Nursing Assistant : A Nursing Process Approach
by Hegner, Barbara; Acello, Barbara; Caldwell, EstherEdition: 9th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-09-04
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
This best-selling competency based learning system offers comprehensive content that is unequaled in preparing learners to be skilled nursing assistants in long term care, acute care, and home care settings. Over the years, this text has become the essential resource for the latest information and trends in nursing assistant education. It includes the latest health industry expectations of the knowledge and skills nursing assistants need to bring to the workplace. In addition, it presents more than 160 procedures in an easy to understand step-by-step format.
Table of Contents
| Introduction to Nursing Assisting | p. 1 |
| Community Health Care | p. 2 |
| Role of the Nursing Assistant | p. 11 |
| Consumer Rights and Responsibilities in Health Care | p. 27 |
| Ethical and Legal Issues Affecting the Nursing Assistant | p. 35 |
| Scientific Principles | p. 45 |
| Medical Terminology and Body Organization | p. 46 |
| Classification of Disease | p. 63 |
| Basic Human Needs and Communication | p. 73 |
| Communication Skills | p. 74 |
| Observation, Reporting, and Documentation | p. 88 |
| Meeting Basic Human Needs | p. 112 |
| Comfort, Pain, Rest, and Sleep | p. 127 |
| Developing Cultural Sensitivity | p. 138 |
| Infection and Infection Control | p. 149 |
| Infection | p. 150 |
| Infection Control | p. 168 |
| Safety and Mobility | p. 201 |
| Environmental and Nursing Assistant Safety | p. 202 |
| Patient Safety and Positioning | p. 221 |
| The Patient's Mobility: Transfer Skills | p. 248 |
| The Patient's Mobility: Ambulation | p. 267 |
| Measuring and Recording Vital Signs, Height, and Weight | p. 281 |
| Body Temperature | p. 282 |
| Pulse and Respiration | p. 301 |
| Blood Pressure | p. 308 |
| Measuring Height and Weight | p. 319 |
| Patient Care and Comfort Measures | p. 327 |
| Admission, Transfer, and Discharge | p. 328 |
| Bedmaking | p. 337 |
| Patient Bathing | p. 350 |
| General Comfort Measures | p. 375 |
| Principles of Nutrition and Fluid Balance | p. 397 |
| Nutritional Needs and Diet Modifications | p. 398 |
| Special Care Procedures | p. 421 |
| Warm and Cold Applications | p. 422 |
| Assisting with the Physical Examination | p. 437 |
| The Surgical Patient | p. 444 |
| Caring for the Emotionally Stressed Patient | p. 466 |
| Death and Dying | p. 481 |
| Other Health Care Settings | p. 495 |
| Care of the Elderly and Chronically Ill | p. 496 |
| The Organization of Home Care: Trends in Health Care | p. 527 |
| The Nursing Assistant in Home Care | p. 538 |
| Subacute Care | p. 548 |
| Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Approaches to Patient Care | p. 571 |
| Body Systems, Common Disorders, and Related Care Procedures | p. 585 |
| Integumentary System | p. 586 |
| Respiratory System | p. 602 |
| Circulatory (Cardiovascular) System | p. 620 |
| Musculoskeletal System | p. 636 |
| Endocrine System | p. 664 |
| Nervous System | p. 678 |
| Gastrointestinal System | p. 713 |
| Urinary System | p. 732 |
| Reproductive System | p. 755 |
| Caring for the Patient with Cancer | p. 770 |
| Expanded Role of the Nursing Assistant | p. 781 |
| Rehabilitation and Restorative Services | p. 782 |
| Obstetrical Patients and Neonates | p. 792 |
| Pediatric Patients | p. 809 |
| Special Advanced Procedures | p. 833 |
| Response to Basic Emergencies | p. 851 |
| Response to Basic Emergencies | p. 852 |
| Moving Forward | p. 883 |
| Employment Opportunities and Career Growth | p. 884 |
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