the importance of the patient’s or resident’s safety and comfort.
    • Delegation Guidelines detail the specifics of accepting delegated tasks.
    • Focus on Children and Older Person boxes provide age-specific information about special needs, considerations, and circumstances of children and older persons.
    • Focus on Long-Term Care and Home Care boxes highlight information vital to providing competent care in the long-term and home care settings.
    • Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for how to clearly communicate with residents and avoid comments that might make them uncomfortable.
    • Caring About Culture boxes contain information to help students learn about the various practices of other cultures.
    • Teamwork and Time Management boxes provide specific guidelines to help nursing assistants work most efficiently whether independently or as part of the nursing team.
    • Chapter review questions are a useful study guide found at the end of each chapter.
    • UPDATED! Shorter, more focused chapters help you retain important concepts and skills covered in the NATCEP certification exam.
    • NEW and UPDATED! New chapter organization breaks material into manageable portions, improving your ability to retain important information.
    • UPDATED! Enhanced art program illustrates important content and procedures.
  • 1.Health Care Agencies
    2.The Person’s Rights
    3.The Nursing Assistant
    4.Delegation
    5.Ethics And Laws
    6.Student And Work Ethics
    7.Communicating with the Person
    8.Health Team Communications
    9.Medical Terminology
    10.Body Structure And Function
    11.Growth And Development
    12.The Older Person
    13.Safety
    14.Preventing Falls
    15.Restraint Alternatives And Restraints
    16.Preventing Infection
    17.NEW! Isolation Precautions
    18.Body Mechanics
    19.Moving The Person
    20.Transferring The Person
    21.The Person’s Unit
    22.Bedmaking
    23.NEW! Oral Hygiene
    24.NEW! Daily Hygiene and Bathing
    25.Grooming
    26.NEW! Dressing And Undressing
    27.Urinary Needs
    28.Urinary Catheters
    29.Bowel Needs
    30.NEW! Nutrition Needs
    31.NEW! Fluid Needs
    32.Nutritional Support And IV Therapy
    33.Vital Signs
    34.Exercise And Activity
    35.Comfort, Rest, And Sleep
    36.Admissions, Transfers, And Discharges
    37.Assisting With The Physical Examination
    38.Collecting And Testing Specimens
    39.The Person Having Surgery
    40.Wound Care
    41.Pressure Injuries
    42.Heat And Cold Applications
    43.Oxygen Needs
    44.Respiratory Support And Therapies
    45.Rehabilitation Needs
    46.Hearing, Speech, And Vision Problems
    47.Cancer, Immune System, And Skin Disorders
    48.Nervous System And Musculo-Skeletal Disorders
    49.Cardiovascular, Respiratory, And Lymphatic Disorders
    50.Digestive And Endocrine Disorders
    51.Urinary And Reproductive Disorders
    52.Mental Health Disorders
    53.Confusion And Dementia
    54.Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities
    55.Sexuality
    56.Caring For Mothers And Babies
    57.Assisted Living
    58.Emergency Care
    59.End-Of-Life Care
    60.Getting A Job

    Review Question Answers
    Appendix A: National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP®) Written Examination Content Outline and Skills
    Evaluation
    Appendix B: Minimum Data Set – Selected Pages
    Appendix C: Care Area Assessment (CAA) – Sample Page
    Appendix D: Infant and Child Safety
    Appendix E: CPR Skills Testing Checklists
    Glossary

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