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" Mosby's essentials for nursing assistants "
Sheila A. Sorrentino, Leighann N. Remmert.
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563824
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Sheila A Sorrentino
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Mosby's essentials for nursing assistants\ Sheila A. Sorrentino, Leighann N. Remmert.
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5th edition
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St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier,, [2014]
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xx, 532 pages : illustrations
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0323113176
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: 9780323113175
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Hospitals and Nursing Centers -- Hospitals -- Long-Term Care Centers -- Organization -- The Nursing Team -- Nursing Care Patterns -- Paying for Health Care -- Meeting Standards -- The Person's Rights -- Patients' Rights -- Residents' Rights -- The Nursing Assistant -- Nurse Practice Acts -- The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 -- Roles and Responsibilities -- Delegation -- Ethical Aspects -- Legal Aspects -- Reporting Abuse -- Other Laws -- Work Ethics -- Health, Hygiene, and Appearance -- Getting a Job -- Preparing for Work -- Teamwork -- Managing Stress -- Harassment -- Resigning From a Job -- Losing a Job -- Drug Testing -- Communicating With the Health Team -- Communication -- The Medical Record -- The Kardex or Care Summary -- The Nursing Process -- Reporting and Recording -- Medical Terms and Abbreviations -- Computers and Other Electronic Devices -- Phone Communications -- Dealing With Conflict Note continued: Understanding the Person -- Caring for the Person -- Basic Needs -- Culture and Religion -- Behavior Issues -- Understanding the Person -- cont'd -- Communicating With the Person -- Persons With Special Needs -- Family and Friends -- Body Structure and Function -- Cells, Tissues, and Organs -- The Integumentary System -- The Musculo-Skeletal System -- The Nervous System -- The Circulatory System -- The Lymphatic System -- The Respiratory System -- The Digestive System -- The Urinary System -- The Reproductive System -- The Endocrine System -- The Immune System -- Care of the Older Person -- Growth and Development -- Social Changes -- Physical Changes -- Needing Nursing Center Care -- Sexuality -- Assisting With Safety -- Accident Risk Factors -- Identifying the Person -- Preventing Burns -- Preventing Poisoning -- Preventing Suffocation -- Procedure: Relieving Choking -- Adult or Child (Over 1 Year of Age) -- Preventing Equipment Accidents Note continued: Wheelchair and Stretcher Safety -- Handling Hazardous Substances -- Disasters -- Procedure: Using a Fire Extinguisher -- Workplace Violence -- Risk Management -- Assisting With Fall Prevention -- Causes and Risk Factors for Falls -- Fall Prevention -- Transfer/Gait Belts -- Procedure: Applying a Transfer/Gait Belt -- The Falling Person -- Procedure: Helping the Falling Person -- Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restraint Use -- History of Restraint Use -- Restraint Alternatives -- Safe Restraint Use -- Procedure: Applying Restraints -- Preventing Infection -- Microorganisms -- Infection -- Medical Asepsis -- Procedure: Hand Washing -- Procedure: Using an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub -- Isolation Precautions -- Procedure: Removing Gloves -- Procedure: Donning and Removing a Gown -- Procedure: Donning and Removing a Mask -- Bloodborne Pathogen Standard -- Body Mechanics -- Principles of Body Mechanics -- Ergonomics -- Positioning the Person Note continued: Assisting With Moving and Transfers -- Preventing Work-Related Injuries -- Protecting the Skin -- Moving Persons in Bed -- Procedure: Moving the Person Up in Bed -- Procedure: Moving the Person Up in Bed With an Assist Device -- Procedure: Moving the Person to the Side of the Bed -- Turning Persons -- Procedure: Turning and Re-Positioning the Person -- Procedure: Logrolling the Person -- Sitting on the Side of the Bed (Dangling) -- Procedure: Sitting on the Side of the Bed (Dangling) -- Transferring Persons -- Procedure: Transferring the Person to a Chair or Wheelchair -- Procedure: Transferring the Person From a Chair or Wheelchair to Bed -- Procedure: Transferring the Person Using a Mechanical Lift -- Procedure: Transferring the Person To and From the Toilet -- Re-Positioning in a Chair or Wheelchair -- Assisting With Comfort -- The Person's Unit -- Comfort -- Room Furniture and Equipment -- Bedmaking -- Procedure: Making a Closed Bed Note continued: Procedure: Making an Occupied Bed -- Procedure: Making a Surgical Bed -- Assisting With Pain Relief -- Procedure: Giving a Back Massage -- Sleep -- Assisting With Hygiene -- Daily Care -- Oral Hygiene -- Procedure: Brushing and Flossing the Person's Teeth -- Procedure: Providing Mouth Care for the Unconscious Person -- Procedure: Providing Denture Care -- Bathing -- Procedure: Giving a Complete Bed Bath -- Procedure: Assisting With the Partial Bath -- Procedure: Assisting With a Tub Bath or Shower -- Perineal Care -- Procedure: Giving Female Perineal Care -- Procedure: Giving Male Perineal Care -- Assisting With Grooming -- Hair Care -- Procedure: Brushing and Combing Hair -- Procedure: Shampooing the Person's Hair -- Shaving -- Procedure: Shaving the Person's Face With a Safety Razor -- Nail and Foot Care -- Procedure: Giving Nail and Foot Care -- Changing Garments -- Procedure: Undressing the Person -- Procedure: Dressing the Person Note continued: Procedure: Changing the Gown on the Person With an IV -- Assisting With Urinary