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Author : Dr Grubbs
Publisher : Addison Wesley Longman
ISBN 13 : 9780130853431
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (534 download)
Download or read book Essentials for Today's Nursing Assistant written by Dr Grubbs and published by Addison Wesley Longman. This book was released on 2000 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leighann Remmert
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323581900
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (235 download)
Download or read book Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants - E-Book written by Leighann Remmert and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Leighann Remmert
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 032381106X
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (238 download)
Download or read book Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants - E-Book written by Leighann Remmert and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the role and responsibilities of today’s nursing assistant! Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 7th Edition provides concise, easy-to-understand guidelines for the skills performed by nursing assistants. Step-by-step procedures are included for more than 75 key procedures, and patient scenarios help you apply your knowledge and develop critical thinking skills. A primary focus is the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe, competent, and efficient care. And with OBRA-mandated coverage of the concepts and skills you need to master, you will prepare for success on state certification exams! Clear, easy-to-read style is supplemented with hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations. More than 75 step-by-step procedures are divided into pre-procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections for easier learning. Focus on PRIDE boxes emphasize personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, independence and social interaction, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws, helping you promote dignity and pride in the person being cared for, his or her family, and yourself. Focus on Practice: Problem Solving present patient scenarios to enhance critical thinking skills, and allow you to apply concepts to practice. Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes detail measures and cautions for providing safe, effective patient care. Focus on Older Persons boxes provide guidance on the special needs of older persons, including those with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for communicating clearly with residents, visitors, and the nursing team. Caring About Culture boxes help in providing care that is sensitive to the beliefs and customs of diverse cultures. Delegation Guidelines identify the nursing assistant’s specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks. Focus on Surveys feature highlights the nursing assistant’s role during state inspections. NATCEP (Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program) icons shown in the title bar of procedures indicate the skills covered most often on certification exams. Review questions in each chapter cover what you have learned, and are useful in studying for a test or for the competency evaluation. Key terms and abbreviations are included at the beginning of each chapter, with a comprehensive glossary at the back of the book. NEW! Streamlined chapter organization includes shorter, more focused chapters. NEW! Enhanced art program includes updated photos and illustrations.
Author : Grubbs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780835953801
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (538 download)
Download or read book Essentials for Today's Nursing Assistant written by Grubbs and published by . This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pamela J. Carter
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 9780781739818
Total Pages : 982 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Lippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants written by Pamela J. Carter and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2005 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Peggy A. Grubbs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Essentials for Today's Nursing Assistant written by Peggy A. Grubbs and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exceptionally comprehensive, affordable, and user-friendly, this book focuses on the nursing assistant's role and responsibilities in health care as it is being practiced today in diverse areas of the health care delivery system. It incorporates both tried-and-true standards and recent changes in procedures and philosophies, and focuses throughout on a holistic, humanistic, restorative approach and cultural awareness. Extensively illustrated—yet uncluttered—it features simple language, boxed Procedures and Guidelines, an anatomy and physiology insert, and thought-provoking, interactive questions, case studies, and review questions, especially useful for preparing for competency tests. The Role of the Nursing Assistant. Ethical and Legal Considerations. Infection Control. Communicable Diseases. Safety and Accident Prevention. First Aid and Emergency Care. Communication Skills. Communicating with Coworkers. Anatomy and Physiology. Common Health Problems. Life Cycle. Basic Needs of Patients. Rehabilitation and Restorative Care. The Patient's Unit. Bedmaking. Admissions, Transfers, and Discharge. Moving and Positioning. Ambulation and Exercise. Personal care and Hygiene. Measuring Vital Signs. Nutrition and Fluids. Elimination. Special Care and Procedures. The Geriatric Patient. The Dying Patient. Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. The Patient with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) Infection. The Surgical Patient. Maternal and Child Health. Subacute Care. The Home Health Aide. Homemaking Skills. Employability Skills. Surveys and Accreditation. For Nursing Assistants, Home Health Aides, Patient Care Assistants, ALF Caregivers, and LPNs. Previously announced in 7/02 catalog.
Author : Grubbs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780835953825
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (538 download)
Download or read book Essentials for Today's Nursing Assistant written by Grubbs and published by . This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sheila A. Sorrentino
Publisher : Mosby
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants written by Sheila A. Sorrentino and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2010 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides all the information you need to be a successful nursing assistance.
