| Description |
xxviii, 431 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Unit 1. Introduction to Long-Term Care: The Facility and the Nursing Assistant. 1. Introduction to Long-Term Care. 2. The Nursing Assistant in the Long-Term Care Facility. 3. Ethical and Legal Concerns. 4. Restorative Care: Promoting Resident Independence -- Unit 2. Infection Control and Safety Considerations. 5. Infection Control. 6. Safety in the Long-Term Care Facility. 7. First Aid and Emergency Care -- Unit 3. Communication Skills in Long-Term Care. 8. Using Communication Skills. 9. Using the Language of Medicine and Using Computers -- Unit 4. The Resident in Long-Term Care. 10. The Resident. 11. Body Structure and Function: Changes of Aging. 12. Common Health Problems of the Elderly Resident. 13. Psychosocial Needs of the Resident -- Unit 5. The Resident's Environment. 14. The Resident's Unit. 15. Bedmaking. 16. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge -- Unit 6. Providing Basic Care. 17. Moving and Exercising Residents. 18. Restorative Skin Care: Prevention of Pressure Sores |
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19. Personal Care and Hygiene. 20. Measuring Vital Signs. 21. Nutrition and Dining. 22. Fluid Balance. 23. Elimination -- Unit 7. Care of the Resident with Special Needs. 24. Specific Types of Care and Procedures. 25. Subacute Care. 26. Coping with Death and Dying -- Surveys: Assuring Quality Care -- Anatomy and Physiology Illustrations |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Long-term care of the sick.
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Nurses' aides.
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Nursing home care.
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Long-Term Care -- methods.
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Nursing Assistants.
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Nursing Care -- methods.
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| Author |
Blasband, Barbara A.
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| LC no. |
99032629 |
| ISBN |
0130132535 |
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