Full Description
Get the review and practice you need to master the nursing assistant's role in long-term care! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care Nursing Assistants, 9th Edition, the Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review provides engaging exercises and questions to reinforce your understanding of nurse assisting concepts and procedures. Detailed procedure checklists help you master the skills tested on the NATCEP® exam, and other activities encourage critical thinking. It's an all-in-one study guide and certification exam review!
UNIQUE! Competency Evaluation Review section prepares you for the certification exam with content review, review questions, test-taking tips, and two practice exams
Engaging exercises are tied to chapter objectives in the textbook, and include matching questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, and crossword puzzles
Case study learning exercises help you apply concepts to practice scenarios
More than 100 procedure checklists allow you to practice performing nursing assistant skills and also allow for instructor and/or self-evaluation
Independent learning activities help to enhance your critical thinking
NEW! Updated content reflects the changes and new information in the 9th edition of Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care Nursing Assistants
Contents
1. The Nursing Assistant Working in Long-Term Care
2. Resident Rights, Ethics, and Laws
3. Work Ethics
4. Communicating with the Health Team
5. Assisting with the Nursing Process
6. Understanding the Resident
7. Culture, Religion, and Spirituality
8. Body Structure and Function
9. The Older Person
10. Sexuality
11. Safety
12. Preventing Falls
13. Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restraint Use
14. Preventing Infection
15. Body Mechanics and Safe Resident Handling, Positioning, and Transfers
16. The Resident's Unit
17. Bedmaking
18. Hygiene
19. Grooming
20. Nutrition and Fluids
21. Nutritional Support and IV Therapy
22. Urinary Elimination
23. Bowel Elimination
24. Exercise and Activity
25. Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
26. Oxygen Needs and Respiratory Therapies
27. Measuring Vital Signs
28. Assisting with the Physical Examination
29. Collecting and Testing Specimens
30. Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges
31. Wound Care
32. Pressure Injuries
33. Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
34. Cancer, Immune System, and Skin Disorders
35. Nervous System and Musculoskeletal Disorders
36. Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disorders
37. Digestive and Endocrine Disorders
38. Urinary and Reproductive Disorders
39. Mental Health Disorders
40. Confusion and Dementia
41. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
42. Rehabilitation and Restorative Care
43. Assisted Living
44. Basic Emergency Care
45. End-of-Life Care
46. Getting a Job
