Restorative Nursing For Long Term Care

The Long-Term Care Restorative Nursing Desk Reference is a new all-inclusive desk reference that describes the clinical aspects of restorative nursing in detail and provides a much-needed guide for nurses in a long-term care facility. This book offers the help you need to create or sustain an effective restorative care program that puts your resident's needs first.

The purpose of restorative care nursing is to take an active role in helping older adults maintain their highest level of function, thus preventing excess disability. This book was written to help formal and informal caregivers and administrators at all levels to understand the basic philosophy of restorative care, and be able to develop and implement successful restorative care programs. The book provides a complete 6-week education program in restorative care for caregivers, many suggestions for suitable activities, and practical strategies for motivating both older adults and caregivers to engage in restorative care. In addition, the book provides an overview of the requirements for restorative care across all settings, the necessary documentation, and ways in which to complete that documentation.

204 pages and CD. Includes FREE 2019 MDS Assessment Scheduling Calendar. Current with all RAI Manual and PDPM Updates, Surveyor Guidelines and Federal Regulatory Changes. 15 complete Restorative programs. 65 Forms and Goal-specific Restorative Nursing Care Plans.Data Collection tools, Comprehensive Evaluations. Inservices on ADLs, Range of Motion, Transfers and Lifts, and Restorative Dining. This manual provides the essential information, forms, and nursing care plans to facilitate the organization and efficiency of a Restorative Nursing program. The first section gives a full description of the Restorative Nursing position and definitions and criteria of a Restorative Nursing program. Helpful tools are provided to assure easy and comprehensive data collection, completion of MDS 3.0 information, analysis of data, and recording of vital information. Sections are included for thirteen different Restorative Nursing programs, and provide evaluations, assessments, and Restorative Nursing care plans. Restorative care plans and forms have been updated to ensure compliance with the change to MDS version 3.0 and with all of the federal regulations and guidelines updated during the past year. All of the forms and care plans in the book are included on the CD so they can be saved to a computer whenever needed. By adding or deleting entries, the forms and care plans can be made resident specific.

From pain assessment methods to intravenous drip calculations, the Long-Term Care Nursing Desk Reference offers long-term care nurses virtually every tool they need to provide high-quality, regulation-compliant, long-term resident care. Written by accomplished author and speaker Barbara Acello, MS, RN, this authoritative reference is jam-packed with practical, need-to-know patient care information, essential policies and procedures, and vital regulatory and safety requirements. In short, the Long-Term Care Nursing Desk Reference is the book you and your nurses have been waiting for!

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2023 Edition for MDS v1.18.11. Data Collection, Assessments, Care Plan Coding MDS, CAA Modules, Skilled Charting Guidelines, Factors to Review, Evaluations, Program Log, Regulations, Summary Notes, Nursing Assistant Care Form, Job Description, Policy and Procedure, Definitions and Criteria, Quality Measures, Patient Driven Payment Model PDPM Categories, Activities of Daily Living ADLs, Ambulation, Balance, Fall Risk, Cane, Crutches, Gait Belt, Walker, Transfers and Lifts, Bed Mobility, Turning Repositioning, Range of Motion Measurement and Exercises, Locomotion, Wheelchair, Brace, Splint, Amputation, Prosthesis, Dressing, Personal Hygiene, Eating, Swallowing, Nutritional Status, Restorative Dining, Chewing Problem, Swallowing Problem, Urinary Incontinence, Toileting Programs, Voiding Record, Bowel Incontinence, Functional Incontinence, Stress Incontinence, Urge Incontinence, Toileting Care Plan, Urinary Catheters, Communication, Speech Impaired, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Aid Care, Medication Self-Administration, Nasal Spray, Inhaler Care Plan, Blood Glucose Monitoring, Insulin, Ostomy

This comprehensive text provides the content necessary for training nursing assistants to provide restorative care in long-term care facilities, as required by OBRA law. The content includes measurable objectives and interventions to optimize resident care and to enable facilities to gain maximum reimbursement. This text provides all the information necessary to train nursing assistants in restorative care, as well as, the information required to implement a restorative care training program. It enables the necessary training to advance the certified nursing assistant to the restorative nursing assistant level. Thus, facilities to attain the goal of maintaining or improving residents' conditions. The text focuses on techniques to promote resident involvement, thereby improving resident independence and self-esteem. ALSO AVAILABLE - INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Manual ISBN: 0-8273-8142-5 Computerized Testbank ISBN: 0-7668-1433-5