Nursing

For use in all Nursing Assistant courses - perfect resource for additional skills.

This resource specifically addresses the need for nurse assistants to be versatile, flexible, and multi-skilled caregivers. It facilitates the acquisition and development of additional patient care skills that can be performed in a variety of healthcare settings.

• Over 4 dozen advanced skills and procedures including urinary catheterization, staple and suture removal, tracheostomy care, enteral nutrition administration, and neurological function observation.
• Step-by-step instructions walk learners through each skill with a description of its purpose, objectives, key terms, and necessary supplies and equipment.
• Emphasizes age-specific considerations throughout.
• Promotes personal and professional growth and job satisfaction.

Ch. 1: Advanced Patient Care Skills

Ch. 2: Specimen Collection

Ch. 3: Digestive System & Administration of Enteral Nutrition

Ch. 4: Neurological Function Observation

Ch. 5: Phlebotomy and IV Therapy

Ch. 6: ECG Monitoring, Arrhythmia Recognition, & Advanced Cardia Care Skills

Ch. 7: Oxygen Therapy and Respiratory Therapy

Nursing Assistant [CORE TEXTS] (Nursing Assistant)

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• Package ISBN-10: 0132193299 | ISBN-13: 9780132193290
  ©2006 | Instock | Suggested retail price: $84.93 | Buy from myPearsonStore
  This package contains:
• Advanced Skills for Nursing Assistants, 1/E
  Wolgin | ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 224 pages
  
• Nursing Assistant, The: Acute, Sub-Acute, and Long-Term Care, 4/E
  Pulliam | ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper Bound with Disk; 432 pages
  
• Workbook, 4/E
  Pulliam | ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 144 pages
  

• Package ISBN-10: 0135002206 | ISBN-13: 9780135002209
  ©2005 | Instock | Suggested retail price: $112.80 | Buy from myPearsonStore
  This package contains:
• Advanced Skills for Nursing Assistants, 1/E
  Wolgin | ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 224 pages
  
• Being a Nursing Assistant, 9/E
  Wolgin | ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper Bound with Disk; 800 pages
  
• Workbook, 9/E
  Schniedman, warner, Lambert & HR | ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 288 pages