Full Description
Prepare your students for a successful career as a nursing assistant with this concise text.This easy-to-understand, conversational text focuses on the most essential information that nursing assistants need to know to function competently and compassionately in a long-term care facility, acute care facility, or home health care agency. Each chapter of the new edition has been updated to reflect the latest best practices and advances in the field.KEY FEATURESNEW! A separate unit on Long-Term Care c overs nursing assistant care with residents in long-term care settings.UPDATED! Procedure boxes present 71 core procedures with step-by-step instructions that incorporate the latest guidelines and NNAAP skill revisions.UPDATED! Nurse Pam tips promote compassionate, holistic care and help students empathize with their patients.Guidelines ( What You Do/Why You Do it ) boxes summarize both the whys and the hows of carrying out key nursing assistant actions.Tell the Nurse! Notes summarize observations that the nursing assistant needs to report to the nurse.Stop and Think!Scenarios encourage students to solve real world problems in the types of complex situations they will encounter in the workplace.Online videos featuring eight hours of engaging footage offer complete, step-by-step demonstrations of the core skills performed daily by nursing assistants.An accompanying Workbook follows the same straightforward organization as the 4th Edition Textbook. Activities include multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, think about it, and matching questions, as well as crossword puzzles, word jumbles, labeling, sequencing, and identification.
Contents
Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Health Care SystemA Holistic Approach to Health CareHealth Care OrganizationsPatients, Residents, and ClientsOversight of the Health Care SystemPaying for Health CareChapter 2: The Nursing Assistant's JobEducation of the Nursing AssistantThe Nursing Assistant as a Member of the Nursing TeamLegal and Ethical Aspects of the Nursing Assistant's JobChapter 3: Professionalism and Job-Seeking SkillsWorking as a ProfessionalFinding a JobChapter 4: Communication SkillsIntroduction to CommunicationCommunicating with People with Special NeedsResolving ConflictsUsing the TelephoneCommunication Among Members of the Health Care TeamElectronic Health RecordsChapter 5: Those We Care For Growth and DevelopmentBasic Human NeedsHuman Sexuality and IntimacyCulture and ReligionQuality of LifeWhat is it Like to be a Patient or ResidentA Person's FamilyChapter 6: The Patient's or Resident's EnvironmentThe Physical EnvironmentFurniture and EquipmentChapter 7: Basic Body Structure and FunctionHow is the Body Organized?The Integumentary SystemThe Musculoskeletal SystemThe Respiratory SystemThe Cardiovascular SystemThe Nervous SystemThe Sensory SystemThe Endocrine SystemThe Digestive SystemThe Urinary SystemThe Reproductive SystemChapter 8: Common DisordersIntroduction to DisordersIntegumentary DisordersMusculoskeletal DisordersRespiratory DisordersCardiovascular DisordersNervous System DisordersSensory DisordersEndocrine DisordersDigestive DisordersUrinary DisordersReproductive DisordersMental Health DisordersChapter 9: Rehabilitation and Restorative CareIntroduction to Rehabilitation and Restorative CareTypes of RehabilitationThe Role of the Nursing AssistantUNIT THREE: LONG-TERM CARE (New Unit)Chapter 10: Overview of Long-Term CareTypes of Long-Term Care SettingsOwnership and Operation of Long-Term Care FacilitiesOversight of Long-Term CareThe Survey ProcessPaying for Long-Term CareChapter 11: The Long-Term Care ResidentOur Aging PopulationFactors Leading to Long-Term Care AdmissionsMaking the Adjustment to Long-Term CareLiving with a Chronic ConditionThe Young ResidentChapter 12: Caring for People With DementiaIntroduction to DementiaTypes of DementiaBehaviors Associated with DementiaCaring for a Person With DementiaEffects on the CaregiverUNIT FOUR: SAFETYChapter 13: Infection ControlCauses of InfectionDefenses Against InfectionWays Infections are TransmittedThe Chain of InfectionMethods of Infection ControlOccupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogens StandardChapter 14: Workplace SafetyProtecting Your BodyFollowing ProceduresFire SafetyPreventing Chemical and Electrical InjuriesDisaster PreparednessWorkplace ViolenceChapter 15: Patient and Resident SafetyAccidents and Incidents in the Health Care SettingRestraints and Restraint AlternativesChapter 16: Basic First Aid and Emergency CareResponding To An EmergencyBasic Life Support (BLS) MeasuresEmergency SituationsUNIT FIVE: BASIC PATIENT AND RESIDENT CAREChapter 17: Assisting With Repositioning and TransferringAssisting With RepositioningAssisting With TransferringChapter 18: Assisting With ExerciseAssisting With Walking (Ambulation)Assisting With Range-of-Motion ExercisesChapter 19: BedmakingLinensStandard Bedmaking TechniquesChapter 20: Measuring and Recording Vital Signs, Height, and WeightIntroduction to Vital SignsBody TemperaturePulseRespirationPulse oximetryBlood PressureHeight and WeightChapter 21: Assisting With HygieneIntroduction to Personal HygieneAssisting with Oral CareAssisting with Perineal CareAssisting with BathingChapter 22: Preventing Pressure Ulcers and Assisting With Wound CarePreventing Pressure UlcersAssisting With Wound CareChapter 23: Assisting With GroomingIntroduction to GroomingAssisting with Hand CareAssisting With Foot CareAssisting with Dressing and UndressingAssisting with Hair CareAssisting with ShavingAssisting with Vision and Hearing AccessoriesChapter 24: Assisting With NutritionIntroduction to NutritionFactors that Affect Food Choices and Eating HabitsSpecial DietsAssisting With MealsAssisting With FluidsAlternative Ways of Providing Nutrition and FluidsChapter 25: Assisting With Urinary EliminationIntroduction to Urinary EliminationAssisting With Bedside Commodes, Bedpans, and UrinalsCaring for a Person With an Indwelling Urinary CatheterCaring for a Person Who is Incontinent of UrineObtaining a Urine SpecimenMeasuring Urine OutputChapter 26: Assisting With Bowel EliminationIntroduction to Bowel EliminationProblems With Bowel EliminationObtaining a Stool SpecimenAssisting With EnemasAssisting With Ostomy CareChapter 27: Assisting With Comfort and RestThe Benefits of Rest and SleepGeneral Comfort MeasuresManaging PainHeat and Cold ApplicationsUNIT SIX: SPECIAL CARE CONCERNSChapter 28: Caring for People Who Are DyingTerminal IllnessAdvance Directives and WillsAttitudes Toward Death and DyingCare and Support of the Dying Person and the FamilyPostmortem CareChapter 29: Caring for People with Developmental DisabilitiesIntroduction to Developmental DisabilitiesEducation and Protection of RightsCaring for People With Developmental DisabilitiesChapter 30: Caring for People with CancerIntroduction to CancerDetecting and Treating CancerCaring for a Person with CancerChapter 31: Caring for People with HIV/AIDSIntroduction to HIV/AIDSAttitudes Toward People With HIV/AIDSCaring for a Person with HIV/AIDSChapter 32: Caring for People Who Are Having SurgeryIntroduction to SurgeryPre-Operative CareIntra-Operative CarePost-Operative CareOxygen TherapyChapter 33: Caring for People in the Home EnvironmentIntroduction to Home Health CareThe Home Health AideThe Home Health Care EnvironmentInfection ControlAppendix A: Answers to What Did You Learn? QuestionsAppendix B: Introduction to the Language of Health CareGlossaryIndex
