Nursing Assistant Care - Hardcover Edition - Hardcover

Susan Alvare; Diana Dugan RN; Jetta Fuzy RN MS

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ISBN 10: 1888343834 ISBN 13: 9781888343830

Publisher: Hartman Publishing, Inc., 2005

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Over 6,000 instructors shared their ideas for the perfect nursing assistant textbook. Nursing Assistant Care is exactly what you asked for: a full-color, up-to-date, affordable book that meets and exceeds federal and state requirements. Specifically, it contains:

- Beautifully illustrated and clearly photographed
- Chapters organized around learning objectives and written at a low reading level
- Creative methods to teach care and observations, promoting independence, and essential information on preventing abuse and neglect
- Chapter-ending material which develops critical thinking and tests the chapter
- Illnesses and common conditions in one chapter, organized by body system
- An entire chapter on confusion, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease
- Up-to-date CPR and emergency care sections
- A full chapter on mental health and mental illness
- Information on developmental disabilities
- Personal care skills housed within one chapter
- Separate chapters for bowel and urinary elimination

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We created Nursing Assistant Care with you in mind. Within these pages, you'll find clearly-written care guidelines and care procedures. Our textbook and accompanying student workbook teach you how to give holistic, compassionate, and respectful care. Contents 1 Understanding Long-Term Care 2 The Nursing Assistant and the Care Team 3 Legal and Ethical Issues 4 Communication and Cultural Diversity 5 Quality Infection Control 6 Safety and Body Mechanics 7 Emergency Care and Disaster Preparation 8 Human Needs and Human Development 9 The Healthy Human Body 10 Moving, Lifting, and Positioning 11 Admitting, Transferring, and Discharging 12 The Resident's Unit 13 Personal Care Skills 14 Urinary Elimination 15 Bowel Elimination 16 Nutrition and Hydration 17 Basic Nursing Skills 18 Common Chronic and Acute Conditions 19 Confusion, Dementia, and Alzheimer's Disease 20 Mental Health and Mental Illness 21 Rehabilitation and Restorative Care 22 Subacute Care 23 Death and Dying 24 Caring for Your Career and Yourself

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Hartman Publishing began offering in-service education programs to long-term care facilities and home health agencies in 1994. Students and teachers using our materials benefit from a company focused solely on educating and inspiring caregivers.
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