Author : Sue Roe
Publisher : Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781635636055
Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (36 download)
Download or read book The Nursing Assistant written by Sue Roe and published by Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Pamela J. Carter
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 1975173287
Total Pages : 1205 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (751 download)
Download or read book Lippincott Essentials for Nursing Assistants written by Pamela J. Carter and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 1205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated to reflect today’s changing healthcare practice, Lippincott Essentials for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving, 5th edition, streamlines the path to success as a nursing assistant by detailing the foundational concepts and facts needed to competently and compassionately function in a long-term care facility, acute care facility, or home health agency. A concise, conversational approach makes key information accessible, and it is bolstered by helpful step-by-step guides through commonly performed procedures. These features ready students for challenges that nursing assistants might encounter in clinical practice.
Author : Sue Roe
Publisher : Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781649258885
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (588 download)
Download or read book The Nursing Assistant, Brief Edition written by Sue Roe and published by Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher. This book was released on 2021-10-27 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nursing Assistant: Essentials of Holistic Care, Brief Edition presents the key information students need to become a nursing assistant. With this text's sharp focus on holistic care, students learn how to provide the care required of nursing assistants, while integrating and considering residents' bodies, minds, and spirits. Students will learn how to address the needs of residents, while providing high-quality care that is safe, effective, and compassionate. Designed for a short course, this text is accessible for students of all levels. Richly illustrated step-by-step procedures teach students how to perform the tasks required of a nursing assistant in a long-term care facility. By mastering these skills, students will be prepared to pass the certification competency examination.
Author : Pamela J Carter
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 1975245938
Total Pages : 1419 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (752 download)
Download or read book Lippincott Essentials for Nursing Assistants written by Pamela J Carter and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2024-08-19 with total page 1419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lippincott Essentials for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving, 6th edition, streamlines success for Certified Nursing Assistants. This concise and approachable textbook equips students with essential concepts for competent and compassionate practice whether they're training for long-term care, acute care, or another healthcare environment. With updated content including Pam's Pearls, and critical-thinking scenarios, it emphasizes empathy, problem-solving, and current healthcare practices seen today. Students will benefit from "What You Do/Why You Do It" boxes which will help them foster a deeper grasp of core concepts like privacy and infection control while further promoting critical thinking skills.
Author : Sheila A. Sorrentino, PhD, RN
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323113176
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (231 download)
Download or read book Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants written by Sheila A. Sorrentino, PhD, RN and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for shorter programs of 85 hours or fewer, Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 5th Edition provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential to becoming a nursing assistant. 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. Delegation Guidelines identify the nursing assistant's specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks. Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes highlight important considerations for providing safe and effective care while promoting patient comfort. 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. 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 yourself. Quality of Life reminders in the procedure boxes reinforce the simple courtesies that should be afforded to all patients, demonstrating how to show respect for the patient as a person. NNAAP in the Procedure Title Bar alerts you to skills that are part of the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program. Concise coverage of nursing assistant content that's ideal and easy to use in classes with shorter hour requirements. Detailed illustrations offer step-by-step visual guidelines for performing key procedures. NEW! Focus on Surveys boxes with common survey questions emphasize the nursing assistant's role in providing safe and effective care. NEW! Focus on Practice boxes at the end of each chapter present short case scenarios with questions so you can consider practical applications for providing patient care. NEW! The Person's Rights chapter highlights the importance of understanding and protecting a patient's rights. NEW! Pressure Ulcers chapter familiarizes you with the risk factors of pressure ulcers and the information to identify individuals at risk. NEW! Laminated, pocket-sized reference cards include information on vital signs, measurement conversions, range-of-motion, abbreviations, positioning, and the 24-hour clock for easy access to information critical in providing safe and effective care. NEW! Updated Companion CD has 28 procedures, including 3 new procedures, containing interactive learning exercises, an updated audio glossary, a new Spanish audio glossary, and Body Spectrum (an anatomy and physiology program) providing you with additional tools for independent learning that reinforces textbook content.
