Nursing Assistant Care

Author : Susan Alvare Hedman,Jetta Lee Fuzy,Suzanne A. Rymer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Caregivers
ISBN : 1604250410

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Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: Long-Term Care by Susan Alvare Hedman,Jetta Lee Fuzy,Suzanne A. Rymer Pdf

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.

Author : Susan Alvare
Publisher : Hartman Publishing Inc
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Caregivers
ISBN : 9781888343809

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Nursing Assistant Care by Susan Alvare Pdf

Over 6,000 instructors shared their ideas for the perfect nursing assistant textbook. Nursing Assistant Care is exactly what you asked for: a full-color, up-to-date, affordable book that meets and exceeds federal and state requirements. Specifically, it contains: beautifully illustrated and clearly photographed chapters organized around learning objectives and written at a low reading level creative methods to teach care and observations, promoting independence, and essential information on preventing abuse and neglect chapter-ending material which develops critical thinking and tests the chapter illnesses and common conditions in one chapter, organized by body system an entire chapter on confusion, dementia, and Alzheimer?s disease up-to-date CPR and emergency care sections a full chapter on mental health and mental illness information on developmental disabilities personal care skills housed within one chapter, as are nursing skills separate chapters for bowel and urinary elimination

Author : Hartman Publishing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1604251026

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Instructor's Guide to Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care by Hartman Publishing Pdf

Author : Pamela J. Carter,Susan Lewsen
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0781739810

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Lippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants by Pamela J. Carter,Susan Lewsen Pdf

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.

Author : LTCS Books
Publisher : LTCS Books
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780986254284

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Nursing Assistant Inservices for Long Term Care by LTCS Books Pdf

2022 Seventh Edition. 21 Complete Inservices: Abuse, Activities of Daily Living, Catheter Care and UTIs, Cognitive Impairment, Constipation, Falls, Feeding, Infectious Diseases, Nutrition and Hydration, Pain Care, Range of Motion, Resident Rights, Restraints, Sensory and Communication Impairments, Sexual Harassment and Professional Communication, Skin Care, Standard Precautions, Transfers and Lifts, Urinary Incontinence, Wandering, Workplace Violence. For the Nursing Instructor: Objectives and Outline, Lesson Notes and Handouts, Pre-test, Post-test, and Answer Key. Each topic packet includes everything needed to give an entire long term care inservice. Current with all RAI Manual Updates, Surveyor Guidelines and Federal Regulatory Changes. The Long Term Care Inservices book gives all of the basic information needed to fulfill the requirements of the Staff Development position in a long term care facility for nursing assistant training. Long term care inservice forms to facilitate scheduling, planning, assessment, and evaluation of inservices are included. The twenty-one long term care inservice topics include the basic inservices given yearly at most long term care facilities for nursing assistant training. The long term care inservices material is focused on the learning needs of nursing assistants, and uses the language of the Minimum Data Set MDS 3.0 and Nursing Care Plan, encouraging consistency in the long term care health care team approach. Quality Assurance expectations are reflected in the lessons, making quality of care a priority as well as meeting regulatory expectations. Each Long Term Care Inservice topic section contains all of the instructor’s material and all of the handouts, so each inservice could be duplicated or printed from the CD.

Author : Diana Dugan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1604251549

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Nursing Assisting by Diana Dugan Pdf

The 6th edition of this comprehensive nursing assistant training textbook is organized by body system, which gives students a context for learning. Here is important information about the latest edition:?Chapters are organized around body systems (structure and function, normal changes of aging, and common diseases and related care are grouped together).?Chapter review sections contain multiple choice questions, along with short answer questions.?The concept of person-centered care is reinforced throughout the book. ?This edition contains new information about the following diseases and disorders: COVID-19, migraines and cluster headaches, more types of cancers, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), metabolic syndrome, varicose veins, and seasonal affective disorder (SAD), as well as expanded and reorganized mental health disorder coverage.?We added additional electronic documentation guidelines. ?We included new information on topics including testing (albumin/protein, CT calcium score, point-of-care testing [POCT], and continuous glucose monitoring [CGM] systems); medical devices (stents, Holter monitors, nebulizers); and patient care/treatments (cochlear implants, targeted therapy, and information from the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Institute (IDDSI) on thickened liquids and texture modified foods).. ?There is a hardback version of this book.

