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Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants,Used
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Designed for shorter programs of 85 hours or fewer, Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 5th Edition provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential to becoming a nursing assistant. With focus on quality of life in the patient/person and selfpride in the nursing assistant this concise text emphasizes the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe, competent, and efficient care. Delegation Guidelines identify the nursing assistant's specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks. Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes highlight important considerations for providing safe and effective care while promoting patient comfort. Procedures boxes are divided into stepbystep format with instructions for performing each skill, including Quality of Life courtesies, Preprocedure, Procedure, and PostProcedure sections to make learning critical skills easier. Focus on PRIDE boxes highlight personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, independence and social interaction, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws, encouraging you to promote pride in the person, family, and yourself. Quality of Life reminders in the procedure boxes reinforce the simple courtesies that should be afforded to all patients, demonstrating how to show respect for the patient as a person. NNAAP in the Procedure Title Baralerts you to skills that are part of the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program. Concise coverage of nursing assistant content thatsideal and easy to use in classes with shorter hour requirements. Detailed illustrations offer stepbystep visual guidelines for performing key procedures. NEW! Focus on Surveys boxes with common survey questions emphasize the nursing assistant's role in providing safe and effective care. NEW! Focus on Practice boxes at the end of each chapter present short case scenarios with questions so you can consider practical applications for providing patient care. NEW! The Persons Rights chapter highlights the importance of understanding and protecting a patients rights. NEW! Pressure Ulcers chapter familiarizes you with the risk factors of pressure ulcers and the information to identify individuals at risk. NEW! Laminated, pocketsized reference cards include information on vital signs, measurement conversions, rangeofmotion, abbreviations, positioning, and the 24hour clock for easy access to information critical in providing safe and effective care. NEW! Updated Companion CD has 28 procedures, including 3 new procedures, containing interactive learning exercises, an updated audio glossary, a new Spanish audio glossary, and Body Spectrum (an anatomy and physiology program) providing you with additional tools for independent learning that reinforces textbook content.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the primary focus of Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants? A: The book emphasizes essential concepts and skills for nursing assistants, particularly in shorter programs of 85 hours or fewer, while highlighting the importance of treating residents with respect.
- Q: How is the content structured in this book? A: Content is structured with clear sections including Delegation Guidelines, step-by-step Procedures boxes, and Focus on PRIDE boxes, making it easier to learn critical skills.
- Q: Does this book include any visual aids? A: Yes, it provides detailed illustrations that offer step-by-step visual guidelines for performing key procedures.
- Q: What new features are included in the latest edition? A: The 5th Edition includes new Focus on Surveys and Focus on Practice boxes, a chapter on The Person’s Rights, and updated content on Pressure Ulcers.
- Q: Are there any additional learning tools provided with this book? A: Yes, it comes with a Companion CD that includes interactive learning exercises and an updated audio glossary for enhanced learning.
- Q: What kind of reference materials does this book offer? A: It includes laminated, pocket-sized reference cards that cover vital signs, measurement conversions, range-of-motion, and other essential information.
- Q: Who is the author of Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants? A: The book is authored by Leighann Remmert MS RN.
- Q: Is this book suitable for beginners in nursing assistance? A: Yes, it is designed for beginners and is particularly useful for those enrolled in short nursing assistant programs.
- Q: How many pages does this book have? A: Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants contains 552 pages.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: The book is available in paperback binding.