Author : Sheila A. Sorrentino
Publisher : Mosby
ISBN 13 : 9780323655606
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (556 download)
Download or read book Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants - Soft Cover Version written by Sheila A. Sorrentino and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With step-by-step instructions for over 100 nursing assistant procedures, "Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition" makes it easy to master the skills you need to succeed as a nursing assistant. Known for its visual approach and comprehensive, easy-to-read coverage, this market-leading text emphasizes the importance of the patient or resident as a person, communication, safety, comfort, effective delegation, and teamwork and time management. This edition provides expanded content on the person's rights and pressure ulcers. The updated companion CD includes three new procedures, an updated audio glossary, and more. Written by respected educator Sheila Sorrentino and expert co-author Leighann Remmert, "Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants" makes nurse assisting easy to learn. Complete coverage includes the knowledge and skills needed by the nursing assistant; -- A clear, readable writing style is supplemented with hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations; -- Over 100 procedures are divided into pre-procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections for easier learning; -- Skills on the NNAAP exam are highlighted throughout and have been updated to match the 2012 test plan; -- Delegation Guidelines identify your specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks; -- Teamwork and Time Management boxes indicate ways you can efficiently work with and help nursing team members; -- Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes detail measures and cautions for providing safe, effective patient care; -- Caring About Culture boxes help you learn about the beliefs and customs of other cultures so you can provide appropriate care; -- Focus on Children and Older Persons boxes provide age-specific information about the special needs, considerations, and circumstances of children and older persons; -- Focus on Long-Term Care and Home Care boxes highlight information vital to providing competent care in these settings; -- Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for what to say and ask when communicating with residents, visitors, and the nursing team; -- Key abbreviations are included at the beginning of each chapter, with a comprehensive glossary at the back of the book; -- Key terms introduce chapter content with the important words and phrases; -- Chapter Review Questions are useful in guiding your study, reviewing what you have learned, and studying for a test or the competency evaluation; -- CD icons indicate skills included on the companion CD; -- Video clip icons indicate skills for which video clips are included on the free Evolve companion website; -- Video icons indicate skills included in the Mosby's Nursing Assistant Video Skills 3.0 DVDs (sold separately); -- The Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review corresponds to chapters in the text and encourages learning with a wide variety of exercises and activities that challenge you to remember what you've learned. It also includes over 100 checklists, one for each procedure in the textbook. NEW! The Person's Rights and Pressure Ulcers chapters provides expanded information on these key areas; -- NEW Focus on PRIDE boxes highlight personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, independence and social interaction, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws to help you promote pride in the person, family, and yourself; -- Two laminated, pocket-sized cards include information on normal vital signs, common measurement conversions, positioning, the 24-hour clock, and abdominal and lateral regions; -- Updated companion CD contains interactive procedures, including three new procedures, learning exercises, an updated audio glossary, and a new Spanish audio glossary with phrases and terms. An updated A&P review, Body Spectrum, is available on the CD and on the Evolve companion website.
Author : Sheila A. Sorrentino
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323319807
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (233 download)
Download or read book Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants - E-Book written by Sheila A. Sorrentino and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the essential skills of today’s nursing assistant! Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 9th Edition prepares you to work in long-term care, acute care, and subacute care settings. Known for its comprehensive coverage and an easy-to-read, visual approach, this book includes step-by-step instructions for over 100 nursing assistant procedures. New to this edition is a practice scenario in each chapter to help you develop problem solving and critical thinking skills, as well as Focus on Math boxes that highlight common calculations done on the job. Written by well-known educator Sheila Sorrentino and expert co-author Leighann Remmert, this market-leading text emphasizes the importance of teamwork and communication — two elements critical to being an effective nursing assistant.
Author : Sue Roe
Publisher : Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781645641278
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The Nursing Assistant written by Sue Roe and published by Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nursing Assistant: Essentials of Holistic Care, Brief Edition introduces students to the essential knowledge needed to provide safe, quality care that considers residents' minds, bodies, and spirits. Detailed procedures guide students through caregiving skills, while reinforcement and practice questions prepare students to succeed when taking the certification competency examination"--
Author : Pamela J Carter
Publisher : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
ISBN 13 : 9781975170493
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Lipp Essent Nursng Assist 5e (Int Ed) PB written by Pamela J Carter and published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated to reflect today's changing healthcare practice, Lippincott Essentials for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving, 5th edition, streamlines the path to success as a nursing assistant by detailing the foundational concepts and facts needed to competently and compassionately function in a long-term care facility, acute care facility, or home health agency. A concise, conversational approach makes key information accessible, and it is bolstered by helpful step-by-step guides through commonly performed procedures. These features ready students for challenges that nursing assistants might encounter in clinical practice.
