Nursing assistant : a nursing process approach / Barbara R. Hegner, Barbara Acello, Esther Caldwell.

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.