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Sorrentino, Sheila A.

Mosby's essentials for nursing assistants / Essentials for nursing assistants Sheila A. Sorrentino. - St. Louis : Mosby Lifeline, c1997. - xii, 388 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Contents
1. Introduction to Health Care
2. The Nursing Assistant
3. Work Ethics
4. Communicating with the Health Team
5. Understanding the Person
6. Understanding Body Structure and Function
7. Caring for the Older Person
8. Promoting Safety
9. Preventing Infection
10. Using Body Mechanics
11. Assisting with Comfort
12. Assisting with Hygiene
13. Assisting with Personal Care and Grooming
14. Assisting with Urinary Elimination
15. Assisting with Bowel Elimination
16. Assisting with Nutrition and Fluids
17. Assisting with Assessment
18. Assisting with Exercise and Activity
19. Assisting with Wound Care
20. Assisting with Oxygen Needs
21. Assisting with Rehabilitation and Restorative Care
22. Caring for Persons with Common Health Problems
23. Caring for Persons with Confusion and Dementia
24. Assisting with Basic Emergency Care
25. Caring for the Dying Person



ISBN: 0815180268 0815115660 9780815115663

LCCN: 96030349

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nurses' aides.
Care of the sick.
Nurses' Aides.
Nursing Care--methods.

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WY 193 S714m 1997