New to this edition
- 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 assistant’s role during state inspections.
- NEW! Focus on PRIDE application questions promote pride in the nursing assistant, the person, and the person’s 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.
Author Information
By Sheila A. Sorrentino, PhD, RN, Curriculum and Health Care Consultant and Leighann Remmert, MS, RN, Certified Nursing Assistant Instructor, Williamsville, Illinois
1. Introduction to Health Care Agencies
2. The Person’s Rights
3. The Nursing Assistant
4. NEW! Delegation
5. Ethics and Laws
6. Work Ethics
7. Communicating with the Health Team
8. Assisting with the Nursing Process
9. Understanding the Person
10. Body Structure and Function
11. Growth and Development
12. Care of the Older Person
13. Safety
14. Preventing Falls
15. Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restraint Use
16. Preventing Infection
17. Body Mechanics
18. NEW! Safely Moving the Person
19. NEW! Safely Transferring the Person
20. The Person’s Unit
21. Bedmaking
22. Personal Hygiene
23. Grooming
24. Urinary Elimination
25. NEW! Urinary Catheters
26. Bowel Elimination
27. Nutrition and Fluids
28. Nutritional Support and IV Therapy
29. Measuring Vital Signs
30. Exercise and Activity
31. Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
32. Admission, Transfers, and Discharges
33. Assisting with the Physical Examination
34. Collecting and Testing Specimens
35. The Person Having Surgery
36. Wound Care
37. Pressure Ulcers
38. Heat and Cold Applications
39. Oxygen Needs
40. Respiratory Support and Therapies
41. Rehabilitation and Restorative Nursing
42. Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
43. Cancer, Immune System, and Skin Disorders
44. Nervous System and Musculoskeletal Disorders
45. Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Lymphatic Disorders
46. Digestive and Endocrine Disorders
47. Urinary and Reproductive Disorders
48. Mental Health Problems
49. Confusion and Dementia
50. Development Disabilities
51. Sexuality
52. Caring for Mothers and Children
53. Assisted Living
54. Basic Emergency Care
55. End-of-Life Care
56. NEW! Getting a Job