Lippincott's Workbook for Nursing Assistants A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving

by Carter, Pamela J.; Lewsen, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780781739832
• ISBN10: 0781739837
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-03
• Publisher: Lippincott Willams & Wilkins

Summary

This student workbook contains worksheets for each chapter ofLippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving. The worksheets offer multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, fill-in-the-blank exercises, crossword puzzles, word finds, and coloring and labeling exercises.

Table of Contents

UNIT 1 Introduction to Health Care	1	(34)
Introduction to Health Care	3	(4)
The Nursing Assistant	7	(4)
Professionalism and Job-Seeking Skills	11	(6)
Legal and Ethical Issues	17	(4)
Communication Skills	21	(6)
Those We Care For	27	(8)
UNIT 2 Safety	35	(36)
Communicable Disease and Infection Control	37	(8)
Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens	45	(4)
Workplace Safety	49	(6)
Patient and Resident Safety and Restraints	55	(6)
Positioning, Lifting, and Transferring Patients and Residents	61	(4)
Basic First Aid and Emergency Care	65	(6)
UNIT 3 Basic Patient or Resident Care	71	(58)
The Patient or Resident Environment	73	(6)
Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges	79	(4)
Bedmaking	83	(6)
Vital Signs, Height and Weight	89	(12)
Cleanliness and Hygiene	101	(8)
Grooming	109	(6)
Basic Nutrition	115	(8)
Assisting with Urinary and Bowel Elimination	123	(6)
UNIT 4 Death and Dying	129	(12)
Caring for People Who Are Terminally III	131	(4)
Caring for People Who Are Dying	135	(6)
UNIT 5 Structure and Function of the Human Body	141	(86)
Basic Body Structure and Function	143	(6)
The Integumentary System	149	(8)
The Musculoskeletal System	157	(8)
The Respiratory System	165	(10)
The Cardiovascular System	175	(10)
The Nervous System	185	(6)
The Sensory System	191	(6)
The Endocrine System	197	(6)
The Digestive System	203	(10)
The Urinary System	213	(6)
The Reproductive System	219	(8)
UNIT 6 Special Care Concerns	227	(28)
Caring for People with Developmental Disabilities	229	(6)
Caring for People with Mental Illness	235	(6)
Caring for People with Dementia	241	(6)
Caring for People with Cancer	247	(4)
Caring for People with AIDS	251	(4)
UNIT 7 Acute Care	255	(20)
Caring for Surgical Patients	257	(6)
Caring for Mothers and Newborns	263	(6)
Caring for Pediatric Patients	269	(6)
UNIT 8 Home Health Care	275	(10)
Introduction to Home Health Care	277	(4)
Safety and Infection Control in the Home Health Care Setting	281	(4)
Appendix C Introduction to the Language of Health Care	285	(8)
Procedure Checklists	293