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ISBN 10: 1605476366
ISBN 13: 9781605476360
Author: Pamela Carter
Deliver compassionate, competent care in any healthcare setting.
Written in a conversational, easy-to-read style and rich with dynamic images and illustrations, this comprehensive text helps you master the technical, communication, and critical thinking skills essential to your success as a nursing assistant. Up-to-date coverage reflects the latest clinical approaches, and a practical format guides you through the decision-making process behind safe, fulfilling patient outcomes.
- NEW! Taking It to the Next Level: Advanced Skills calls-out skills in the text that may require additional training as you advance your career and are further explained in Lippincott Acute Care Skills for Advanced Nursing Assistants eBook.
- Updated content keeps you current with the latest state-specific guidelines and 2016 NNAAP skill revisions.
- Guidelines (“What You Do/Why You Do It”) boxes detail the how and why behind key nursing assistant actions.
- Tell the Nurse! Notes summarize observations that you need to report to the nurse.
- Stop and Think! Scenarios offer practice for solving the types of complex, real-world nursing situations you’ll encounter on the job.
- Helping Hands and a Caring Heart: Focus on Humanistic Health Care boxes help you empathize with those in your care and meet patients’ and residents’ emotional and spiritual needs, as well as their physical needs.
- Empowering online learning tools reinforce key terms and content with engaging Watch and Learn/Listen and Learn Audio and Video Clips and an interactive audio glossary .
- Procedures highlight important privacy, safety, infection control, and comfort concepts and guide you step by step through essential nursing assistant tasks.
- Chapter-ending summary sections enhance your retention and understanding at a glance.
- What Did You Learn? multiple-choice and matching exercises with answers help you assess your understanding of essential information and prepare for state certification exams.
- Nursing Assistants Make A Difference! sections highlight your critical role on the healthcare team with first-person accounts of the nursing assistant’s positive impact on the lives of others.
- Empowering online learning tools reinforce key terms and content with engaging Watch and Learn/Listen and Learn Audio and Video Clips and an interactive audio glossary is available at thePoint.lww.com/Carter5e.
Nursing Assistants A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving 1st Table of contents:
Unit I: INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE
Chapter
1: The Health Care System
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, PAST AND PRESENT
HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS
OVERSIGHT OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
PAYING FOR HEALTH CARE
SUMMARY
Chapter
2: The Nursing Assistant
NURSING, PAST AND PRESENT
EDUCATION OF THE NURSING ASSISTANT
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NURSING ASSISTANT
THE NURSING TEAM
DELEGATION
SUMMARY
Chapter
3: Professionalism and Job-Seeking Skills
WHAT IS A PROFESSIONAL?
WHAT IS A WORK ETHIC?
PERSONAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE
JOB-SEEKING SKILLS
SUMMARY
Chapter
4: Legal and Ethical Issues
INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
PATIENTS’ AND RESIDENTS’ RIGHTS
LAWS: A WAY OF PRESERVING PATIENTS’ AND RESIDENTS’ RIGHTS
ETHICS: GUIDELINES FOR BEHAVIOR
SUMMARY
Chapter
5: Communication Skills
WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?
COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY
TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION AMONG MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH CARE TEAM
SUMMARY
Chapter
6: Those We Care For
PATIENTS, RESIDENTS, AND CLIENTS
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
CULTURE AND RELIGION
QUALITY OF LIFE
A PERSON’S FAMILY
SUMMARY
Unit II: SAFETY
Chapter
7: Communicable Disease and Infection Control
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
WHAT IS A MICROBE?
