Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review for Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants

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Edition: 8th
Format: Workbook
Pub. Date: 2011-12-22
Publisher(s): Mosby Inc
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Summary

Get the most out of Sorrentino's Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition, and prepare for your certification exam! This chapter-by-chapter workbook and competency evaluation review reinforces your understanding of textbook content with numerous exercises and activities. It includes over 100 checklists -- one for every procedure in the text. The competency evaluation review helps you prepare for the certification exam with content review, skills evaluation review, and practice exams. Comprehensive coverage corresponds chapter-by-chapter to the textbook. A wide variety of exercises enhances learning and keeps you interested. Over 100 procedure checklists allow step-by-step review of each procedure and for instructor and/or self-evaluation. Optional learning exercises are provided for longer programs and/or higher-level students. Independent learning activities in every chapter allow additional review and practice. Competency evaluation review section includes content review and review questions for all key topics as well as two practice exams that help to prepare you for the written certification exam; the skills evaluation review helps you practice the procedures you may be required to perform for certification.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Health Care Agencies
The Person's Rights  NEW!
The Nursing Assistant
Ethics and Laws
Work Ethics
Communicating With the Health Team
Assisting With the Nursing Process
Understanding the Person
Body Structure and Function
Growth and Development
Care of the Older Person
Safety
Preventing Falls
Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restraint Use
Preventing Infection
Body Mechanics
Safely Moving and Transferring the Person
The Person's Unit
Bedmaking
Personal Hygiene
Grooming
Urinary Elimination
Bowel Elimination
Nutrition and Fluids
Nutritional Support and IV Therapy
Measuring Vital Signs
Exercise and Activity
Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges
Assisting With the Physical Examination
Collecting and Testing Specimens
The Person Having Surgery
Wound Care
Pressure Ulcers   NEW!
Heat and Cold Applications
Oxygen Needs
Respiratory Support and Therapies
Rehabilitation and Restorative Nursing Care
Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
Cancer, Immune System, and Skin Disorders
Nervous and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disorders
Digestive and Endocrine Disorders
Urinary and Reproductive Disorders
Mental Health Problems
Confusion and Dementia
Developmental Disabilities
Sexuality
Caring for Mothers and Newborns
Assisted Living
Basic Emergency Care
End of Life Care Procedure Checklists Competency
Evaluation Review --Textbook Chapters Review for Competency Evaluation Review --Practice
Practice
Skills Evaluation Review
Answers to Competency Review Questions
Answers to Practice
Answers to Practice
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