Author: Dr. Sue C. Roe

The Nursing Assistant: Essentials of Holistic Care teaches the knowledge and skills needed to become a nursing assistant. With this text’s sharp focus on holistic care, students will learn how to perform the procedures required of nursing assistants while integrating and considering patients’ and residents’ bodies, minds, and spirits. The rich and visual, step-by-step procedures in this book illustrate techniques necessary to work in a variety of healthcare settings, including long-term and acute care.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

The Nursing Assistant: Essentials of Holistic Care, 1st Edition

• Welcome to The Nursing Assistant
• Front Matter
• Part 1 The Nursing Assistant—Roles and Responsibilities
• • 1 - The Holistic Nursing Assistant
  • 2 - Understanding Healthcare
  • 3 - Legal and Ethical Practice
  • 4 - Working in Healthcare
  • 5 - Providing Holistic Nursing Care
• Part 2 Health and Well-Being—Self-Care and Disease
• • 6 - Human Behavior
  • 7 - Health and Wellness
  • 8 - The Healthy Body: Anatomy and Physiology
  • 9 - Diseases, Conditions, and Pain
• Part 3 Holistic Communication and Cultural Humility
• • 10 - Communication and Caring
  • 11 - Appreciating Diversity
• Part 4 Observing, Reporting, and Documenting
• • 12 - Planning, Observing, and Reporting Care
  • 13 - Records and Documentation
• Part 5 Infections and Infection Prevention
• • 14 - Body Defenses and Infection
  • 15 - Infection Prevention and Control
• Part 6 Safety and Mobility
• • 16 - Maintaining a Safe Environment and Practice
  • 17 - Promoting Mobility
• Part 7 Obtaining Health Information
• • 18 - Vital Signs, Height, and Weight
  • 19 - Physical Examination and Specimen Collection
• Part 8 Providing Personal Care
• • 20 - Creating a Safe, Restful Environment
  • 21 - Assisting with Personal Hygiene
• Part 9 Nutrition, Fluid Balance, and Elimination
• • 22 - Healthy Eating and Nutritional Challenges
  • 23 - Hydration and Elimination
• Part 10 Special Issues, Populations, and Emergency Care
• • 24 - Disabilities, Cognitive Disorders, and Mental and Emotional Health
  • 25 - Caring for Special Populations and Needs
  • 26 - Emergencies and Disasters
  • 27 - End-of-Life Care
• Part 11 Taking the Next Steps
• • 28 - Certification, Employment, and Lifelong Learning
• Appendix A Metric Conversion Table
• Appendix B Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
• Glossary
• Index