Mosby's essentials for nursing assistants

Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 5th Edition provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential to becoming a nursing assistant. With focus on quality of life in the patient/person and self-pride in the nursing assistant this concise text emphasizes the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe, competent, and efficient care.

Previous edition: 2010.

Instructor Preface -- Student Preface -- Hospitals and Nursing Centers -- The Person's Rights -- The Nursing Assistant -- Work Ethics -- Communicating With the Health Team -- Understanding the Person -- Body Structure and Function -- Care of the Older Person -- Assisting With Safety -- Assisting With Fall Prevention -- Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restraint Use -- Preventing Infection -- Body Mechanics -- Assisting With Moving and Transfers -- Assisting With Comfort -- Assisting With Hygiene -- Assisting With Grooming -- Assisting With Urinary Elimination -- Assisting With Bowel Elimination -- Assisting With Nutrition and Fluids -- Assisting With Assessment -- Assisting With Specimens -- Assisting With Exercise and Activity -- Assisting With Wound Care -- Assisting With Pressure Ulcers -- Assisting With Oxygen Needs -- Assisting With Rehabilitation and Restorative Nursing Care -- Caring for Persons With Common Health Problems -- Caring for Persons With Mental Health Disorders -- Caring for Persons With Confusion and Dementia -- Assisting With Emergency Care -- Assisting With End-of-Life Care -- Review Question Answers -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- I…