TY - BOOK AU - Carter,Pamela J. TI - Workbook to accompany Lippincott's textbook for nursing assistants SN - 0781765048 U1 - WY 18.2 C323w 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams &Wilkins KW - Nurses' aides KW - Care of the sick KW - Nurses' Aides KW - Nursing Care N1 - CONTETNTS: Unit 1 Introduction to health care 1. The Health care system 2. The Nursing assistant 3. Professionalism and job-seeking skills 4. Legal and ethical issues 5. Communication skills 6. Those we care for Unit 2 Safety 7. Communicable disease and infection control 8. Bloodborne and airborne pathogens 9. Workplace safety 10. Patient safety and restraint alternatives 11. Positioning, lifting, and transferring patients and residents 12. Basic first aid and emergency care Unit 3 Basic patient and resident care 13. The patient or resident environmentt 14. Admissions, transfers, and discharges 15. Bedmaking 16. vital signs, height, and weight 17. Comfort and rest 18. Cleanliness and hygiene 19. Grooming 20. Basic nutrition 21. Assisting with urinary and bowel elimination Unit 4 Death and dying 22. Caring for people who are terminally ill 23. Caring for people who are terminally ill 24. Caring for people who are dying Unit 5 Structure and function of the human body 25. Basic body structure and function 26. The integumentary system 27. The musculoskeletal system 28. The respiratory system 29. The cardiovascular system 30. The nervous system 31. the sensory system 32. The endocrine system 33. The digestive system 34. The urinary system 35. The reproductive system Unit 6 Special care concerns 36. Caring for people with rehabilitation needs 37. Caring for people with developmental disabilities 38. Caring for people with mental illness 39. Caring for people with cancer 40. Caring for people with HIV/AIDS Unit 7 Acute care 41. Caring for surgical patients 42. Caring for mothers and newborns 43. Caring for pediatric patients Unit 8 Home health care 44. Introduction to home health care 45. Safety and infection control in the home health care setting ER -