cover image - Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323811040
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 04-05-2022
Page Count: 640
Imprint: Mosby
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Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition

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

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cover image - Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323811040
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 04-05-2022
Page Count: 640
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $55.99
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Master the role and responsibilities of today’s nursing assistant! Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 7th Edition provides concise, easy-to-understand guidelines for the skills performed by nursing assistants. Step-by-step procedures are included for more than 75 key procedures, and patient scenarios help you apply your knowledge and develop critical thinking skills. A primary focus is the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe, competent, and efficient care. And with OBRA-mandated coverage of the concepts and skills you need to master, you will prepare for success on state certification exams!

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    • Clear, easy-to-read style is supplemented with hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations
    • More than 75 step-by-step procedures are divided into pre-procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections for easier learning
    • Focus on PRIDE boxes emphasize personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, independence and social interaction, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws, helping you promote dignity and pride in the person being cared for, his or her family, and yourself
    • Focus on Practice: Problem Solving present patient scenarios to enhance critical thinking skills, and allow you to apply concepts to practice
    • Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes detail measures and cautions for providing safe, effective patient care
    • Focus on Older Persons boxes provide guidance on the special needs of older persons, including those with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
    • Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for communicating clearly with residents, visitors, and the nursing team
    • Caring About Culture boxes help in providing care that is sensitive to the beliefs and customs of diverse cultures
    • Delegation Guidelines identify the nursing assistant’s specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks
    • Focus on Surveys feature highlights the nursing assistant’s role during state inspections
    • NATCEP (Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program) icons shown in the title bar of procedures indicate the skills covered most often on certification exams
    • Review questions in each chapter cover what you have learned, and are useful in studying for a test or for the competency evaluation
    • Key terms and abbreviations are included at the beginning of each chapter, with a comprehensive glossary at the back of the book
    • NEW! Streamlined chapter organization includes shorter, more focused chapters
    • NEW! Enhanced art program includes updated photos and illustrations
  • 1. Introduction to Health Care
    2. The Person’s Rights
    3. The Nursing Assistant
    4. Ethics and Laws
    5. Student and Work Ethics
    6. Communicating with the Person
    7. Health Team Communications
    8. (NEW) Medical Terminology
    9. Body Structure and Function
    10. The Older Person
    11. Safety Needs
    12. Preventing Falls
    13. Restraint Alternatives and Restraints
    14. Preventing Infection
    15. (NEW) Isolation Precautions
    16. Body Mechanics
    17. Moving the Person
    18. Transferring the Person
    19. The Person’s Unit
    20. (NEW) Bedmaking
    21. (NEW) Oral Hygiene
    22. Daily Hygiene and Bathing
    23. Grooming
    24. (NEW) Dressing and Undressing
    25. Urinary Needs
    26. Urinary Catheters
    27. Bowel Needs
    28. Nutrition
    29. (NEW) Meeting Nutrition Needs
    30. Fluid Needs
    31. Measurements
    32. Exercise and Activity Needs
    33. (NEW) Comfort and Rest Needs
    34. Collecting Specimens
    35. Wound Care
    36. Pressure Injuries
    37. Oxygen Needs
    38. Rehabilitation Needs
    39. Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
    40. Common Health Problems
    41. Mental Health Disorders
    42. Confusion and Dementia
    43. Emergency Care
    44. End-of-Life Care
    45. Getting a Job

    Review Question Answers

    Appendix A: The Patient Care Partnership – Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilities (A Summary)
    Appendix B: National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP®) Written Evaluation Content Outline and Skills Evaluation
    Appendix C: Minimum Data Set: Selected Pages
    Glossary
  • Leighann Remmert, MS, RN, Certified Nursing Assistant Instructor, Williamsville, Illinois, USA and Sheila A. Sorrentino, PhD, RN, Curriculum and Health Care Consultant, USA
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