MOSBY'S TEXTBOOK FOR LONG-TERM CARE ASSISTANTS provides complete coverage of the knowledge and skills required to work in a long-term care facility. This popular text features a clear, logical presentation of procedures with hundreds of large, full-color photos and drawings, making it easy for students to learn and understand. This new edition addresses the expanding role of the nursing assistant in long-term care, and includes a number of more complex procedures now frequently performed in subacute facilities. New information on work ethic, basic job skills, cultural considerations, quality of life, care of the developmentally disabled, and residents with dementia prepare the student for today's residents. * Contains complete coverage of the knowledge and skills needed by the nursing assistant in long-term care. * Features a clear, readable writing style that makes learning easy for students. * Attractive, full-color design engages students' interest. * Includes concise, step-by-step procedures that clearly explain how to perform nursing skills. * Provides hundreds of full-color photos and drawings to add visual appeal and show students exactly how to perform important tasks. (Includes FREE MERLIN website at:www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/MAPS/LTCtxtbk/)

Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care Assistants

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This second edition includes new and expanded coverage of work ethics, comfort, wound care and oxygen needs, and focuses on OBRA required content. Skills included in the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) are highlighted throughout.
<li>80 Concise, step-by-step procedures are divided into pre-, procedure, and post procedure sections to enhance learning</li>More than 500 full-color photos and drawings visually present a key idea, concept, or procedure steps, showing students exactly what they will see or how to perform important tasks<li>Clear, readable writing style makes learning easy for all levels of students</li>Chapter review questions are a useful study aid that allow students to evaluate what they have learned<li>Attractive, full color design engages students interest</li>
<li>New chapter 3, Work Ethics prepares students for realities of the workplace and their responsibilities as employees</li>New chapter 11, Assisting with Comfort includes content on the persons unit, bedmaking, and promoting sleep <li>New chapter 19, Assisting with Wound Care incorporates content on skin tears, pressure ulcers, leg and foot ulcers, heat and cold application, and dressings</li>New chapter 20, Assisting with Oxygen Needs discusses promoting oxygenation, oxygen therapy, collecting sputum specimens, and altered respiratory function

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