The Nursing Assistant: Essentials of Holistic Care, Brief Edition
The Nursing Assistant: Essentials of Holistic Care, Brief Edition presents key concepts and skills students need to become nursing assistants. With a sharp focus on holistic care, students learn how to provide safe, effective, and compassionate care, while integrating and considering residents’ bodies, minds, and spirits.
This concise text, developed for classes with shorter hour requirements, is accessible for students of all levels. Richly illustrated step-by-step procedures teach students how to perform the tasks required of nursing assistants and prepare them to pass the certification competency examination. The text and its supplements include abundant reinforcement activities and practice questions for the certification competency examination, challenging students to apply what they have learned and preparing them for success when taking the exam. Detailed photographs, illustrations, and videos bring concepts to life, helping students visualize and understand body positions, care procedures, and the structure of the human body.
Table of Contents
Abbreviated Contents
The Nursing Assistant: Essentials of Holistic Care, Brief Edition
- Welcome to The Nursing Assistant: Essentials of Holistic Care, Brief Edition
- Front Matter
- 1 - The Holistic Nursing Assistant
- 2 - Understanding Healthcare
- 3 - Legal and Ethical Practice
- 4 - Maintaining a Safe Environment and Practice
- 5 - Emergencies and Disasters
- 6 - Providing Holistic Nursing Care
- 7 - Human Behavior and Development
- 8 - Health and Wellness
- 9 - Infection Prevention and Control
- 10 - The Healthy Body: Anatomy and Physiology
- 11 - Diseases, Conditions, and Pain
- 12 - Communication and Caring
- 13 - Appreciating Diversity
- 14 - Planning, Observing, and Documenting Care
- 15 - Promoting Mobility
- 16 - Vital Signs, Height, and Weight
- 17 - Physical Examination and Specimen Collection
- 18 - Creating a Restful Environment
- 19 - Assisting with Personal Hygiene
- 20 - Healthy Eating and Nutritional Challenges
- 21 - Hydration and Elimination
- 22 - Disabilities, Cognitive Disorders, and Mental and Emotional Health
- 23 - End-of-Life Care
- 24 - Certification, Employment, and Lifelong Learning
- Appendix A Word Parts
- Appendix B Metric Conversion Table
- Appendix C Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Glossary
- Index