Lippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-7817-6685-2 (ISBN)
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Now in its Second Edition, this textbook prepares students to work as nursing assistants in long-term care, acute care, and home health care settings, and provides a firm foundation for advancement to an LPN and ultimately an RN role. The book is written in a direct, conversational writing style with an emphasis on professionalism and humanism. This edition is significantly updated and has new photographs and illustrations. A front-of-book CD-ROM includes an audio glossary. An audiobook version of the entire text in MP3 format is available as a separate purchase. A student-edition DVD, containing selected procedures from "Lippincott's Video Series for Nursing Assistants", is also available as a separate purchase.
Unit One: INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE Chapter 1: The Health Care System Chapter 2: The Nursing Assistant Chapter 3: Professionalism and Job-Seeking Skills Chapter 4: Legal and Ethical Issues Chapter 5: Communication Skills Chapter 6: Those We Care For Unit Two: SAFETY Chapter 7: Communicable Disease and Infection Control Chapter 8: Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens Chapter 9: Workplace Safety Chapter 10: Patient Safety and Restraints Chapter 11: Positioning, Lifting, and Transferring Patients and Residents Chapter 12: Basic First Aid and Emergency Care Unit Three: BASIC PATIENT CARE Chapter 13: The Patient Environment Chapter 14: Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges Chapter 15: Bedmaking Chapter 16: Vital Signs, Height, and Weight Chapter 17: Patient Cleanliness and Hygiene Chapter 18: Grooming Chapter 19: Basic Nutrition Chapter 20: Assisting with Urinary and Bowel Elimination Unit Four: DEATH AND DYING Chapter 21: Caring for People with Terminal Illnesses Chapter 22: Caring for People Who Are Dying Unit Five: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN BODY Chapter 23: Basic Body Structure and Function Chapter 24: The Integumentary System Chapter 25: The Musculoskeletal System Chapter 26: The Respiratory System Chapter 27: The Cardiovascular System Chapter 28: The Nervous System Chapter 29: The Sensory System Chapter 30: The Endocrine System Chapter 31: The Digestive System Chapter 32: The Urinary System Chapter 33: The Reproductive System Unit Six: SPECIAL CARE CONCERNS Chapter 34: Caring for People with Developmental Disabilities Chapter 35: Caring for People with Mental Illness Chapter 36: Caring for People with Dementia Chapter 37: Caring for People with Cancer Chapter 38: Caring for People with HIV/AIDS Unit Seven: ACUTE CARE Chapter 39: Caring for Surgical Patients Chapter 40: Caring for Mothers and Newborns Chapter 41: Caring for Pediatric Patients Unit Eight: HOME HEALTH CARE Chapter 42: Introduction to Home Health Care Chapter 43: Safety and Infection Control in the Home Health Care Setting Appendix A: Answers to What Did You Learn? Questions Appendix B: Introduction to the Language of Health Care Glossary Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.8.2007 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 810 |
| Verlagsort | Philadelphia |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 213 x 277 mm |
| Gewicht | 1679 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7817-6685-0 / 0781766850 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7817-6685-2 / 9780781766852 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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