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Lippincott Textbook for Nursing Assistants

Edition: 6
9781975198909
ISBN/ISSN:
9781975198909
Publication Date:
May 30, 2023
2023-05-30
9781975198909
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Doody 4-Star Review! Offering a holistic, comprehensive understanding of essential skills grounded in compassionate patient care, Lippincott Textbook for Nursing ...
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  • Doody 4-Star Review!

    Offering a holistic, comprehensive understanding of essential skills grounded in compassionate patient care, Lippincott Textbook for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving, 6th Edition, not only equips students for success as nursing assistants in any healthcare setting but empowers them to pursue career opportunities throughout the healthcare field.
     
    Easy to read and rich with dynamic images and illustrations, this straightforward, conversational text clarifies the technical, communication, and critical thinking skills behind successful nursing assisting while fostering the humanistic perspective integral to meeting the individual needs of patients, residents, and clients. Proven learning aids throughout the text help students master critical information, accompanied by procedural guides and engaging exercises that reinforce clinical readiness. 
     
    The 6th edition has been significantly updated to make essential coverage more accessible and reflect the challenges students will encounter in today’s changing healthcare environment, from the latest developments in the management of communicable diseases to the impact of social issues on nursing practice. Advancing the humanistic approach for which the text is known, new content in each chapter helps students ensure respectful, inclusive patient care to all people.


    NEW TO THIS EDITION:
    • UPDATED! Revised and streamlined content incorporates the latest clinical practices, discoveries, advances, and clinical practices and keeps students focused on need-to-know concepts and skills. 
    • NEW! Respect features at the end of each unit foster awareness of diverse backgrounds and cultures and help students build inclusive relationships with patients, residents, and clients.
    • NEW! Updated nutrition and dietary recommendations reflect the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the related art and descriptions of MyPlate.
  • Edition
    6
    ISBN/ISSN
    9781975198909
    Product Format
    Paperback Book
    Trim Size
    8 3/8 x 10 7/8
    Pages
    944
    Table
    35
    Edition
    6
    Publication Date
    May 30, 2023
    Weight
    3.35
  • Pamela J Carter RN, BSN, MEd, CNOR
    Davis Applied Technology College, Kaysville, UT
  • Unit 1      Introduction to Health Care               
    1.     The Health Care System      
    2.     The Nursing Assistant          
    3.     Professionalism and Job-Seeking Skills             
    4.     Legal and Ethical Issues       
    5.     Communication Skills           
    6.     Those We Care For                

    Unit 2      Long-Term Care   
    7.     Overview of Long-Term Care              
    8.     The Long-Term Care Resident            
    9.     Caring for People With Dementia     

    Unit 3      Infection Control
    10.   Communicable Disease
    11.   Common Communicable Diseases and Transmission in the Health Care Setting
    12.  Infection Control Measures

    Unit 4      Safety     
    13.   Workplace Safety
    14.   Patient Safety and Restraint Alternatives        
    15.   Positioning, Lifting, and Transferring Patients and Residents     
    16.   Basic First Aid and Emergency Care

    Unit 5      Basic Patient and Resident Care       
    17.   The Patient or Resident Environment                          
    18.   Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges             
    19.   Bedmaking              
    20.   Vital Signs, Height, and Weight
    21.   Comfort and Rest
    22.   Cleanliness and Hygiene     
    23.   Grooming                
    24.   Basic Nutrition      
    25.   Assisting With Urinary and Bowel Elimination                 

    Unit 6      Death and Dying  
    26.   Caring for People Who Are Terminally Ill         
    27.   Caring for People Who Are Dying     

    Unit 7    Body Systems: Normal Function and the Effects of Aging and Disease
    28.   Basic Body Structure and Function   
    29.   The Integumentary System                 
    30.   The Musculoskeletal System               
    31.   The Respiratory System      
    32.   The Cardiovascular System                  
    33.   The Nervous System             
    34.   The Sensory System              
    35.   The Endocrine System         
    36.   The Digestive System           
    37.   The Urinary System               
    38.   The Reproductive System   

    Unit 8      Special Care Concerns         
    39.   Caring for People With Rehabilitation Needs
    40.   Caring for People With Developmental Disabilities       
    41.   Caring for People With Mental Illness               
    42.   Caring for People With Cancer           

    Unit 9      Acute Care              
    43.   Caring for Surgical Patients                  
    44.  Caring for Birthing Parents and Newborns    
    45.   Caring for Pediatric Patients               

    Unit 10 Home Health Care                  
    46.   Introduction to Home Health Care   
    47.   Safety and Infection Control in the Home Health Care Setting   

    Appendix A            Answers to the What Did You Learn? Exercises            
    Appendix B             Introduction to the Language of Health Care                 
    Glossary
    Index       
    • UPDATED! Revised and streamlined content incorporates the latest clinical practices, discoveries, advances, and clinical practices and keeps students focused on need-to-know concepts and skills. 
    • NEW! Respect features at the end of each unit foster awareness of diverse backgrounds and cultures and help students build inclusive relationships with patients, residents, and clients.
    • NEW! Updated nutrition and dietary recommendations reflect the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the related art and descriptions of MyPlate.
    • What Will You Learn? chapter openers introduce essential concepts at a glance. 
    • End-of-chapter Summaries and What Did You Learn? exercises reinforce key chapter takeaways.
    • Procedures highlight important privacy, safety, infection control, and comfort concepts and guide students step by step through 79 common nursing assistant tasks. 
    • Guidelines boxes emphasize “What You Do” and “Why You Do It” to reinforce understanding of key tasks.  
    • Tell the Nurse! Notes alert students to observations that should be reported.
    • Stop and Think! Scenarios provide critical practice solving complex, real-world nursing situations.
    • Helping Hands and a Caring Heart: Focus on Humanistic Health Care boxes strengthen students’ empathy and help them meet the emotional, spiritual, and physical needs of patients and residents. 
    • Concerns for Long-Term Care detail specific considerations for effective care in long-term settings.
    • Taking It to the Next Level: Advanced Skills callouts identify opportunities for further training and career advancement. 
  • “There are many textbooks available for nursing assistants. This one stands out for not only its currency, but also for the attractiveness of its structure and format, as well as its inclusion of work settings beyond skilled nursing facilities. The inclusion of acute care as well as home health care make this a versatile book worth considering.”
    – Timothy Legg, PhD, PsyD, MSN, PMHNP-BC 
     
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