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9781428317468

Nursing Assistant A Nursing Process Approach - Basics

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  • ISBN13:

    9781428317468

  • ISBN10:

    1428317465

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-06-11
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Learn to become a certified nursing assistant qualified for the acute care, home care, and long-term care settings with the leading textbook in nursing assistant education. This basics edition of Nursing Assistant: a Nursing Process Approach is your competency-based resource, with over 100 procedures presented in an easy to read, step-by-step format with photos and drawings to illustrate key skills.

Table of Contents

Introduction To Nursing Assisting
Community Health Care
Role of the Nursing Assistant
Consumer Rights and Responsibilities in Health Care
Ethical and Legal Issues Affecting the Nursing Assistant
Scientific Principles
Medical Terminology and Body Organization
Classification of Disease
Basic Human Needs And Communication
Communication Skills
Observation, Reporting, and Documentation
Meeting Basic Human Needs
Comfort, Pain, Rest, and Sleep
Developing Cultural Sensitivity
Infection And Infection Control
Infection
Infection Control
Safety And Mobility
Environmental and Nursing Assistant Safety
Patient Safety and Positioning
The Patient's Mobility: Transfer Skills
The Patient's Mobility: Ambulation
Measuring And Recording Vital Signs, Height, And Weight
Body Temperature
Pulse and Respiration
Blood Pressure
Measuring Height and Weight
Patient Care And Comfort Measures
Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
Bedmaking
Patient Bathing
General Comfort Measures
Principles Of Nutrition, Hydration, And Elimination
Urinary Elimination
Gastrointestinal Elimination
Nutritional Needs and Diet Modifications
Special Care Procedures
Caring for the Perioperative Patient
Caring for the Emotionally Stressed Patient
Caring for Persons with Cognitive Impairment and Related Conditions
Caring for the Bariatric Patient
Caring for the Person who is Dying
Other Health Care Settings
The Nursing Assistant in Home Care
Body Systems, Common Disorders, And Related Care Procedures
Caring for Persons with Disorders of the Integumentary System
Caring for Persons with Cardiopulmonary Disorders
Caring for Persons with Disorders of the Musculoskeletal and Nervous Systems
Caring for Persons with Disorders of the Sensory Organs
Caring for Persons with Disorders of the Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
Expanded Role Of The Nursing Assistant
Caring for Obstetrical Patients and Neonates
Rehabilitation and Restorative Services
Response To Basic Emergencies
Response to Basic Emergencies
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