Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: Long-Term Care

Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: Long-Term Care
Author: Susan Alvare Hedman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Caregivers
ISBN: 9781604250411

A comprehensive nursing assistant training textbook which includes information on long-term care, multiple chapters on home health care, and material on subacute and acute care. In addition it includes in-depth information on resident and client rights with sidebars that teach ways to promote independence and prevent abuse and neglect; a discussion of culture change; infection prevention; anatomy and physiology with an emphasis on normal changes of aging; updated nutrition information on MyPyramid, special diets, and feeding techniques; current information on legal issues, such as HIPAA and the Patient Self-Determination Act; 7 chapters on home health care, including information on medications, safety, infection prevention, mothers & newborns, and meal planning and preparation; a chapter containing subacute and acute care information, including pre- and post-operative care, as well as mechanical ventilation, chest tubes, and artificial airways.

Nursing Assistant Care

Nursing Assistant Care
Author: Susan Alvare
Publisher: Hartman Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2005
Genre: Caregivers
ISBN: 188834380X

Over 6,000 instructors shared their ideas for the perfect nursing assistant textbook. Nursing Assistant Care is exactly what you asked for: a full-color, up-to-date, affordable book that meets and exceeds federal and state requirements. Specifically, it contains: beautifully illustrated and clearly photographed chapters organized around learning objectives and written at a low reading level creative methods to teach care and observations, promoting independence, and essential information on preventing abuse and neglect chapter-ending material which develops critical thinking and tests the chapter illnesses and common conditions in one chapter, organized by body system an entire chapter on confusion, dementia, and Alzheimer?s disease up-to-date CPR and emergency care sections a full chapter on mental health and mental illness information on developmental disabilities personal care skills housed within one chapter, as are nursing skills separate chapters for bowel and urinary elimination

Nursing Assisting

Nursing Assisting
Author: Diana Dugan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781604251548

The 6th edition of this comprehensive nursing assistant training textbook is organized by body system, which gives students a context for learning. Here is important information about the latest edition:?Chapters are organized around body systems (structure and function, normal changes of aging, and common diseases and related care are grouped together).?Chapter review sections contain multiple choice questions, along with short answer questions.?The concept of person-centered care is reinforced throughout the book. ?This edition contains new information about the following diseases and disorders: COVID-19, migraines and cluster headaches, more types of cancers, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), metabolic syndrome, varicose veins, and seasonal affective disorder (SAD), as well as expanded and reorganized mental health disorder coverage.?We added additional electronic documentation guidelines. ?We included new information on topics including testing (albumin/protein, CT calcium score, point-of-care testing [POCT], and continuous glucose monitoring [CGM] systems); medical devices (stents, Holter monitors, nebulizers); and patient care/treatments (cochlear implants, targeted therapy, and information from the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Institute (IDDSI) on thickened liquids and texture modified foods).. ?There is a hardback version of this book.

Instructor's Guide for Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care

Instructor's Guide for Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care
Author: Hartman Publishing
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN: 9781604251357

The instructor's guide to teaching from the textbook contains the following elements for every chapter: an overview of teaching strategies; page references for both the textbook and student workbook; teaching outlines for every learning objective; a chapter review which may contain case studies, role-playing scenarios, games, discussion questions, and chapter exams, two final exams, and a critical thinking exam that the instructor can modify to suit their needs.