Pearson's Nursing Assistant Today, 1st edition

For nursing assistant courses in any venue or institution, including high schools, community colleges, technical schools, nursing centers, and hospitals.

PEARSON'S NURSING ASSISTANT TODAY brings together all the skills, knowledge, and practical insights today’s nursing assistants need to succeed in any care environment. Written for students with widely diverse learning needs and reading proficiencies, it is designed for easy understanding and quick reference. It presents 152 step-by-step procedures, ranging from the absolute basics to advanced procedures for use at the instructor’s discretion. All procedures reflect 2010 AHA guidelines for CPR and ECC, modern care technologies, and Medicare OBRA requirements. Each procedure is explained with rationales, preparation, steps, follow-up, a charting example, and in many cases, full-color illustrations. This text’s pedagogical features include chapter learning objectives, “On the Job” scenarios, “Nursing Assistant in Action” critical thinking features, exercises, sample exams, and more.

152 step-by-step procedures appearing throughout–reflecting 2010 AHA guidelines for CPR and ECC, and continuing developments in care technology, including electronic medical records; each procedure contains rationale, preparation, steps, follow-up, and a charting example.

• Prepares students for the full spectrum of current nursing assistant practice across the healthcare curriculum
• Walks students step-by-step through each procedure, explaining everything they need to know 

Advanced procedures–included for use by programs in states that permit NAs to perform these skills, with additional advanced procedures included in the Instructor’s guide for use at faculty discretion

• Prepares students to perform all the techniques the law in their jurisdictions allows 

Coverage of today’s most important and emerging medical issues–including care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, ostomies, total hip or knee replacements, cancer, AIDS, mental illness, depression, substance abuse, and dysphagia

• Helps students care for virtually any patient they may encounter 

Detailed coverage of hygiene and infection prevention–including hand hygiene, Hepatitis C, chains of infection, and health care acquired infections

• Helps students provide safer care and avoid infection in their patients and themselves 

Core caregiving skills–including communicating effectively, providing compassionate care that reflects the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and protecting patient privacy

• Thoroughly covers the “human” as well as medical and technical aspects of care 

Detailed coverage of home health care and rehabilitation–reflecting the latest standards of care

• Prepares students to succeed in a wider range of care environments 

Clear learning objectives–stating what students will achieve upon successfully completing each chapter

• Gives students measurable, achievable goa