With step-by-step instructions for over 100 nursing assistant procedures, Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition makes it easy to master the skills you need to succeed as a nursing assistant. Known for its visual approach and comprehensive, easy-to-read coverage, this market-leading text emphasizes the importance of the patient or resident as a person, communication, safety, comfort, effective delegation, and teamwork and time management. This edition provides expanded content on the person's rights and pressure ulcers. The updated companion CD includes three new procedures, an updated audio glossary, and more. Written by respected educator Sheila Sorrentino and expert co-author Leighann Remmert, Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants makes nurse assisting easy to learn.Complete coverage includes the knowledge and skills needed by the nursing assistant.A clear, readable writing style is supplemented with hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations.Over 100 procedures are divided into pre-procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections for easier learning.Skills on the NNAAP® exam are highlighted throughout and have been updated to match the 2012 test plan.Delegation Guidelines identify your specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks.Teamwork and Time Management boxes indicate ways you can efficiently work with and help nursing team members.Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes detail measures and cautions for providing safe, effective patient care.Caring About Culture boxes help you learn about the beliefs and customs of other cultures so you can provide appropriate care.Focus on Children and Older Persons boxes provide age-specific information about the 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 these settings.Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for what to say and ask when communicating with residents, visitors, and the nursing team.Key abbreviations are included at the beginning of each chapter, with a comprehensive glossary at the back of the book. Key terms introduce chapter content with the important words and phrases.Chapter Review Questions are useful in guiding your study, reviewing what you have learned, and studying for a test or the competency evaluation.CD icons indicate skills included on the companion CD.Video clip icons indicate skills for which video clips are included on the free Evolve companion website.Video icons indicate skills included in the Mosby's Nursing Assistant Video Skills 3.0 DVDs (sold separately).The Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review corresponds to chapters in the text and encourages learning with a wide variety of exercises and activities that challenge you to remember what you've learned. It also includes over 100 checklists, one for each procedure in the textbook. The Competency Evaluation Review includes content review, skills evaluation review, and two practice exams. Sold separately.NEW! The Person's Rights and Pressure Ulcers chapters provides expanded information on these key areas.NEW Focus on PRIDE boxes highlight personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, independence and social interaction, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws to help you promote pride in the person, family, and yourself.Two laminated, pocket-sized cards include information on normal vital signs, common measurement conversions, positioning, the 24-hour clock, and abdominal and lateral regions.Updated companion CD contains interactive procedures, including three new procedures, learning exercises, an updated audio glossary, and a new Spanish audio glossary with phrases and terms. An updated A&P review, Body Spectrum, is available on the CD and on the Evolve companion website.

Enriched with new photographs, Patient Care Skills continues its tradition of excellence with a refreshed approach to covering all aspects of basic care skills. This book helps readers learn both the specifics of the procedures as well as general rules of good body mechanics, patient handling, and safety for patients and physical therapists/assistants. Comprehensive coverage provides all the information health care professionals need to perform skills related to patient positioning and transfer, vital signs, aseptic technique, and more. For each procedure presented, step-by-step illustrations are accompanied by brief written explanations. Following the sequence of illustrations for a specific procedure decreases the need for extensive text explanations and provides readers with a visual reference to determine if the sequence of steps they are performing matches the sequence of steps presented.

Get the most out of Sorrentino's Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition, and prepare for your certification exam! This chapter-by-chapter workbook and competency evaluation review reinforces your understanding of textbook content with numerous exercises and activities. It includes over 100 checklists -- one for every procedure in the text. The competency evaluation review helps you prepare for the certification exam with content review, skills evaluation review, and practice exams.Comprehensive coverage corresponds chapter-by-chapter to the textbook. A wide variety of exercises enhances learning and keeps you interested. Over 100 procedure checklists allow step-by-step review of each procedure and for instructor and/or self-evaluation. Optional learning exercises are provided for longer programs and/or higher-level students. Independent learning activities in every chapter allow additional review and practice. Competency evaluation review section includes content review and review questions for all key topics as well as two practice exams that help to prepare you for the written certification exam; the skills evaluation review helps you practice the procedures you may be required to perform for certification.

This second edition includes new and expanded coverage of work ethics, comfort, wound care and oxygen needs, and focuses on OBRA required content. Skills included in the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) are highlighted throughout.

A DAVIS S NOTES BOOK! The 3rd Edition of this popular resource continues to provide practical, clinically oriented content for the delivery of safe and effective health care in hospital and home settings. Its handy pocket size and waterproof pages are great on the go, while NCLEX tips make it perfect for preparing for the NCLEX -PN exam. Thoroughly revised and updated, you ll have access to even more of the commonly-used by rarely memorized clinical information that nurses and students need.

