Nursing Assistant : A Nursing Process Approach
ISBN: 9781418066062 | 1418066060
Edition: 10thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 7/12/2007
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Nursing Assistant: A Nursing Process Approach is the proven learning solution for competency-based, comprehensive content that will help prepare you to become a skilled nursing assistant in acute care, home care, or long-term care settings. Over the years, this best-selling textbook has become the essential resource for the latest trends and practices in nursing assistant education. There are more than 160 procedures presented in step-by-step format, and content is fully illustrated with over 1,000 photos and drawings.
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| Introduction to Nursing Assisting | |
| Community Health Care | |
| Role of the Nursing Assistant | |
| Consumer Rights and Responsibilities in Health Care | |
| Ethical and Legal Issues Affecting the Nursing Assistant | |
| Scientific Principles | |
| Medical Terminology and Body Organization | |
| Classification of Disease | |
| Basic Human Needs and Communication | ... MORE |
| Communication Skills | |
| Observation, Reporting, and Documentation | |
| Meeting Basic Human Needs | |
| Comfort, Pain, Rest, and Sleep | |
| Developing Cultural Sensitivity | |
| Infection and Infection Control | |
| Infection | |
| Infection Control | |
| Safety and Mobility | |
| Environmental and Nursing Assistant Safety | |
| Patient Safety and Positioning | |
| The Patient?s Mobility: Transfer Skills | |
| The Patient?s Mobility: Ambulation | |
| Measuring and Recording Vital Signs, Height, and Weight | |
| Body Temperature | |
| Pulse and Respiration | |
| Blood Pressure | |
| Measuring Height and Weight | |
| Patient Care and Comfort Measures | |
| Admission, Transfer, and Discharge | |
| Bedmaking | |
| Patient Bathing | |
| General Comfort Measures | |
| Principles of Nutrition and Fluid Balance | |
| Nutritional Needs and Diet Modifications | |
| Special Care Procedures | |
| Warm and Cold Applications | |
| Assisting with the Physical Examination | |
| The Surgical Patient | |
| Caring for the Emotionally Stressed Patient | |
| Caring for the Bariatric Patient | |
| Death and Dying | |
| Other Health Care Settings | |
| Care of the Elderly and Chronically Ill | |
| The Organization of Home Care: Trends in Health Care | |
| The Nursing Assistant in Home Care | |
| Subacute Care | |
| Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Approaches to Patient Care | |
| Body Systems, Common Disorders, and Related Care Procedures | |
| Integumentary System | |
| Respiratory System | |
| Circulatory (Cardiovascular) System | |
| Musculoskeletal System | |
| Endocrine System | |
| Nervous System | |
| Gastrointestinal System | |
| Urinary System | |
| Reproductive System | |
| Care of the Patient with Cancer | |
| Expanded Role of the Nursing Assistant | |
| Rehabilitation and Restorative Services | |
| Obstetrical Patient and Neonate | |
| Pediatric Patient | |
| Special Advanced Procedures | |
| Response to Basic Emergencies | |
| Response to Basic Emergencies | |
| Moving Forward | |
| Employment Opportunities and Career Growth | |
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