Lippincott essentials for nursing assistants : a humanistic approach to caregiving

Summary: "Nursing assistants are increasingly being hired by health care facilities of all types as these facilities seek ways to provide top-quality nursing care in the most efficient manner. As a result, the need for qualified, well-trained nursing assistants is growing rapidly. Programs that train nursing assistants are tasked with preparing competent workers to meet this growing need as quickly as possible. Different regions of the United States have different requirements that govern the training of nursing assistants"--

Record details

ISBN: 1496339568
ISBN: 9781496339560
Physical Description: xxix, 751 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
print
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	Preceded by Lippincott's essentials for nursing assistants / Pamela J. Carter. 3rd ed. c2013.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Contents note continued: Wound Dressings -- 23. Assisting With Grooming -- Introduction to Grooming -- Assisting With Hand Care -- Assisting With Foot Care -- Assisting With Dressing and Undressing -- Assisting With Hair Care -- Shampooing the Hair -- Brushing, Combing, and Styling the Hair -- Assisting With Shaving -- Assisting With Vision and Hearing Accessories -- Assisting With Eyeglasses -- Assisting With Contact Lenses -- Assisting With Prosthetic Eyes -- Assisting With Hearing Aids -- 24. Assisting With Nutrition -- Introduction to Nutrition -- Balanced Diet -- Factors That Affect Food Choices and Eating Habits -- Special Diets -- Assisting With Meals -- Preparing for Meal Time -- Assisting the Person to Eat -- Measuring and Recording Food Intake -- Assisting With Fluids -- Offering Fluids -- Measuring and Recording Fluid Intake and Output -- Alternate Methods of Providing Nutrition and Fluids -- Intravenous (IV) Therapy -- Enteral Nutrition -- Monitoring Blood Glucose Levels -- 25. Assisting With Urinary Elimination -- Introduction to Urinary Elimination -- Urinary System -- Characteristics of Urine -- Urination Habits -- Promoting Normal Urinary Elimination -- Assisting With Bedside Commodes, Bedpans, and Urinals -- Bedside Commodes -- Bedpans -- Urinals -- Caring for a Person With an Indwelling Urinary Catheter -- Providing Catheter Care -- Emptying Urine Drainage Bags -- Caring for a Person Who Is Incontinent of Urine -- Types of Urinary Incontinence -- Managing Urinary Incontinence -- Obtaining a Urine Specimen -- Collecting a Routine Urine Specimen -- Collecting a Midstream ("Clean Catch") Urine Specimen -- Measuring Urine Output -- 26. Assisting With Bowel Elimination -- Introduction to Bowel Elimination -- Digestive System -- Characteristics of Feces -- Defecation Habits -- Promoting Normal Bowel Elimination -- Problems With Bowel Elimination -- Diarrhea -- Constipation -- Fecal Impaction -- Flatulence -- Fecal (Bowel) Incontinence -- Obtaining a Stool Specimen -- Assisting With Enemas -- Assisting With Ostomy Care -- 27. Assisting With Comfort -- General Comfort Measures -- Managing Pain -- Recognizing and Reporting Pain -- Medications for Treating Pain -- Nursing Assistant's Role in Managing Pain -- Heat and Cold Applications -- 28. Caring for People Who Are Dying -- Terminal Illness -- Stages of Grief -- Hospice Care -- Advance Directives and Wills -- Advance Directives -- Wills -- Attitudes Toward Death and Dying -- Care and Support of the Dying Person and the Family -- Meeting the Dying Person's Physical Needs -- Meeting the Dying Person's Emotional Needs -- Supporting the Family -- Postmortem Care -- 29. Caring for People With Developmental Disabilities -- Introduction to Developmental Disabilities -- Education and Protection of Rights -- Special Education -- Protection of Rights -- Caring for People With Developmental Disabilities -- Meeting the Physical Needs of a Person With Developmental Disabilities -- Communicating With a Person With Developmental Disabilities -- 30. Caring for People With Cancer -- Introduction to Cancer -- Detecting and Treating Cancer -- Detecting Cancer -- Treating Cancer -- Caring for a Person With Cancer -- Meeting the Physical Needs of a Person With Cancer -- Meeting the Emotional Needs of a Person With Cancer -- 31. Caring for People With HIV/AIDS -- Introduction to HIV/AIDS -- Attitudes Toward People With HIV/AIDS -- Caring for a Person With HIV/AIDS -- Meeting the Physical Needs of a Person With HIV/AIDS -- Meeting the Emotional Needs of a Person With HIV/AIDS -- 32. Caring for People Who Are Having Surgery -- Introduction to Surgery -- Pre-Operative Care -- Emotional Preparation -- Physical Preparation -- Documentation -- Intra-Operative Care -- Post-Operative Care -- Preventing Complications -- Assisting With Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) -- Oxygen Therapy -- 33. Caring for People in the Home Environment -- Introduction to Home Health Care -- Members of the Home Health Care Team -- Home Health Aide -- Responsibilities of the Home Health Aide -- Qualities of the Successful Home Health Aide -- Home Health Care Environment -- Safety Concerns in the Home Health Setting -- Infection Control -- Maintaining a Sanitary Environment -- Using Standard Precautions -- Handling Food Properly -- Medical Terminology -- Anatomical Terms -- Directional Terms -- Terms Used to Describe Body Cavities -- Terms Used to Describe the Abdominal Area -- Abbreviations.