This popular text provides complete coverage of the knowledge and skills nursing assistants need to work in a long-term care facility. The concise, readable, highly visual format appeals to learners of all levels. The clear, logical presentation of procedures, with hundreds of large, full-color photos and drawings, makes it easy for students to learn and understand. This new edition addresses the expanding role of the nursing assistant in long-term care, providing additional coverage of assisted living, restraint alternatives, transfers, wound care, elderly abuse, and restorative nursing.
Unit I:: Working in Long-Term Care Settings 1. Introduction to Long-Term Care 2. The Nursing Assistant in Long-Term Care 3. Work Ethics 4. Communicating With the Health Team Unit II:: Focusing on the Person 5. Understanding the Resident 6. Body Structure and Function 7. The Older Person 8. Sexuality Unit III:: Protecting the Person 9. Safety 10. NEW! Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restraint Use 11. Preventing Infection 12. Body Mechanics Unit IV:: Assisting With Activities of Daily Living 13. The Residents Unit 14. Bedmaking 15. Hygiene 16. Grooming 17. Urinary Elimination 18. Bowel Elimination 19. Nutrition and Fluids 20. Exercise and Activity 21. Comfort, Rest, and Sleep 22. Oxygen Needs 23. NEW! Assisted Living Unit V:: Assisting with Assessment 24. Measuring Vital Signs 25. Assisting With the Physical Examination Unit VI:: Assisting With Care Needs 26. Admitting, Transferring, and Discharging Residents 27. Wound Care 28. Heat and Cold Applications 29. Common Health Problems 30. Mental Health Problems 31. Confusion and Dementia 32. Developmental Disabilities 33. Rehabilitation and Restorative Care 34. Basic Emergency Care 35. The Dying Person
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