Nurse assistant training /
American Red Cross.
- Yardley, PA : StayWell, c2002.
- xiii, 546 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The art of caregiving -- Working in long-term care -- Protecting people's rights -- Understanding people -- Communicating with people -- The language of caregiving -- Controlling the spread of germs -- Keeping people safe -- Measuring life signs -- Positioning and transferring people -- Providing care for the person's surroundings -- Assisting people with personal care -- Admitting, transferring, and discharging -- Healthful eating -- Elimination -- Providing restorative care to help with rehabilitation -- Providing care for people with specific illnesses -- Providing care for people with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and tuberculosis -- Providing care for people who have Alzheimer's disease and related dementias -- Providing end-of-life care -- Life skills training -- Managing your time.
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Nurses aides--Programmed instruction. Nursing Care--methods--Problems and Exercises. Nurses' Aides--education--Problems and Exercises. Professional Competence--Problems and Exercises.