Mosby's textbook for long-term care nursing assistants
Record details
- ISBN: 9780323279413
- ISBN: 0323279414
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Physical Description:
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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. |
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Subject: | Nurses' aides Textbooks Long-term care of the sick Textbooks |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RT 84 .K67 2015 | 30775305508872 | General Collection | Available | - |