Elimination -- Normal Urination -- Procedure: Giving the Bedpan -- Procedure: Giving the Urinal -- Procedure: Helping the Person to the Commode -- Urinary Incontinence -- Procedure: Applying an Incontinence Brief -- Catheters -- Procedure: Giving Catheter Care -- Procedure: Emptying a Urinary Drainage Bag -- Procedure: Applying a Condom Catheter -- Bladder Training -- Assisting With Bowel Elimination -- Normal Bowel Elimination -- Factors Affecting BMs -- Common Problems -- Bowel Training -- Enemas -- Procedure: Giving a Cleansing Enema -- Procedure: Giving a Small-Volume Enema -- The Person With an Ostomy -- 20.Assisting With Nutrition and Fluids -- Basic Nutrition -- Factors Affecting Eating and Nutrition -- OBRA Dietary Requirements -- Special Diets -- Fluid Balance -- Meeting Food and Fluid Needs -- Procedure: Preparing the Person for a Meal Note continued: Procedure: Serving Meal Trays -- Procedure: Feeding the Person -- Procedure: Providing Drinking Water -- Assisting With Special Needs -- Assisting With Assessment -- Vital Signs -- Procedure: Taking a Temperature With an Electronic Thermometer -- Procedure: Taking a Temperature With a Glass Thermometer -- Procedure: Taking a Radial Pulse -- Procedure: Taking an Apical Pulse -- Procedure: Counting Respirations -- Procedure: Measuring Blood Pressure -- Pain -- Intake and Output -- Procedure: Measuring Intake and Output -- Weight and Height -- Procedure: Measuring Weight and Height -- Assisting With Specimens -- Urine Specimens -- Procedure: Collecting a Random Urine Specimen -- Procedure: Collecting a Midstream Specimen -- Procedure: Testing Urine With Reagent Strips -- Stool Specimens -- Procedure: Collecting a Stool Specimen -- Sputum Specimens -- Procedure: Collecting a Sputum Specimen -- Assisting With Exercise and Activity -- Bedrest Note continued: Range-of-Motion Exercises -- Procedure: Performing Range-of-Motion Exercises -- Ambulation -- Procedure: Helping the Person Walk -- Assisting With Wound Care -- Skin Tears -- Circulatory Ulcers -- Procedure: Applying Elastic Stockings -- Procedure: Applying an Elastic Bandage -- Dressings -- Procedure: Applying a Dry, Non-Sterile Dressing -- Binders and Compression Garments -- Heat and Cold Applications -- Procedure: Applying Heat and Cold Applications -- Assisting With Pressure Ulcers -- Risk Factors -- Persons at Risk -- Pressure Ulcer Stages -- Sites -- Prevention and Treatment -- Complications -- Assisting With Oxygen Needs -- Altered Respiratory Function -- Meeting Oxygen Needs -- Procedure: Assisting With Deep-Breathing and Coughing Exercises -- Assisting With Oxygen Therapy -- Procedure: Using a Pulse Oximeter -- Assisting With Rehabilitation and Restorative Nursing Care -- Restorative Nursing -- Rehabilitation and the Whole Person Note continued: The Rehabilitation Team -- Rehabilitation Programs and Services -- Quality of Life -- Caring for Persons With Common Health Problems -- Cancer -- Musculo-Skeletal Disorders -- Nervous System Disorders -- Hearing Loss -- Eye Disorders -- Cardiovascular Disorders -- Respiratory Disorders -- Digestive Disorders -- Urinary System Disorders -- Reproductive Disorders -- Endocrine Disorders -- Immune System Disorders -- Skin Disorders -- Caring for Persons With Mental Health Disorders -- Basic Concepts -- Anxiety Disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Bipolar Disorder -- Depression -- Personality Disorders -- Substance Abuse and Addiction -- Eating Disorders -- Suicide -- Care and Treatment -- Caring for Persons With Confusion and Dementia -- Confusion -- Dementia -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Care of
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Persons with AD and Other Dementias -- Assisting With Emergency Care -- Emergency Care -- BLS for Adults -- Procedure: Adult CPR -- One Rescuer Note continued: Procedure: Adult CPR With AED -- Two Rescuers -- Choking -- Hemorrhage -- Fainting -- Shock -- Stroke -- Seizures -- Burns -- Assisting With End-of-Life Care -- Terminal Illness -- Attitudes About Death -- The Stages of Dying -- Comfort Needs -- The Family -- Legal Issues -- Signs of Death -- Care of the Body After Death -- Procedure: Assisting With Post-Mortem Care -- Review Question Answers -- Appendices -- A.The Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilities -- B.National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP®) Written Examination Content Outline and Skills Evaluation -- C.Job Application -- D.Minimum Data Set: Selected Pages.
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Designed for shorter programs of 85 hours or fewer, this text provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential to becoming a nursing assistant. With focus on quality of life in the patient/person and self-pride in the nursing assistant this concise text emphasizes the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe, competent, and efficient care.",,,,,,"Suitable for shorter, more focused courses, this text provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential for becoming a nursing assistant. It clearly and logically presents theSuitable for shorter, more focused courses, this text provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential for becoming a nursing assistant. It clearly and logically presents theSuitable for shorter, more focused courses, this text provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential for becoming a nursing assistant. It clearly and logically presents the
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Handbooks and manuals; Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Leighann N Remmert
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Essentials for nursing assistants
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