Title On the job : the essentials of nursing assisting / Barbara R. Hegner, Barbara Acello ; prepared by Janine Anderson

Edition Second edition Published Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, [2008] ©2008

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Description viii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Contents Part I. Technical Talk -- 1. Vital Signs -- 2. Observations -- 3. Writing and Talking About It -- 4. Getting Things Done -- Part II. Infection and Control -- 5. Infection -- 6. Infection Control -- Part III. Common Disorders and Related Care Procedures -- 7. When Something Goes Wrong -- 8. Disorders of the Integumentary System -- 9. Disorders of the Respiratory System -- 10. Disorders of the Cardiovascular System -- 11. Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System -- 12. Disorders of the Endocrine System -- 13. Disorders of the Nervous System -- 14. Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System -- 15. Disorders of the Urinary System -- 16. Disorders of the Reproductive System -- Part IV. Communication and General Patient Needs -- 17. Communication -- 18. Meeting Basic Human Needs -- 19. General Comfort Measures -- 20. Positioning -- 21. Patient Safety -- 22. Rest and Sleep -- 23. Pain -- Part V. Human Development -- 24. Life Span Development -- 25. Developing Cultural Sensitivity -- Part VI. Safety, Mobility and Patient Care Measures -- 26. Environmental and Nursing Assistant Safety -- 27. The Patient's Mobility: Transfer Skills -- 28. The Patient's Mobility: Ambulation -- 29. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge -- 30. Bedmaking -- Part VII. Nutritional Needs -- 31. Principles of Nutrition and Fluid Balance -- Part VIII. Special Care Procedures -- 32. Warm and Cold Applications -- 33. The Surgical Patient -- 34. Caring for the Emotionally Stressed Patient -- 35. Caring for the Bariatric Patient -- 36. Death and Dying -- Part IX. Other Health Care Settings -- 37. Care of the Elderly and Chronically Ill -- 38. Home Care -- 39. Subacute Care -- Part X. Expanded Role of the Nursing Assistant -- 40. Rehabilitation and Restorative Services -- 41. The Obstetrical Patient and Neonate -- 42. The Pediatric Patient -- 43. Caring for the Patient with Cancer Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Nurses' aides -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Nursing Assistants. Genre/Form Handbook. Handbooks and manuals. Author Acello, Barbara. Anderson, Janine. LC no. 2007020187 ISBN 9781418066123 (alk. paper) 1418066125 (alk. paper)

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