Description: Learn to become a certified nursing assistant qualified for the acute care, home care, and long-term care settings with this proven learning solution. Nursing Assistant: A Nursing Process Approach is your competency-based resource for the latest trends and practices in nursing assistant education. With more than 160 procedures presented in a step-by-step format and over 1,000 photos and drawings to illustrate key skills, you will see why this book is the leader in nursing assistant education. Product Benefits: - Unit on care of bariatric clients promotes client and worker safety
- Focus on ergonomics includes OSHA algorithms for patient handling and movement
- Expanded coverage of mechanical ventilation, spinal surgery, radiation therapy, and brachytherapy
- StudyWare CD-ROM features quizzes and games for each Unit, plus case studies designed to stimulate critical thinking
- Free Online Companion website with additional procedures, Internet links, and industry updates
- Guidelines feature highlights important steps and considerations for specific care situations
- Alerts highlight urgent information on Infection Control, Safety, Culture, Working with Difficult Patients, OSHA, Communication, Age-appropriate Care, and Legal Implications
- Unit Reviews and Nursing Assistant Challenge test and reinforce your skills
Table of Contents: Brief Table of Contents
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO NURSING ASSISTING
Unit 1 Community Health Care
Unit 2 Role of the Nursing Assistant
Unit 3 Consumer Rights and Responsibilities in Health Care
Unit 4 Ethical and Legal Issues Affecting the Nursing Assistant
SECTION 2 SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES
Unit 5 Medical Terminology and Body Organization
Unit 6 Classification of Disease
SECTION 3 BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND COMMUNICATION
Unit 7 Communication Skills
Unit 8 Observation, Reporting, and Documentation
Unit 9 Meeting Basic Human Needs
Unit 10 Comfort, Pain, Rest, and Sleep
Unit 11 Developing Cultural Sensitivity
SECTION 4 INFECTION AND INFECTION CONTROL
Unit 12 Infection
Unit 13 Infection Control
SECTION 5 SAFETY AND MOBILITY
Unit 14 Environmental and Nursing Assistant Safety
Unit 15 Patient Safety and Positioning
Unit 16 The Patients Mobility: Transfer Skills
Unit 17 The Patients Mobility: Ambulation
SECTION 6 MEASURING AND RECORDING VITAL SIGNS, HEIGHT, AND WEIGHT
Unit 18 Body Temperature
Unit 19 Pulse and Respiration
Unit 20 Blood Pressure
Unit 21 Measuring Height and Weight
SECTION 7 PATIENT CARE AND COMFORT MEASURES
Unit 22 Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
Unit 23 Bedmaking
Unit 24 Patient Bathing
Unit 25 General Comfort Measures
SECTION 8 PRINCIPLES OF NUTRITION AND FLUID BALANCE
Unit 26 Nutritional Needs and Diet Modifications
SECTION 9 SPECIAL CARE PROCEDURES
Unit 27 Warm and Cold Applications
Unit 28 Assisting with the Physical Examination
Unit 29 The Surgical Patient
Unit 30 Caring for the Emotionally Stressed Patient
Unit 31 Caring for the Bariatric Patient
Unit 32 Death and Dying
SECTION 10 OTHER HEALTH CARE SETTINGS
Unit 33 Care of the Elderly and Chronically Ill
Unit 34 The Organization of Home Care: Trends in Health Care
Unit 35 The Nursing Assistant in Home Care
Unit 36 Subacute Care
Unit 37 Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Approaches to Patient Care
SECTION 11 BODY SYSTEMS, COMMON DISORDERS, AND RELATED CARE PROCEDURES
Unit 38 Integumentary System
Unit 39 Respiratory System
Unit 40 Circulatory (Cardiovascular) System
Unit 41 Musculoskeletal System
Unit 42 Endocrine System
Unit 43 Nervous System
Unit 44 Gastrointestinal System
Unit 45 Urinary System
Unit 46 Reproductive System
Unit 47 Care of the Patient with Cancer
SECTION 12 EXPANDED ROLE OF THE NURSING ASSISTANT
Unit 48 Rehabilitation and Restorative Services
Unit 49 Obstetrical Patient and Neonate
Unit 50 Pediatric Patient
Unit 51 Special Advanced Procedures
SECTION 13 RESPONSE TO BASIC EMERGENCIES
Unit 52 Response to Basic Emergencies
SECTION 14 MOVING FORWARD
Unit 53 Employment Opportunities and Career Growth |
