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

• 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 you 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 you 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