TY - BOOK AU - Carter,Pamela J TI - Lippincott's essentials for nursing assistants: a humanistic approach to caregiving SN - 9781605470023 AV - RT84 .C37 2010 PY - 2010///] CY - Philadelphia PB - Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins KW - Nurses' aides KW - Textbooks KW - Nursing Assistants KW - Nursing Care KW - methods N1 - Includes index; Unit 1 Introduction to Health Care 1; 1 The Health Care System 3; 2 The Nursing Assistant's Job 18; 3 Professionalism and Job-Seeking Skills 42; 4 Communication Skills 59; 5 Those We Care For 77; 6 The Patient's or Resident's Environment 93; Unit 2 The Human Body in Health and Disease 105; 7 Basic Body Structure and Function 107; 8 Common Disorders 157; 9 Rehabilitation and Restorative Care 203; Unit 3 Safety 213; 10 Infection Control 215; 11 Workplace Safety 249; 12 Patient and Resident Safety 266; 13 Basic First Aid and Emergency Care 286; Unit 4 Basic Patient and Resident Care 301; 14 Assisting With Repositioning and Transferring 303; 15 Assisting With Exercise 334; 16 Bedmaking 351; 17 Measuring and Recording Vital Signs, Height, and Weight 366; 18 Assisting With Hygiene 398; 19 Preventing Pressure Ulcers and Assisting With Wound Care 431; 20 Assisting With Grooming 446; 21 Assisting With Nutrition 475; 22 Assisting With Urinary Elimination 498; 23 Assisting With Bowel Elimination 528; 24 Assisting With Comfort 549; Unit 5 Special Care Concerns 565; 25 Caring for People Who Are Dying 567; 26 Caring for People With Dementia 584; 27 Caring for People With Developmental Disabilities 602; 28 Caring for People With Cancer 610; 29 Caring for People With HIV/AIDS 617; 30 Caring for People Who Are Having Surgery 625; App. A Answers to the What Did You Learn? Exercises 643; App. B Introduction to the Language of Health Care 645; Glossary 659; Index 669 ER -