Name: Nursing Assistant: A Nursing Process Approach
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NURSING ASSISTANT NURSING PROC ESS APPROACH

Basic Nursing Assistant Skills

Nursing Assisting

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Nursing Assistant: A Nursing Process Approach

Acello/Hegner's NURSING ASSISTANT: A NURSING PROCESS APPROACH has prepared more nursing assistants for meaningful careers in acute care, long-term care and home health than any other text. Its signature step-by-step format walks readers through more than 150 procedures, including key skills in patient handling, wound care, communication, safety and record keeping, as well as special care procedures for patients with medical devices, catheters and physical or mental impairments. It explores essential background information, such as basic human anatomy, career planning and emerging trends. Reflecting the expanded scope of real-world practice, the 12th Edition includes skills such as checking finger stick blood glucose, managing drainage, sterile technique and more. New color photos and illustrations bring concepts to life, while study tools include a print workbook and MindTap digital learning solution.

NURSING ASSISTANT: A NURSING PROCESS APPROACH

Nursing Assistant: A Nursing Process Approach, 13th Student Edition

"Nursing Assistant: A Nursing Process Approach" has prepared more nursing assistants for meaningful careers in acute care, long-term care and home health than any other text. Its signature step-by-step format walks readers through over 150 procedures, including key skills in patient handling, wound care, communication, safety and record keeping, as well as special care procedures for patients with medical devices, catheters and physical or mental impairments. It explores essential background information, such as basic human anatomy, career planning and emerging trends. The 13th edition includes skills such as checking finger stick blood glucose, managing drainage, sterile techniques and more. New Case Studies and Check Point questions demonstrate real-world application and ensure learning, while study tools include a print workbook and many enhanced digital learning activities.

Duration

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Sections.
1. Introduction to Nursing Assisting.
2. Scientific Principles.
3. Basic Human Needs and Communication.
4. Infection and Infection Control.
5. Safety and Mobility.
6. Measuring and Recording Vital Signs, Height, and Weight.
7. Patient Care and Comfort Measures.
8. Principles of Nutrition and Fluid Balance.
9. Special Care Procedures.
10. Other Health Care Settings.
11. Body Systems, Common Disorders, and Related Care Procedures.
12. Expanded Role of the Nursing Assistant.
13. Recognizing and Responding to Basic Emergencies.
14. Moving Forward.
Procedures.
1. Handwashing.
2. Putting on a Mask.
3. Putting on a Gown.
4. Putting on Gloves.
5. Removing Contaminated Gloves.
6. Removing Contaminated Gloves, Eye Protection, Gown, and Mask.
7. Serving a Meal in an Isolation Unit.
8. Measuring Vital Signs in an Isolation Unit.
9. Transferring Nondisposable Equipment outside of the Isolation Unit.
10. Specimen Collection from a Patient in an Isolation Unit.
11. Caring for Linens in an Isolation Unit.
12. Transporting a Patient to and from the Isolation Unit.
13. Opening a Sterile Package.
14. Turning the Patient toward You.
15. Turning the Patient Away from You.
16. Moving a Patient to the Head of the Bed.
17. Logrolling the Patient.
18. Applying a Transfer Belt.
19. Transferring the Patient from Bed to Chair — One Assistant.
20. Transferring the Patient from Bed to Chair — Two Assistants.
21. Sliding-Board Transfer from Bed to Wheelchair.
22. Transferring the Patient from Chair to Bed — One Assistant.
23. Transferring the Patient from Chair to Bed — Two Assistants.
24. Transferring the Patient from Bed to Stretcher.
25. Transferring the Patient from Stretcher to Bed.
26. Transferring the Patient with a Mechanical Lift.
27. Transferring the Patient onto and off of the Toilet.
28. Assisting the Patient to Walk with a Cane and Three-Point Gait.
29. Assisting the Person to Walk with a Walker and Three-Point Gait.
30. Assisting the Falling Patient.
31. Measuring an Oral Temperature (Electronic Thermometer).
32. Measuring a Rectal Temperature (Electronic Thermometer).
33. Measuring an Axillary Temperature (Electronic Thermometer).
34. Measuring a Tympanic Temperature.
35. Measuring a Temporal Artery Temperature.
36. Counting the Radial Pulse.
37. Counting the Apical–Radial Pulse.
38. Counting Respirations.
39. Using a Pulse Oximeter.
40. Taking Blood Pressure.
41. Taking Blood Pressure with an Electronic Blood Pressure Apparatus.
42. Weighing and Measuring the Patient Using an Upright Scale.
43. Weighing the Patient on a Chair Scale.
44. Measuring Weight with an Electronic Wheelchair Scale.
45. Measuring and Weighing the Patient in Bed.
46. Admitting the Patient.
47. Transferring the Patient.
48. Discharging the Patient.
49. Making a Closed Bed.
50. Making an Occupied Bed.
51. Assisting with the Tub Bath or Shower.
52. Bed Bath.
53. Changing the Patient’s Gown.
54. Waterless Bed Bath.
55. Partial Bath.
56. Female Perineal Care.
57. Male Perineal Care.
58. Hand and Fingernail Care.
59. Foot and Toenail Care.
60. Bed Shampoo.
61. Dressing and Undressing the Patient.
62. Assisting with Routine Oral Hygiene.
63. Assisting with Special Oral Hygiene — Dependent and Unconscious Patients.
64. Assisting the Patient to Floss and Brush Teeth.
65. Caring for Dentures.
66. Providing Backrubs.
67. Shaving a Male Patient.
68. Providing Daily Hair Care.
69. Giving and Receiving the Bedpan.
70. Giving and Receiving the Urinal.
71. Assisting with Use of the Bedside Commode.
72. Assisting the Patient Who Can Feed Self.
73. Feeding the Dependent Patient.
74. Abdominal Thrusts — Heimlich Maneuver.
75. Applying an Ice Bag or Gel Pack.
76. Applying a Disposable Cold Pack.
77. Giving a Sitz Bath.
78. Assisting the Patient to Deep Breathe and Cough.
79. Applying Elasticized Stockings.
80. Applying an Elastic Bandage.
81. Assisting the Patient to Dangle.
82. Giving Postmortem Care.
83. Applying and Removing Sterile Gloves.
84. Applying a Dry Sterile Dressing.
85. Changing a Clean Dressing and Applying a Bandage.
86. Collecting a Sputum Specimen.
87. Performing Range-of-Motion Exercises (Passive).
88. Obtaining a Fingerstick Blood Sugar.
89. Collecting a Stool Specimen.
90. Testing for Occult Blood Using Hemoccult and Developer.
91. Inserting a Rectal Suppository.
92. Giving a Soap-Solution Enema.
93. Giving a Commercially Prepared Enema.
94. Giving Routine Stoma Care (Colostomy).
95. Giving Routine Care of an Ileostomy (with Patient in Bed).
96. Collecting a Routine Urine Specimen.
97. Collecting a Clean-Catch Urine Specimen.
98. Collecting a 24-Hour Urine Specimen.
99. Collecting a Urine Specimen through a Drainage Port.
100. Routine Drainage Check.
101. Giving Indwelling Catheter Care.
102. Emptying a Urinary Drainage Unit.
103. Disconnecting the Catheter.
104. Connecting a Catheter to a Leg Bag.
105. Emptying a Leg Bag.
106. Removing an Indwelling Catheter.
107. Ultrasound Bladder Scan.
108. Changing a Diaper.
109. Weighing an Infant.
110. Measuring an Infant.
111. Bathing an Infant.
112. Bottle-Feeding an Infant.
113. Assisting with Breastfeeding.
114. Burping an Infant.
115. Admitting a Pediatric Patient.
116. Weighing the Toddler to Adolescent.
117. Changing Crib Linens.
118. Changing Crib Linens (Infant in Crib).
119. Measuring Temperature.
120. Determining Heart Rate (Pulse).
121. Counting Respiratory Rate.
122. Measuring Blood Pressure.
123. Collecting a Urine Specimen from an Infant.

