The Nursing Assistant: Acute, Subacute, and Long-Term Care, 6th Edition

For all shorter nurse assistant courses, especially those covering acute care (hospital) and nursing home (long-term? care) environments.A step-by-step guide to whole-patient care, for the novice nursing assistant The Nursing Assistant?fulfills the need for a brief, practical, and affordable guide to nursing assistance in today’s competitive health-care environment. This text is the foundation for any nursing assistant training program and applies equally to acute, subacute, or long-term care settings. Following the models of the nursing process, state curricula, and OBRA mandates,? The Nursing Assistant?provides 73 step-by-step procedures reflecting the tasks most commonly performed by nursing assistants. Reflecting the latest CDC, OSHA, and HIPAA guidelines, the? 6th edition?expands the discussion of patient-care goals and cultural awareness, and adds new person-centered case studies throughout.The Nursing Assistant 6th Edition is written by Jo Lynn Pulliam; Meg Holloway and published by Pearson. ISBNs for The Nursing Assistant are 9780134871875, 0134871871 and the print ISBNs are 9780134846651, 0134846656. Additional ISBNs include 9780134847283.