Mosby's textbook for nursing assistants /
Sorrentino, Sheila A.
Mosby's textbook for nursing assistants / Textbook for nursing assistants Sheila A. Sorrentino. - 4th edition. - St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby Elsevier, c1996. - xix, 779 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction to Health Care Agencies
2. The Nursing Assistant
3. Communicating with the Health Facility
4. Understanding the Person
5. Body Structure and Function
6. Growth and Development
7. Care of the Older Person
8. Safety
9. Preventing Infection
10. Body Mechanics
11. The patient/Resident unit
12. Bedmaking
13. Cleaning and Skin Care
14. Personal Care and Grooming
15. Urinary Eliminations
16. Bowel Elimination
17. Foods and Fluid
18. Measuring Vital Signs
19. Exercise and Activity
20. Comfort, Rest and Sleep
21. Admission, Transfer and Discharges
22. Assisting with the physical Examination
23. Heat and cold Application
24. Special Procedures and Treatments
25.The Person Having Surgery
26. Rehabilitation and Restoration Care
27. Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
28. Common Health Problems
29. Mental Health Problems
30. Confusion and Dementia
31. Sexuality
32. Caring for Mothers and Newborns
33. Basic Emergency Care
34. The Dying Person
35. The Home Health Care Assistant
36. Medical Terminology
9780815180265 0815180268
Nurses' aides.
Care of the sick.
WY 193 S714m 1996
Mosby's textbook for nursing assistants / Textbook for nursing assistants Sheila A. Sorrentino. - 4th edition. - St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby Elsevier, c1996. - xix, 779 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction to Health Care Agencies
2. The Nursing Assistant
3. Communicating with the Health Facility
4. Understanding the Person
5. Body Structure and Function
6. Growth and Development
7. Care of the Older Person
8. Safety
9. Preventing Infection
10. Body Mechanics
11. The patient/Resident unit
12. Bedmaking
13. Cleaning and Skin Care
14. Personal Care and Grooming
15. Urinary Eliminations
16. Bowel Elimination
17. Foods and Fluid
18. Measuring Vital Signs
19. Exercise and Activity
20. Comfort, Rest and Sleep
21. Admission, Transfer and Discharges
22. Assisting with the physical Examination
23. Heat and cold Application
24. Special Procedures and Treatments
25.The Person Having Surgery
26. Rehabilitation and Restoration Care
27. Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
28. Common Health Problems
29. Mental Health Problems
30. Confusion and Dementia
31. Sexuality
32. Caring for Mothers and Newborns
33. Basic Emergency Care
34. The Dying Person
35. The Home Health Care Assistant
36. Medical Terminology
9780815180265 0815180268
Nurses' aides.
Care of the sick.
WY 193 S714m 1996