DEFENSES AGAINST COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AND THE CHAIN OF INFECTION
INFECTION CONTROL IN THE HEALTH CARE SETTING
SUMMARY
Chapter
8: Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens
BLOODBORNE DISEASES
AIRBORNE DISEASES
SUMMARY
Chapter
9: Workplace Safety
PROTECTING YOUR BODY
FOLLOWING PROCEDURES
PREVENTING FALLS
PREVENTING CHEMICAL INJURIES
PREVENTING ELECTRICAL SHOCKS
FIRE SAFETY
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
SUMMARY
Chapter 10: Patient Safety and Restraint Alternatives
ACCIDENTS
RESTRAINTS
Chapter 11: Positioning, Lifting, and Transferring Patients and Residents
POSITIONING PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS
TRANSFERRING PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS
SUMMARY
Chapter 12: Basic First Aid and Emergency Care
RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) MEASURES
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL
SUMMARY
Unit III: BASIC PATIENT and RESIDENT CARE
Chapter 13: The Patient or Resident Environment
THE PATIENT OR RESIDENT UNIT
ENSURING COMFORT
FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
PERSONAL ITEMS
SUMMARY
Chapter 14: Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges
ADMISSIONS
TRANSFERS
DISCHARGES
SUMMARY
Chapter 15: Bedmaking
LINENS AND OTHER SUPPLIES FOR BEDMAKING
HANDLING OF LINENS
STANDARD BEDMAKING TECHNIQUES
SUMMARY
Chapter 16: Vital Signs, Height, and Weight
WHAT DO VITAL SIGNS TELL US?
MEASURING AND RECORDING VITAL SIGNS
BODY TEMPERATURE
PULSE
RESPIRATION
BLOOD PRESSURE
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT
MEASURING VITAL SIGNS IN CHILDREN
SUMMARY
Chapter 17: Comfort and Rest
PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL BENEFITS OF REST AND SLEEP
PAIN
HOW PEOPLE RESPOND TO PAIN
RECOGNIZING AND REPORTING PAIN
TREATMENTS FOR PAIN
THE NURSING ASSISTANT’S ROLEIN MANAGING PAIN
SUMMARY
Chapter 18: Cleanliness and Hygiene
THE BENEFITS OFPERSONAL HYGIENE
SCHEDULING OF ROUTINE CARE
ASSISTING WITH ORAL CARE
ASSISTING WITH PERINEAL CARE
ASSISTING WITH SKIN CARE
SUMMARY
Chapter 19: Grooming
INTRODUCTION TO GROOMING
ASSISTING WITH HAND AND FOOT CARE
ASSISTING WITH DRESSING AND UNDRESSING
ASSISTING WITH HAIR CARE
ASSISTING WITH SHAVING
ASSISTING WITH THE APPLICATION OF MAKE-UP
SUMMARY
Chapter 20: Basic Nutrition
FOOD AND HOW OUR BODIES USE IT
FACTORS THAT AFFECT FOOD CHOICES AND EATING HABITS
SPECIAL DIETS
MEAL TIME
OTHER WAYS OF PROVIDING FLUIDS AND NUTRITION
FLUIDS AND HYDRATION
SUMMARY
Chapter 21: Assisting With Urinary and Bowel Elimination
ASSISTING WITH ELIMINATION
URINARY ELIMINATION
BOWEL ELIMINATION
CARING FOR A PERSON WITH AN OSTOMY
SUMMARY
Unit IV: DEATH AND DYING
Chapter 22: Caring for People Who Are Terminally Ill
INTRODUCTION TO CARING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TERMINALLY ILL
STAGES OF GRIEF
WILLS
DYING WITH DIGNITY
EFFECTS OF CARING FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL ON THE CAREGIVER
SUMMARY
Chapter 23: Caring for People Who Are Dying
INTRODUCTION TO CARING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING
CARING FOR A DYING PERSON
CARE OF THE FAMILY
POSTMORTEM CARE
SUMMARY
Unit V: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN BODY
Chapter 24: Basic Body Structure and Function
INTRODUCTION TO BASIC BODYSTRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
HOW IS THE BODY ORGANIZED?