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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO NURSING ASSISTING.
1. Community Health Care.
2. On the Job: Being a Nursing Assistant.
3. Consumer Rights and Responsibilities in Health Care.
4. Ethical and Legal Issues Affecting the Nursing Assistant.
SECTION 2: SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES.
5. Medical Terminology and Body Organization.
6. Classification of Disease.
SECTION 3: BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND COMMUNICATION.
7. Communication Skills.
8. Observation, Reporting, and Documentation.
9. Meeting Basic Human Needs.
10. Comfort, Pain, Rest, and Sleep.
11. Developing Cultural Sensitivity.
SECTION 4: INFECTION AND INFECTION CONTROL.
12. Infection.
13. Infection Control. 
SECTION 5: SAFETY AND MOBILITY.
14. Environmental and Nursing Assistant Safety.
15. Patient Safety and Positioning.
16. The Patient’s Mobility: Transfer Skills.
17. The Patient’s Mobility: Ambulation. 
SECTION 6: MEASURING AND RECORDING VITAL SIGNS, HEIGHT, AND WEIGHT.
18. Body Temperature.
19. Pulse and Respiration.
20. Blood Pressure.
21. Measuring Height and Weight.
SECTION 7: PATIENT CARE AND COMFORT MEASURES.
22. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge.
23. Bedmaking.
24. Patient Bathing.
25. General Comfort Measures.
SECTION 8: PRINCIPLES OF NUTRITION AND FLUID BALANCE.
26. Nutritional Needs and Diet Modifications.
SECTION 9: SPECIAL CARE PROCEDURES.
27. Warm and Cold Applications.
28. Assisting with the Physical Examination.
29. The Surgical Patient.
30. Caring for the Emotionally Stressed Patient.
31. Caring for the Bariatric Patient.
32. Death and Dying. 
SECTION 10: OTHER HEALTH CARE SETTINGS.
33. Care of the Elderly and Chronically Ill.
34. The Organization of Home Care: Trends in Health Care.
35. The Nursing Assistant in Home Care.
36. Subacute Care.
37. Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Approaches to Patient Care.
SECTION 11: BODY SYSTEMS, COMMON DISORDERS, AND RELATED CARE PROCEDURES.
38. Integumentary System.
39. Respiratory System.
40. Circulatory (Cardiovascular) System.
41. Musculoskeletal System.
42. Endocrine System.
43. Nervous System.
44. Gastrointestinal System.
45. Urinary System.
46. Reproductive System.
47. Care of the Patient with Cancer.
SECTION 12: EXPANDED ROLE OF THE NURSING ASSISTANT.
48. Rehabilitation and Restorative Services.
49. Obstetrical Patient and Neonate.
50. Pediatric Patients.
SECTION 13: MOVING FORWARD.
51.  Response to Basic Emergencies
52. Employment Opportunities and Career Growth.

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