Being a nursing assistant
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Being a nursing assistant
Prentice Hall Health, c2005
9th ed. / Francie Wolgin
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
For Nursing Assisting Courses.
This comprehensive text, endorsed by the American Hospital Association, sets the standard for nursing assistants working across the entire care continuum-in acute, subacute, long term care, and home health. Each copy of the text comes packaged with a freeCD-ROM and is accompanied by a free Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/wolgin).
Table of Contents
1. The Health Care System.
2. Your Role as a Nursing Assistant.
3. Communication Skills.
4. Patients, Residents, and Clients.
5. Infection Control.
6. Safety.
7. Body Mechanics: Positioning, Moving, and Transporting Patients.
8. Admitting, Transferring, and Discharging a Patient.
9. The Patient's Environment.
10. Bedmaking.
11. Home Health Care.
12. Personal Care of the Patient.
13. Emergency Care.
14. The Human Body.
15. Growth and Development.
16. The Musculoskeletal System and Related Care.
17. The Integumentary System and Related Care.
18. The Circulatory and Respiratory Systems and Related Care.
19. Measuring Vital Signs.
20. The Gastrointestinal System and Related Care.
21. Nutrition for the Patient.
22. The Urinary System and Related Care.
23. Specimen Collection.
24. The Endocrine System and Related Care of Diabetics.
25. The Reproductive System and Related Care.
26. The Nervous System and Related Care.
27. Warm and Cold Applications.
28. Care of the Surgical Patient.
29. Surgical Procedures.
30. Other Patients with Special Needs.
31. Neonatal and Pediatric Care.
32. The Older Adult Patient and Long-Term Care.
33. Rehabilitation and Return to Self-Care.
34. The Terminally Ill Patient and Postmortem Care.
35. Beginning Your Career as a Nursing Assistant.
Appendix A: Medical Terms, Abbreviations, & Specialties.
Appendix B: What's New in Patient Restraints
Glossary
Index.
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