Author : Barbara Acello
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Long-Term Care
ISBN : 0827381417

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Restorative Care by Barbara Acello Pdf

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

Author : Sue Roe
Publisher : Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 1619609746

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The Nursing Assistant by Sue Roe Pdf

The Nursing Assistant: Essentials of Holistic Care teaches the knowledge and skills you need to become a nursing assistant. With a sharp focus on holistic care, this text will guide you in performing the procedures required of nursing assistants while integrating and considering patients' and residents' bodies, minds, and spirits. Through rich and visual, step-by-step procedures, you will learn the techniques necessary to work in a variety of healthcare settings, including long-term and acute care. Holistic care is at the center of this book's approach to nursing assisting. This innovative approach is illustrated in the Providing Holistic Care Framework, which embodies the meaning of holistic care and communicates the importance of meeting the needs of the whole person--body, mind, and spirit. Comprehensive procedures outline techniques for properly executing the responsibilities of a nursing assistant. With easy-to-follow instructions, professional photographs, and detailed illustrations, these procedures provide important information for the certification competency examination. Practice test questions, similar to those found on the certification competency examination, can be completed at the end of each chapter. These questions are accompanied by numerous reinforcement, critical thinking, and application activities and provide an opportunity to prepare for the certification competency examination. Practice questions are also available in the Study Guide and instructors presentations for PowerPoint. Each chapter is divided into sections, making it easy to review content in manageable chunks for maximum understanding. Review questions at the end of each section help reinforce the material to solidify your learning. Professional videos demonstrating procedures are available on EduHub. After viewing these videos, you will be better able to visualize the procedural steps you must master for the certification competency examination.

Author : JoLynn Pulliam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Care of the sick
ISBN : 0132622556

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The Nursing Assistant by JoLynn Pulliam Pdf

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.

Author : Leighann Remmert,Sheila A. Sorrentino
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323581905

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Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants - E-Book by Leighann Remmert,Sheila A. Sorrentino Pdf

Designed for shorter programs of 85 hours or fewer, Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 6th Edition provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential for becoming a nursing assistant. Known for its reader-friendly approach, and bright visual presentation, the text covers OBRA-mandated content including step-by-step procedures for 76 skills covered on the latest NATSEP certification exams. With focus on quality of life in the patient/person and self-pride in the nursing assistant this concise text emphasizes the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe, competent, and efficient care. New features include Focus on Math to help you master the formulas and calculations necessary for safe and effective caregiving and Focus on Pride: Application, which directs you to focus on residents’ emotional and mental needs during specific procedures. Over 75 procedures boxes are divided into step-by-step format with instructions for performing each skill, including Quality of Life courtesies, Pre-procedure, Procedure, and Post-Procedure sections to make learning critical skills easier. Concise coverage of nursing assistant content written at a 7th grade reading level that’s ideal and easy to use in classes with shorter hour requirements. Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes highlight important considerations for providing safe and effective care while promoting patient comfort. Focus on PRIDE boxes highlight personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, independence and social interaction, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws, encouraging you to promote pride in the person, family, and themselves. Caring about Culture boxes contain information to help you learn about the various practices of other cultures. Focus on Practice boxes at the end of each chapter present short case scenarios with questions so students can consider practical applications for providing patient care. Focus on Communication boxes suggest what to say and questions to ask when interacting with patients, residents, visitors, and the nursing team to ensure clear communication in practice. Delegation Guidelines identify the nursing assistant's specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks. NEW! Getting a Job chapter describes the professional skills you need for seeking and landing a job after certification. NEW! Focus on Math feature increases your critical thinking and calculation skills to assist you in performing a variety of procedures. NEW! Urinary Catheters chapter focuses on safety concerns surrounding perineal care. NEW! Content on electronic communication covers safety rules and wrongful use of electronic communication methods including cell phones and social media. NEW! Focus on Pride: Application examines residents’ emotional and mental wellbeing during care for specific issues.

Author : Christina Spencer
Publisher : Nursing Assistant Training Inst
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0970084501

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Taking Care by Christina Spencer Pdf

Author : Barbara R. Hegner
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994-10-03
Category : Care of the sick
ISBN : 0827362234

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Nursing Assistant by Barbara R. Hegner Pdf

The best-selling new edition provides the most comprehensive coverage of the theory and skills required for working as a nursing assistant in acute, long-term or home health care settings. Now includes bar codes for accessing procedures, changes in health care delivery as well as latest OSHA regulations.

Author : Sheila A. Sorrentino,Mosby
Publisher : Mosby
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 032309032X

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Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants (Soft Cover Version) - Text, Workbook, and Mosby's Nursing Assistant Video Skills: Student Online Version 3.0 (Access Code) Package by Sheila A. Sorrentino,Mosby Pdf

This money-saving package includes the 8th edition of Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants (Soft Cover Version) - Textbook, Workbook, and Mosby's Nursing Assistant Video Skills: Student Online Version 3.0 (User Guide and Access Code).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hartman Publishing Inc
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nurses' aides
ISBN : 9781888343618

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The Nursing Assistant's Handbook by Anonim Pdf

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.

Author : Pamela Carter
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781975109615

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Lippincott Acute Care Skills for Advanced Nursing Assistants by Pamela Carter Pdf

This combined text and workbook builds on the basic concepts and skills that the nursing assistant has already mastered. The tasks nursing assistants in advanced settings are expected to perform vary greatly in health care settings across the nation. Even if nursing assistants are not allowed to perform tasks independently, they are often expected to understand the care provided and assistant other members of the health care team. The spirit of “lifelong learning” is at the heart of this text, which has been written in a way to inspire nursing assistants to set goals for career advancement and reach them.