Mosby’s Textbook for Long-Term Care Nursing Assistants (8th Edition) – eBook

Mosby’s Textbook for Long-Term Care Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition, (PDF) is the ultimate resource designed to help you become a master in long-term care. Packed with visually stimulating content, relevant information, and clear guidance, this edition is a must-have for both aspiring and experienced nursing assistants.

This updated Eighth Edition features one hundred step-by-step procedures, all written at a sixth-grade reading level, ensuring that you can easily comprehend and execute essential skills. In addition, you’ll benefit from spotlight boxes that shed light on important aspects of the nursing assistant’s role, as well as realistic patient scenarios that will prepare you for the challenges of real-world long-term care settings.

But that’s not all – this edition introduces exciting new content that will further enhance your knowledge and skills. You’ll find a brand-new chapter on culture and religion, providing crucial insights and understanding in delivering culturally competent care. Furthermore, a new chapter on career management and getting hired equips you with valuable tips and strategies to navigate the job market successfully.

The ebook also incorporates updated procedures and content on pressing topics such as confusion and dementia, hypertension, American Heart Association CPR, and cancer. By emphasizing the importance of OBRA content and patient quality of life, this edition ensures that you are equipped to provide competent and compassionate care to your patients.

• Review questions at the end of each chapter help evaluate learning.
• Key abbreviations at the beginning of each chapter highlight commonly used abbreviations.
• Teamwork and Time Management boxes illustrate ways to work efficiently within the health care team.
• Focus on Rehabilitation boxes clarify considerations and insights about rehabilitation and restorative care.
• Quality-of-Life boxes reinforce the importance of patients’ rights and enhancing their quality of life when giving care.
• Time to Reflect scenarios present realistic patient situations faced by nursing assistants to build critical thinking skills.
• Residents with Dementia boxes cover the special needs of older persons with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
• 100 step-by-step procedures are divided into pre-procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections for easier learning.
• Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes emphasize the need to provide safe care while making a patient more comfortable.
• NATCEP certification exam icons identify the skills tested on the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program and state certification exams.
• Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for how to clearly communicate with patients and avoid comments that might make them uncomfortable.
• Delegation Guidelines boxes describe what information the nursing assistant needs from the nurse and the care plan to perform safe care; as well as what information to report and record.
• 6th grade reading level and concise coverage helps readers of all levels and abilities (particularly ESL individuals) easily understand and master important long-term care concepts and procedures.

In short, Mosbys Textbook for Long-Term Care Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition is the comprehensive and indispensable guide that will empower you to excel in the ever-evolving field of long-term care nursing.

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NOTE: This sale only consists of the eBook Mosby’s Textbook for Long Term Care Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition in PDF. No access codes are included.