The Nursing Assistants Handbook

Sometimes less is more.This brief new textbook to train nursing assistants teaches all state, federal, and safety requirements. It is beautifully illustrated and clearly photographed with color tabs for easy location of material. Organized around learning objectives, it contains rationales for procedural steps and an emphasis on resident?s rights and passing the certification exam.

The student workbook features multiple choice, critical thinking, short answer, true/false, and matching exercises. It includes a certification practice exam.

A comprehensive nursing assistant training textbook which includes information on long-term care, multiple chapters on home health care, and material on subacute and acute care. In addition it includes in-depth information on resident and client rights with sidebars that teach ways to promote independence and prevent abuse and neglect; a discussion of culture change; infection prevention; anatomy and physiology with an emphasis on normal changes of aging; updated nutrition information on MyPyramid, special diets, and feeding techniques; current information on legal issues, such as HIPAA and the Patient Self-Determination Act; 7 chapters on home health care, including information on medications, safety, infection prevention, mothers & newborns, and meal planning and preparation; a chapter containing subacute and acute care information, including pre- and post-operative care, as well as mechanical ventilation, chest tubes, and artificial airways.

If you have ever thought about a career in healthcare, and specifically as a Certified Nursing Assistant, then this book is what you will need to set you on the path to realizing your career goals. The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant gives detailed answers to a wide range of questions. It is ideal for those who - Are interested in a career as a certified nursing assistant - Are inexperienced in the field of healthcare - Want affordable training - Want to know about employment opportunities - Want an easy step-by-step process to follow Almost everyone who wants to enter this profession could use some assistance along the way to becoming a CNA, and The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant will provide exactly that, along with: - Understanding what a CNA does - Appreciating how jobs for CNAs differ from similar occupations in the healthcare sector - Determining if your personality traits align with other CNAs - How to select the training program appropriate for your needs - What to expect from training - Eligibility requirements - Ways to pay for training (and even get it free) - An insight into the competency exam process and tips on how to prepare - Tips on getting a job and how to keep it. The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant is the last word in the pursuit of a CNA certification, and with handy links to state resources, you can use it as a reference long after you have passed the exam and have landed your first job. Read the book and gain the confidence you need to jump start your CNA career today.

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.

Every year Indian army recruits lakhs of young people to its different wings through different recruitment examinations. Indian Army Soldiers Nursing Assistant (M.E.R) Examination is one of them. The examination is held four times a year and it is advertised in leading newspapers and Employment News. The current edition of “Indian Army Nursing Assistant Recruitment Exam” is designed as per the Latest Syllabus and Examination Test Pattern. This book is divided into 6 major Sections and further sub divided into chapters giving chapterwise theory of entire syllabus with ample number of MCQs for immediate revision of each topic. A Special Section is allotted to Current Affairs at the end of the book that provides the glimpse of events from all around the world in a summarized form. At last the book provides 2 Practice Sets that are designed on the lines of questions asked in the Previous Years’ for the complete practice. TABLE OF CONTENTS General Knowledge, Logical Reasoning, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Practice (1- 2) Sets, Current Affairs.