Mosby's textbook for long-term care nursing assistants

Kostelnick, Clare. (Author). Sorrentino, Sheila A. Mosby's textbook for long-term care nursing assistants. 6th edition. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780323279413
ISBN: 0323279414
Physical Description: print
xxv, 710 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 disc (4 3/4 in.)
Edition: 7th edition /
Publisher: St. Louis : Mosby, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Previous edition: published as by Sheila A. Sorrentino. 2010.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Nursing Assistant Working in Long-Term Care -- Resident rights, ethics and law -- Work ethics -- Communicating with the health team -- Assisting with the nursing process -- Understanding the resident -- Body structure and function -- The older person -- Sexuality -- Safety -- Preventing falls -- Restraint alternatives and the safe restraint use -- Preventing infection -- Body mechanics and safe resident handling, positioning, and transfers -- The resident's unit -- Bedmaking -- Hygiene -- Grooming -- Nutrition and fluids -- Nutritional support and IV therappy -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Exercise and activity -- Comfort, rest, and sleep -- Oxygen needs and respiratory therapies -- Measuring vital signs -- Assisting with the physical examination -- Collecting and testing specimens -- Admissions, transfers, and discharges -- Wound care -- Pressure ulcers -- Hearing, speech, and vision problems -- Cancer, immune system, and skin disorders -- Nervous system and musculo-skeletal disorders -- Digestive and endocrine disorders -- Urinary and reproductive disorders -- Mental health disorders -- Confusion and dementia -- Developmental disabilities -- Rehabilitation and restoratvie nursing care -- Assisted living -- Basic emergency care -- Endo-of-life care.