The Nursing Assistant 2e, Online Textbook
The Nursing Assistant: Foundations of Holistic Caregiving teaches the knowledge and skills students need to become a holistic nursing assistant. With a sharp focus on holistic care, this text will guide students in performing the procedures required of holistic nursing assistants while integrating and considering patients’ and residents’ bodies, minds, and spirits. Through rich and visual, step-by-step procedures, students will learn the skills necessary to work in a variety of healthcare practice settings. Holistic care is at the center of this program’s approach to caregiving. This unique approach is illustrated in the Holistic Caregiving Model, which embodies the meaning of holistic caregiving and communicates the importance of meeting the needs of the whole person—body, mind, and spirit.
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The Nursing Assistant 2e, Online Textbook
- The Nursing Assistant
- Copyright © 2027 by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
- About the Author
- New to This Edition
- Organization
- Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Credentialing Partners and Support
- Tools for Student and Instructor Success
- Guided Tour
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Feature Contents
- Preface
- Part 1 The Holistic Nursing Assistant—Caregiver Role and Responsibilities
- Chapter 1 The Holistic Nursing Assistant
- Chapter 2 Healthcare Facilities and Environments
- Chapter 3 Holistic Practice
- Chapter 4 Legal and Ethical Practice
- Chapter 5 Safe Practice
- Chapter 6 Infection Prevention and Control
- Part 2 Promoting Health and Well-Being
- Chapter 7 Human Behavior, Needs, and Health and Wellness
- Chapter 8 The Body’s Anatomy and Physiology
- Chapter 9 Diseases, Conditions, and Pain
- Chapter 10 Communication, Caring, and Appreciating Differences
- Part 3 Preparing for and Recording Care
- Chapter 11 Planning, Observing, and Documenting Care
- Chapter 12 Vital Signs, Height, and Weight
- Chapter 13 Mathematics for Holistic Nursing Assistants
- Chapter 14 Physical Examination and Specimen Collection
- Part 4 Providing Holistic Care
- Chapter 15 Restful Environment
- Chapter 16 Personal Hygiene
- Chapter 17 Mobility
- Chapter 18 Healthy Eating and Nutritional Challenges
- Chapter 19 Hydration and Elimination
- Part 5 Caring for Specific Populations
- Chapter 20 Mental and Emotional Health, Disabilities, and Neurocognitive Disorders
- Chapter 21 Prenatal, Neonatal, and Surgical Caregiving
- Chapter 22 Emergencies and Disasters
- Chapter 23 End-of-Life Care
- Part 6 Your Career as a Holistic Nursing Assistant
- Chapter 24 Certification, Employment, the Workplace, and Lifelong Learning
- Appendix A Word Parts
- Appendix B Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Glossary
- Index