This practical workbook is designed to promote individual success in the classroom, on the certifying exam, and in the clinical setting. Providing several opportunities for students to preview, review, practice, and reinforce textbook material, the Workbook for the Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant stimulates students to think critically, improve test-taking skills and apply what they have learned. Key Features Include: *Fill-in-the-Blank exercises that reinforce vocabulary words and their meanings *Case Studies with in-depth, real-life scenarios that enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills *Competency Review Multiple Choice Questions that expand understanding of chapter material and provide certification exam preparation *Practice Exercises that challenge students to apply what they have learned by engaging in a variety of hands-on activities *Guidelines for Test-Taking, Test-Taking Skills and Test-Taking Tips designed to help reduce anxiety and improve confidence and test scores *Guidelines for Learning that demonstrate how to take full advantage of the features in the textbook and Workbook

Developed to complement Lippincott's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, Second Edition, this workbook will engage students with its fun learning activities and innovative exercises. Developed alongside the text, this student study tool will facilitate review and motivate students to succeed in their nursing assistant course.

This textbook is known for its comprehensive coverage, readability, and visual presentation. This revision builds on these strengths, adding new content and features to better address learning needs and practice realities. Increased emphasis on delegation and safety help prepare students to function most effectively in today's practice settings.Comprehensive coverage of nursing assistant responsibilities in all settingsNearly 1,000 full-color photos and drawings provide clear, visual explanation of concepts and actionsLearning Objectives for each chapter help students focus on information presentedKey Terms with definitions help students understand chapter contentStep-by-step procedures detail skills and are divided into pre-, procedure, and post-procedure sections for easier learningIcons in section headings alert student to associated procedureFocus On... boxes address the special needs of children, elders, long-term care residents, and home care patientsCaring about Culture boxes provide information to help students learn about the practices of other culturesChapter Review Questions help students evaluate learningQuality of Life sections in the procedures remind students to show respect for the person by performing simple courtesies such as knocking before entering the room, calling the person by name, and moreUNIQUE! Mosby's Nursing Assistant CD-ROM, bound in the text, includes 25 procedures with corresponding video clips&exercises, an audio glossary, and Body Spectrum - an electronic anatomy coloring book.Delegation Guidelines detail the nurse assistant's responsibilities when accepting specific delegated tasksSafety Alerts provide cautions and proper techniques for protecting both staff and patientsAppendix provides basic Spanish health care terminology to help students communicate effectivelyIncorporates the new 2002 CDC Hand Hygiene Guidelines so students learn when and how to use both traditional handwashing techniques and the new alcohol-based cleaning agentsNew chapter on Residents in Assisted Living Settings prepares students to practice in this growing care settingSeparate chapter on Assisting with the Nursing Process helps students understand how their role fits in to the nursing teamNew procedures include Chair or Wheelchair to Bed Transfer, Transferring a Person to and from a Toilet, and Preparing the Person for MealsNew chapter on Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restraint Use focuses on the proper techniques for applying restraints as well as strategies to protect patient safety without the use of restraintsNNAAP highlighted skills alert students to skills that are part of the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAPT) examNew content on meeting standards for licensure, certification, and accreditation alerts students to information they must know to practiceSafety chapter has been updated and expanded to include content on bed rail entrapment, crib safety for children, household poisons, wheelchair and stretcher safety, and bomb threats.

This comprehensive, user-friendly book provides the theoretical knowledge and skills content you need to successfully complete a nursing assistant certification exam. The book meets OBRA guidelines and prepares you to work in a variety of long-term care settings or sub-acute units in the hospital. A major goal of this resource is to help you develop an understanding of the principles of safe and effective care of residents in long-term care. Special emphasis is placed on residents' rights, nutrition and hydration, restorative care, resident mobility, and maintaining a safe environment. From Doody's Book Review "This book, written to meet the needs of persons who wish to become CNAs and work in long term care (LTC), provides core concepts and clearly explains the basic principles of nursing care of the elderly. Weighted Numerical Score: 100 - 5 Stars!"

Keeping pace with current developments and improvements in the health care field, this #1-rated resource and reference manual covers the basics of providing care to a variety of patients, and helps users understand and appreciate the scope of the work and duties they will be expected to master and perform within their specific job. Offers 35 detailed chapters on everything from the health care system to communication skills, infection control, safety, the patient's environment, emergency care, measuring vital signs, patient nutrition, specimen collection, care of the surgical patient, neonatal and pediatric care, long-term care, and much more. Adds new material on total hip replacement, hepatitis C, career information regarding how to accept, keep, or properly resign from a job, and expands discussions on Alzheimer's disease, AIDS, the role of today's home health aide, cancer care, and mental health. Integrates challenging, real-life “Nursing Assistant in Action” scenarios throughout, and addresses cultural diversity and its implication on patient care, and the rights of patients and advanced directives. Over 100 color photos support material and add strong visual appeal. For individuals who are considering or learning to become a patient care assistant, certified nursing assistant, nursing assistant, home health aide or other similar title.