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Mosby's textbook for nursing assistants

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Note 520 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. - Publisher.

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Elsevier/Mosby
Language
English
Pages
896

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St. Louis, Mo

Table of Contents

Introduction to health care agencies
The person's rights
The nursing assistant
Ethics and laws
Work ethics
Communicating with the health team
Assisting with the nursing process
Understanding the person
Body structure and function
Growth and development
Care of the older person
Safety
Preventing falls
Restraint alternatives and safe restraint use
Preventing infection
Body mechanics
Safely moving and transferring the person
The person's unit
Bedmaking
Personal hygiene
Grooming
Urinary elimination
Bowel elimination
Nutrition and fluids
Nutritional support and IV therapy
Measuring vital signs
Exercise and activity
Comfort, rest, and sleep
Admissions, transfers, and discharges
Assisting with the physical examination
Collecting and testing specimens
The person having surgery
Wound care
Pressure ulcers
Heat and cold applications
Oxygen needs
Respiratory support and therapies
Rehabilitation and restorative nursing care
Hearing, speech, and vision problems
Cancer, immune system, and skin disorders
Nervous system and musculo-skeletal disorders
Cardiovascular, respiratory, and lymphatic disorders
Digestive and endocrine disorders
Urinary and reproductive disorders
Mental health problems
Confusion and dementia
Developmental disabilities
Sexuality
Caring for mothers and newborns
Assisted living
Basic emergency care
End-of-life-care

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Other Titles
Textbook for nursing assistants

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
610.7306/98
Library of Congress
RT84 .S67 2012, WY 193

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xx, 876 p. + 1 CD-ROM
Number of pages
896
Dimensions
28 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25026051M
Internet Archive
mosbystextbookfo0000sorr_z1o3
ISBN 10
0323080685, 0323080677
ISBN 13
9780323080682, 9780323080675
LCCN
2011037263

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