Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants - Soft Cover Version

✍ Scribed by Sheila A. Sorrentino PhD RN, Leighann Remmert MS RN

• Publisher: Mosby
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 2196
• Edition: 10
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Known for its comprehensive coverage, readability, and visual presentation, Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 10th Edition helps prepare you to work in long-term care, acute care, and subacute care settings ― and includes a practice scenario in each chapter to enhance clinical judgment skills. It is the most comprehensive text for CNA programs, packed with step-by-step instructions for over 100 procedures and perfect for programs that are 80 hours or longer. The lifespan coverage includes skills not only for adults and older residents, but also for maternity and pediatric patients, so you are comfortable in a variety of care settings. New chapter organization allows you to learn in manageable portions and a revitalized art program clarifies important concepts and procedural steps

• A clear writing style at a 7th grade reading level
ensures accessibility for low-level learners.
• Over 100 skills outlined in pre- procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections ensure you learn all the necessary steps to pass the skills portion of the certification exam.
• Complete coverage of the knowledge and skills needed to pass the state certification exam and engage in safe practice.
• Focus on Practice: Problem Solving provides scenarios that stimulate critical thinking about common situations encountered during practice.
• Focus on Math feature reviews mathematical calculations needed in various care measures and procedures.
• Focus on Surveys feature highlights the nursing assistant’s role during state inspections.
• Getting a Job chapter covers the soft skills needed to seek and obtain employment.
• Focus on PRIDE: The Person, Family, and Yourself boxes build on chapter concepts to help promote pride in the nursing assistant, the resident, and the resident’s family.
• Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes emphasize the importance of the patient’s or resident’s safety and comfort.
• Delegation Guidelines detail the specifics of accepting delegated tasks.
• Focus on Children and Older Person boxes provide age-specific information about special needs, considerations, and circumstances of children and older persons.
• Focus on Long-Term Care and Home Care boxes highlight information vital to providing competent care in the long-term and home care settings.
• Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for how to clearly communicate with residents and avoid comments that might make them uncomfortable.
• Caring About Culture boxes contain information to help you learn about the various practices of other cultures.
• Teamwork and Time Management boxes provide specific guidelines to help nursing assistants work most efficiently whether independently or as part of the nursing team.
• Chapter review questions are a useful study guide found at the end of each chapter.

• UPDATED! Shorter, more focused chapters
help you retain important concepts and skills covered in the NATCEP certification exam.
• NEW and UPDATED! New chapter organization breaks material into manageable portions, improving your ability to retain important information.
• UPDATED! Enhanced art program illustrates important content and procedures.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
C H A P T E R 1
Health Care Agencies
C H A P T E R 2
The Person's Rights
21 C H A P T E R 3
The Nursing Assistant
C H A P T E R 4 Delegation
C H A P T E R 6
Student and Work
Ethics
C H A P T E R 7
Communicating With the Person
C H A P T E R 8
Health Team Communications
C H A P T E R 9
Medical Terminology
112 C H A P T E R 1 0
Body Structure and Function
145 C H A P T E R 1 2
The Older Person
191 C H A P T E R 1 4
Preventing Falls
204 C H A P T E R 1 5
Restraint
Alternatives and Restraints
C H A P T E R 1 6
Preventing Infection
C H A P T E R 1 7
Isolation Precautions
C H A P T E R 1 8
Body Mechanics
C H A P T E R 1 9
Moving the Person
286 C H A P T E R 2 0
Transferring the
Person
C H A P T E R 2 1
The Person's Unit
323 C H A P T E R 2 2
Bedmaking
C H A P T E R 2 3 Oral Hygiene
351 C H A P T E R 2 4
Daily Hygiene and
Bathing
375 C H A P T E R 2 5
Grooming
C H A P T E R 2 6
Dressing and Undressing
C H A P T E R 2 7 Urinary Needs
C H A P T E R 2 8
Urinary Catheters
C H A P T E R 2 9
Bowel Needs
C H A P T E R 3 0 Nutrition Needs
C H A P T E R 3 0 Nutrition Needs
C H A P T E R 3 1 Fluid Needs
489 C H A P T E R 3 2
Nutritional Support and IV Therapy
C H A P T E R 3 3 Vital Signs
C H A P T E R 3 3 Vital Signs
C H A P T E R 3 4
Exercise and
Activity
C H A P T E R 3 5
Comfort, Rest, and
Sleep
C H A P T E R 3 6
Admissions,
Transfers, and Discharges
C H A P T E R 3 7
Assisting With the
Physical Examination
C H A P T E R 3 8
Collecting and
Testing Specimens
C H A P T E R 3 9
The Person Having
Surgery
C H A P T E R 4 0
Wound Care
633 C H A P T E R 4 1
Pressure Injuries
647 C H A P T E R 4 2
Heat and Cold Applications
655 C H A P T E R 4 3
Oxygen Needs
671 C H A P T E R 4 4
Respiratory
Support and Therapies
679 C H A P T E R 4 5
Rehabilitation
Needs
687 C H A P T E R 4 6
Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
C H A P T E R 4 7
Cancer, Immune
System, and Skin Disorders
C H A P T E R 4 8
Nervous System and MusculoSkeletal Disorders
736 C H A P T E R 4 9
Cardiovascular,
Respiratory, and
Lymphatic Disorders
751 C H A P T E R 5 0
Digestive and
Endocrine Disorders
762 C H A P T E R 5 1
Urinary and
Reproductive Disorders
770 C H A P T E R 5 2
Mental Health Disorders
782 C H A P T E R 5 3
Confusion and Dementia
799 C H A P T E R 5 4
Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities
814 C H A P T E R 5 6
Caring for Mothers and Babies
C H A P T E R 5 7 Assisted Living
865 C H A P T E R 5 9
End-of-Life Care
C H A P T E R 6 0
Getting a Job
Review Question Answers
Glossary
Index