HEALTH AND DISEASE
SUMMARY
Chapter 25: The Integumentary System
INTRODUCTION TO THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
STRUCTURE OF THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
FUNCTION OF THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
DISORDERS OF THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
SUMMARY
Chapter 26: The Musculoskeletal System
STRUCTURE OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
FUNCTION OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
DISORDERS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
GENERAL CARE MEASURES
SUMMARY
Chapter 27: The Respiratory System
STRUCTURE OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
FUNCTION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
DISORDERS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RESPIRATORY THERAPY
GENERAL CARE MEASURES
SUMMARY
Chapter 28: The Cardiovascular System
STRUCTURE OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
FUNCTION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
DISORDERS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
SUMMARY
Chapter 29: The Nervous System
STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
SUMMARY
Chapter 30: The Sensory System
STRUCTURE OFTHE SENSORY SYSTEM
GENERAL SENSE
TASTE AND SMELL
SIGHT
HEARING AND BALANCE
SUMMARY
Chapter 31: The Endocrine System
STRUCTURE OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
FUNCTIONS OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
THE EFFECT OF AGING ON THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
DISORDERS OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
SUMMARY
Chapter 32: The Digestive System
STRUCTURE OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
FUNCTION OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISORDERS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DIAGNOSIS OF DIGESTIVE DISORDERS
SUMMARY
Chapter 33: The Urinary System
STRUCTURE OF THE URINARY SYSTEM
FUNCTION OF THE URINARY SYSTEM
THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE URINARY SYSTEM
DISORDERS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM
DIAGNOSIS OF URINARY DISORDERS
SUMMARY
Chapter 34: The Reproductive System
REPRODUCTION
THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
SUMMARY
Unit VI: SPECIAL CARE CONCERNS
Chapter 35: Caring for People With Rehabilitation Needs
TYPES OF REHABILITATION
FACTORS AFFECTING THE REHABILITATION EFFORT
THE NURSING ASSISTANT’S ROLE IN REHABILITATION AND RESTORATIVE CARE
SPECIFIC REHABILITATION MEASURES
SUMMARY
Chapter 36: Caring for People With Developmental Disabilities
WHAT IS A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY?
SPECIAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
CARING FOR A PERSON WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY
SUMMARY
Chapter 37: Caring for People With Mental Illness
MENTAL HEALTH
CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS
TYPES OF MENTAL ILLNESSES
CARING FOR A PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
SUMMARY
Chapter 38: Caring for People With Dementia
WHAT IS DEMENTIA?
TYPES OF DEMENTIA
BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH DEMENTIA
CARING FOR A PERSON WITH DEMENTIA
EFFECTS OF CARING FOR THE PERSON WITH DEMENTIA ON THE CAREGIVER
SUMMARY
Chapter 39: Caring for People With Cancer
WHAT IS CANCER?
DETECTION OF CANCER
TREATMENT OF CANCER
CARING FOR A PERSON WITH CANCER
SUMMARY
Chapter 40: Caring for People With HIV/AIDS
WHAT IS AIDS?
PROTECTION OF RIGHTS
CARING FOR A PERSON WITH AIDS
Unit VII: ACUTE CARE
Chapter 41: Caring for Surgical Patients
INTRODUCTION TO CARING FOR SURGICAL PATIENTS
CARE OF THE PRE-OPERATIVE PATIENT
CARE OF THE POST-OPERATIVE PATIENT
SUMMARY
Chapter 42: Caring for Mothers and Newborns
THE ANTEPARTUM (PRENATAL) PERIOD
LABOR AND DELIVERY
THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD
SUMMARY
Chapter 43: Caring for Pediatric Patients
CARING FOR INFANTS
CARING FOR TODDLERS
CARING FOR PRESCHOOLERS
CARING FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
CARING FOR ADOLESCENTS
CHILD ABUSE
SUMMARY
Unit VIII: HOME HEALTH CARE
Chapter 44: Introduction to Home Health Care
WHAT IS HOME HEALTH CARE?
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HOME HEALTH AIDE
QUALITIES OF THE SUCCESSFUL HOME HEALTH AIDE
SUMMARY
Chapter 45: Safety and Infection Control in the Home Health Care Setting
WORKPLACE SAFETY
INFECTION CONTROL
PERSONAL SAFETY
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