Lippincott s Textbook for Nursing Assistants

Lippincott s Textbook for Nursing Assistants
Author: Pamela J. Carter,Susan Lewsen
Publsiher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 982
Release: 2005
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0781739810

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This textbook for nursing assistants will prepare students not only to function in the traditional nursing assistant role in nursing homes, hospitals, and home health, but also will prepare students to advance their careers. A nursing assistant student who uses this text will have a firm foundation by which to transition to an LPN and ultimately an RN role. The text offers a compelling art program, a direct, conversational writing style, and an emphasis on professionalism and humanism. A back-of-book CD-ROM includes an audio glossary.

The Nursing Assistant

The Nursing Assistant
Author: JoLynn Pulliam
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-08-09
Genre: Care of the sick
ISBN: 0132622556

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For all shorter nurse assistant courses, especially those covering acute care (hospital) and nursing homes (long term care) environments. The Nursing Assistant, Fifth Edition is a concise, practical, affordable, and up-to-date guide to the skills today's nursing assistants need to master. It is designed both to serve as the basis of any nursing assistant training program, and to prepare students for careers in acute, subacute, or long-term care. It addresses the needs of the whole patient or resident, while promoting independence and self-care. Carefully organized to follow nursing process models, state curricula, and OBRA mandates, it walks through 75 step-by-step procedures reflecting the most common nursing assistant tasks. This edition is fully updated for the newest CDC and OSHA guidance for hand cleaning and infection control, and to reflect other relevant federal laws, including HIPAA.

Nursing Assistants

Nursing Assistants
Author: Pamela J. Carter
Publsiher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781605476360

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This comprehensive full-color student workbook contains worksheets for each chapter of Lippincott Textbook for Nursing Assistants, Third Edition. The worksheets are fully integrated with the text and offer exercises, questions, and learning activities for students.

Mosby s Essentials for Nursing Assistants E Book

Mosby s Essentials for Nursing Assistants   E Book
Author: Leighann Remmert,Sheila A. Sorrentino
Publsiher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 645
Release: 2022-04-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780323811064

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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! 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.

Core Curriculum for Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistants

Core Curriculum for Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistants
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Kendall Hunt
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2003
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0787299243

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Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review for Mosby s Textbook for Nursing Assistants E Book

Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review for Mosby s Textbook for Nursing Assistants   E Book
Author: Sheila A. Sorrentino,Leighann Remmert
Publsiher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780323672894

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UPDATED! New chapter organization breaks material into manageable portions, improving your ability to retain important information.

Mosby s Textbook for Long Term Care Nursing Assistants E Book

Mosby s Textbook for Long Term Care Nursing Assistants   E Book
Author: Clare Kostelnick
Publsiher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2018-12-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780323530712

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With its highly visual format, topical information, and easy-to-follow guidance, Mosby’s Textbook for Long-Term Care Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition is the perfect resource to help you master the ins and outs of long-term care. One hundred step-by-step procedures — all written at the sixth-grade reading level — provide clear instructions for completing skills. Helpful spotlight boxes and realistic patient scenarios reinforce the nursing assistant’s roles and responsibilities that are needed in today’s long-term care settings. New features in this edition include an all-new chapter on culture and religion; a new chapter on career management and getting hired; new procedures; and updated content on topical issues like confusion and dementia, hypertension, American Heart Association CPR, cancer, and more. As with previous editions, the focus on OBRA content and patient quality of life will underscore competent and respectful care. 6th grade reading level and concise coverage helps readers of all levels and abilities (particularly ESL individuals) easily understand and master important long-term care concepts and procedures. 100 step-by-step procedures are divided into pre-procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections for easier learning. Residents with Dementia boxes cover the special needs of older persons with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes emphasize the need to provide safe care while making a patient more comfortable. Delegation Guidelines boxes describe what information the nursing assistant needs from the nurse and the care plan to perform safe care; as well as what information to report and record. Quality-of-Life boxes reinforce the importance of patients’ rights and enhancing their quality of life when giving care. Teamwork and Time Management boxes illustrate ways to work efficiently within the health care team. Time to Reflect scenarios present realistic patient situations faced by nursing assistants to build critical thinking skills. Focus on Rehabilitation boxes clarify considerations and insights about rehabilitation and restorative care. Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for how to clearly communicate with patients and avoid comments that might make them uncomfortable. NATCEP certification exam icons identify the skills tested on the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program and state certification exams. Review questions at the end of each chapter help evaluate learning. Key abbreviations at the beginning of each chapter highlight commonly used abbreviations.

Lippincott Textbook for Nursing Assistants

Lippincott Textbook for Nursing Assistants
Author: Pamela J. Carter
Publsiher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 1999
Release: 2023-03-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781975198916

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Current, comprehensive, and written in a conversational, easy-to-read style, Lippincott Textbook for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving, 6th Edition, makes essential skills approachable and prepares students to deliver confident, compassionate care throughout their healthcare careers. This updated, streamlined 6th edition distills the must-know information students need for success as nursing assistants with a human-centered perspective, and guides students through the clinical decision-making process behind safe, effective clinical outcomes across today’s healthcare landscape.