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Nursing Assistant Barbara Acello

Nursing Assistant By Barbara Acello

Nursing Assistant by Barbara Acello

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Designed to help you "survive and thrive" as you transition from classroom to workplace, this handy nursing assisting reference lets you quickly recall many key procedures, important safety and infection control guidelines, proper caregiver responses to situations, and details about common ailments.

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Nursing Assistant: A Nursing Process Approach - On the Job: Essentials of Nursing Assisting by Barbara Acello

Pocket-sized ON THE JOB: NURSING ASSISTING, 3E keeps vital patient care information at hand when you need it most. Designed to help you "survive and thrive" as you transition from classroom to workplace, this handy nursing assisting reference lets you quickly recall many key procedures, important safety and infection control guidelines, proper caregiver responses to situations, and details about common ailments. Whether you work in acute care, long-term care, or home health settings, you can trust ON THE JOB: NURSING ASSISTING, 3E to boost your knowledge, skills, and confidence.

About Barbara Acello

Barbara Hegner, MS, RN, Former Professor Emeritus Nursing and Life Science at Long Beach City College in California. Barbara Acello is an independent nurse consultant and educator in Denton, Texas. She is an active, contributing member of the Texas Nurses Association and the American College of Healthcare Administrators, where she was honored with the national Educator of the Year Award in 2007, the Journalism Award in 2009 and the Chair's Award -- the organization's highest honor -- in 2016 for her years of extraordinary service. Stretching across four decades, her nursing career includes work in hospitals, long-term care facilities and home health, with geriatrics as her preferred area of clinical practice. Presently, she is involved with freelance consulting, lecturing and writing. She has written and contributed to many textbooks, journal articles, instructor guides, computerized test banks, quick reference guides, nursing and managerial reference books, online inservices and supplemental instructional materials for health care personnel. Believing that the nursing assistant is the most important caregiver in the health care facility, Acello is committed to improving working conditions, education and professionalism for these vital professionals. She may be contacted at [email protected].

Table of Contents

PART I: TECHNICAL TALK. 1. Vital Signs. 2. Observations. 3. Writing and Talking About It. 4. Getting Things Done. PART II: INFECTION AND INFECTION 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.Enviromental 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.

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CIN1133132448G
9781133132448
1133132448
Nursing Assistant: A Nursing Process Approach - On the Job: Essentials of Nursing Assisting by Barbara Acello
Barbara Acello
Used - Good
Paperback
Cengage Learning, Inc
2015-01-01
304
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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