TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hegner,Barbara R.
AU  - Acello,Barbara
AU  - Caldwell,Esther
TI  - Nursing assistant: a nursing process approach 
SN  - 1401806325 (softcover : alk. paper)
U1  - WY 193 H4644n 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Clifton Park, N.Y.
PB  - Delmar Learning
KW  - Nurses' aides
KW  - Care of the sick
KW  - Nurses' Aides
KW  - Nursing Care
N1  - Contents 
Section 1 Introduction to nursing assisting. 
1.	Community health care ; 
2.	Role of the nursing assistant ; 
3.	Consumer rights and responsibilities in health care ; 
4.	Ethical and legal issues affecting the nursing assistant 

Section 2 Scientific principles. 
5.	Medical terminology and body organization ; 
6.	Classification of disease 

Section 3 Basic human needs and communication. 
7.	Communication skills ; 
8.	Observation, reporting, and documentation ; 
9.	Meeting basic human needs ; 
10.	Comfort, pain, rest, and sleep ; 
11.	Developing cultural sensitivity 

Section 4 Infection and infection control 

Section 5 Safety and mobility. 
12.	Environmental and nursing assistant safety ; 
13.	Patient safety and positioning ; 
14.	The patient's mobility: transfer skills ; 
15.	The patient's mobility: ambulation 
Measuring and recording vital signs, height, and weight. Body temperature ; 
16.	Pulse and respiration ; Blood pressure ; 
17.	Measuring height and weight 

Section 6 Patient care and comfort measures.
18.	Admission, transfer, and discharge ; 
19.	Bedmaking ; 
20.	Patient bathing ; 
21.	General comfort measures 

Sectio 7 Principles of nutrition and fluid balance. 
22.	Nutritional needs and diet modifications 
23.	Special care procedures. 
24.	Warm and cold applications ; 
25.	Assisting with the physical examination ; 
26.	The surgical patient ; 
27.	Caring for the emotionally stressed patient ; 
28.	Death and dying 
etc; Includes index
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