PROP - Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care - Text, Workbook, and Kentucky Insert Package
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PROP - Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care - Text, Workbook, and Kentucky Insert Package

PROP - Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care - Text, Workbook, and Kentucky Insert Package

by Clare Kostelnick RN, BSN
PROP - Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care - Text, Workbook, and Kentucky Insert Package

PROP - Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care - Text, Workbook, and Kentucky Insert Package

by Clare Kostelnick RN, BSN

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780323877893
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date: 08/23/2023
Edition description: 9th ed.
Pages: 704
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Clare Kostelnick is professor emeritus at Des Moines Area Community College where she continues to teach nursing assistant courses. She received her BSN from the Brokaw School of Nursing of Illinois Wesleyan University. She began her career as a registered nurse serving in the US Army Nurse Corps. Having achieved the rank of captain, she spent most of her military career working in emergency care. Clare's 45 years of nursing experience also includes working in critical care as a staff nurse, a home care and hospice staff nurse, a long-term care staff nurse and consultant, and a coordinator of an assisted living facility. She has taught nursing assistant classes for over 20 years. Clare is a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructor for the American Heart Association and is a member of the Iowa Health Educators Association.

Table of Contents

  1. The Nursing Assistant Working in Long-Term Care
  2. Resident Rights, Ethics, and Laws
  3. Work Ethics
  4. Communicating with the Health Team
  5. Assisting with the Nursing Process
  6. Understanding the Resident
  7. Culture and Religion
  8. Body Structure and Function
  9. The Older Person
  10. Sexuality
  11. Safety
  12. Preventing Falls
  13. Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restraint Use
  14. Preventing Infection
  15. Body Mechanics and Safe Resident Handling, Moving, and Transfers
  16. The Resident’s Unit
  17. Bedmaking
  18. Hygiene
  19. Grooming
  20. Nutrition and Fluids
  21. Nutritional Support and IV Therapy
  22. Urinary Elimination
  23. Bowel Elimination
  24. Exercise and Activity
  25. Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
  26. Oxygen Needs and Respiratory Therapies
  27. Measuring Vital Signs
  28. Assisting With the Physical Examination
  29. Collecting and Testing Specimens
  30. Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges
  31. Wound Care
  32. Pressure Injuries
  33. Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
  34. Cancer, Immune System, and Skin Disorders
  35. Nervous System and Musculoskeletal Disorders
  36. Cardiovascular and Respiratory System Disorders
  37. Digestive and Endocrine System Disorders
  38. Urinary and Reproductive System Disorders
  39. Mental Health Problems
  40. Confusion and Dementia
  41. Developmental Disabilities
  42. Rehabilitation and Restorative Nursing Care
  43. Assisted Living
  44. Basic Emergency Care
  45. End-of-Life Care
  46. Getting a Job —　Career Management

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