Mosby's essentials for nursing assistants

Remmert, Leighann N. (author.). Sorrentino, Sheila A., (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 0323796311
ISBN: 9780323796316
Physical Description: xxiv, 615 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
print
Edition: 7th edition.
Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:

Previous editions authored by Sheila A. Sorrentino and Leighann N. Remmert.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction to health care -- The person's rights -- The nursing assistant -- Ethics and laws -- Student and work ethics -- Communicating with the person -- Health team communications -- Medical terminology -- Body structure and function -- The older person -- Safety needs -- Preventing falls -- Restraint alternatives and restraints -- Preventing infection -- Isolation precautions -- Body mechanics -- Moving the person -- Transferring the person -- The person's unit -- Bedmaking -- Oral hygiene -- Daily hygiene and bathing -- Grooming -- Dressing and undressing -- Urinary needs -- Urinary catheters -- Bowel needs -- Nutrition -- Meeting nutrition needs -- Fluid needs -- Measurements -- Exercise and activity needs -- Comfort and rest needs -- Collecting specimens -- Wound care -- Pressure injuries -- Oxygen needs -- Rehabilitation needs -- Hearing, speech, and vision problems -- Common health problems -- Mental health disorders -- Confusion and dementia -- Emergency care -- End-of-life care -- Getting a job.