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Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants Soft Cover Version,New
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Master the essential skills of todays nursing assistant! Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 9th Edition prepares you to work in longterm care, acute care, and subacute care settings. Known for its comprehensive coverage and an easytoread, visual approach, this book includes stepbystep instructions for over 100 nursing assistant procedures. New to this edition is a practice scenario in each chapter to help you develop problem solving and critical thinking skills, as well as Focus on Math boxes that highlight common calculations done on the job. Written by wellknown educator Sheila Sorrentino and expert coauthor Leighann Remmert, this marketleading text emphasizes the importance of teamwork and communication two elements critical to being an effective nursing assistant. Complete coverage includes the knowledge and skills needed by the nursing assistant. Guidelines to over 100 procedures are divided into preprocedure, procedure, and postprocedure sections for easier learning. A clear, readable writing style is supplemented with more than 1,000 fullcolor photographs and illustrations. Key terms and abbreviations are included at the beginning of each chapter, with a comprehensive glossary at the back of the book. Review questions in each chapter are useful in guiding your study, reviewing what you have learned, and preparing for a test or the competency evaluation. Video icons indicate skills for which video is provided on the free Evolve companion website or in Mosbys Nursing Assistant Video Skills 4.0 (sold separately). Summary boxes highlight key aspects of patient care including safety and comfort, longterm care, home care, personal pride, the needs of children and older persons, cultural considerations, communication guidelines, delegated tasks, teamwork, and time management. Focus on PRIDE boxes highlight personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws to help you promote pride in the person, the family, and yourself. The Workbook and Competency Evaluation Reviewcorresponds to chapters in the text and encourages learning with a wide variety of exercises. It also includes over 100 checklists, one for every procedure in the textbook. The Competency Evaluation Review includes a content review, skills evaluation review, and two practice exams to prepare students for their certification exam. Sold separately. Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes detail measures and cautions for providing safe, effective patient care. Focus on LongTerm Care and Focus on Home Care boxes highlight information vital to providing competent care in these settings. Focus on Children and Focus on Older Person boxes provide agespecific information about the special needs, considerations, and circumstances of children and older persons. Caring About Culture boxes help you learn about the beliefs and customs of other cultures so you can provide appropriate care. Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for what to say and ask when communicating with residents, visitors, and the nursing team. Teamwork and Time Management boxes cite ways you can efficiently work with and help nursing team members. Delegation Guidelines identify your specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks. NEW Getting a Job chapter describes the professional skills needed for seeking and landing a new job upon certification. NEW Delegation chapter explains how nursing assistants work within the health care team and receive instructions from the nurse, and includes tips on questions to ask when receiving delegated tasks. NEW! Focus on Math highlights the basic math skills you need as a nursing assistant. NEW! Focus on Practice: Problem Solving includes scenarios that develop your critical thinking skills in common situations encountered during practice. NEW! NATCEP skills are identified as skills most often required for demonstration on state certification exams. NEW! Focus on Surveys feature highlights the nursing assistants role during state inspections. NEW! Focus on PRIDE application questions promote pride in the nursing assistant, the person, and the persons family. UPDATED video clips from the latest Nursing Assistant Video Skills series demonstrate selected skills. UPDATED Body Spectrum interactive anatomy review is available on the Evolve companion website.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main focus of Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants? A: The textbook focuses on preparing nursing assistants for work in various care settings, including long-term, acute, and subacute care, emphasizing essential skills, teamwork, and communication.
- Q: How many pages does this textbook have? A: Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants consists of 936 pages, providing comprehensive coverage of nursing assistant procedures and skills.
- Q: What edition is Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants? A: This is the 9th edition of Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, published on March 10, 2016.
- Q: Who are the authors of this textbook? A: The book is authored by Sheila Sorrentino, PhD, RN, and Leighann Remmert, both of whom are recognized experts in nursing education.
- Q: Does this textbook include practice scenarios? A: Yes, the 9th edition includes practice scenarios in each chapter to help readers develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Q: Are there any resources for video learning included with the textbook? A: Yes, the textbook features video icons indicating skills for which video demonstrations are available on the free Evolve companion website or in the Nursing Assistant Video Skills series.
- Q: What type of learning exercises does the textbook offer? A: The textbook includes review questions, over 100 checklists, and a variety of exercises to encourage learning and prepare students for certification exams.
- Q: Is there a focus on cultural considerations in the book? A: Yes, the textbook includes 'Caring About Culture' boxes that educate readers about the beliefs and customs of different cultures to provide appropriate care.
- Q: What additional resources are available for students using this textbook? A: In addition to the textbook, students can access the Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review, which includes content reviews, skills evaluations, and practice exams.
- Q: What unique features does the 9th edition include? A: The 9th edition includes new chapters on getting a job, delegation, focus on math, and practice problem-solving scenarios, along with updated video clips demonstrating selected skills.