Home/Nursing/Lippincott Essentials for Nursing Assistants
New Release
Auto-Renew Terms & Conditions
This title participates in our Automatic Subscription Renewal Program
Prices for future subscriptions will be at then prevailing rates.
Auto renewal ensures that our customers are always up-to-date with the most critical information and new developments in their fields as well as continuing to receive updates to our products without interruption of service.
By enrolling your product(s) in our Automatic Subscription Renewal Program, subscriptions automatically renew at the end of the term without any further action on your part, until you cancel your participation in the auto-renew program.
Should you decide for any reason that you no longer wish to be enrolled in the automatic renewal program, or you did not intend to enroll, you may cancel at any time. You can cancel by calling Customer Service at 1.800.638.3030 or emailing [email protected].
Under the Automatic Subscription Renewal Program, all subscriptions are renewed at one-year increments. If you want to be auto-renewed with a multi-year subscription, call Customer Service at 1.800.638.3030. You are not required to renew any minimum number of times.
The cost of the renewal will be the subscription price in effect at the time of each renewal including applicable sales tax and shipping and handling charges. Subscription renewal prices are subject to increase in the future.
Enrolling a subscription product under our automatic renewal program does not affect our cancellation policy. If you have any questions on our cancellation policy, please call Customer Service at 1.800.638.3030 or emailing [email protected].
I read and understand the auto-renew terms and conditions.
Lippincott Essentials for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving, 6th edition, is designed to streamline the path to success for Certified Nursing Assistants. This concise and approachable textbook delivers the foundational concepts and facts essential for competent and compassionate practice in various healthcare settings.
Whether CNAs are training for a role in a long-term care facility, acute care facility, or another healthcare environment, this text provides the knowledge and skills they need to excel. Perfect for use in shorter, fast-paced programs, each chapter focuses on the most crucial concepts, breaking down information into easily digestible segments for improved retention.
This latest edition has been revised and updated with unique Pam's Pearls on how to empathize with patients, Stop and Think! scenarios to encourage critical thinking and solving complex problems, and current practices in nutrition, infectious disease control, and more.
Lippincott Essentials for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving, 6th edition goes above and beyond just the “dos and don’ts” featured in other textbooks and focuses on “What You Do/Why You Do It” boxes. This provides students with a deeper understanding of core concepts like privacy, safety, and infection control all while fostering critical thinking skills.
Edition
6
ISBN/ISSN
9781975245948
Product Format
Vitalsource Interactive eBook
Pages
752
Edition
6
Publication Date
August 19, 2024
PAMELA J CARTER RN, BSN, MEd, CNOR
Davis Hospital and Medical Center Layton, Utah
Jennifer Harrington
Unit 1: Introduction to Health Care
Chapter 1 The Health Care System
Chapter 2 The Nursing Assistant’s Job
Chapter 3 Professionalism and Job-Seeking Skills
Chapter 4 Communication Skills
Unit 2: Caring for People in a Health Care Setting
Chapter 5 Those We Care For
Chapter 6 The Long-Term Care Resident
Chapter 7 The Patient’s or Resident’s Environment
Chapter 8 Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges
Unit 3: Body Systems: Normal Function And The Effects Of Aging
Chapter 9 Basic Body Structure and Function
Chapter 10 Common Disorders
Chapter 11 Rehabilitation and Restorative Care
Unit 4: Safety
Chapter 12 Communicable Disease
Chapter 13 Preventing the Spread of Communicable Disease
Chapter 14 Workplace Safety
Chapter 15 Patient and Resident Safety
Chapter 16 Basic First Aid and Emergency Care
Unit 5: Basic Patient and Resident Care
Chapter 17 Assisting With Repositioning and Transferring
Chapter 18 Assisting With Exercise
Chapter 19 Bedmaking
Chapter 20 Measuring and Recording Vital Signs, Height, and Weight
Chapter 21 Assisting With Hygiene
Chapter 22 Preventing Pressure Ulcers and Assisting With Wound Care
Chapter 23 Assisting With Grooming
Chapter 24 Assisting With Nutrition
Chapter 25 Assisting With Urinary Elimination
Chapter 26 Assisting With Bowel Elimination
Chapter 27 Assisting With Comfort
Unit 6: Special Care Concerns
Chapter 28 Caring for People Who Are Dying
Chapter 29 Caring for People With Dementia
Chapter 30 Caring for People Who Have Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 31 Caring for People Who Have Mental Health Disorders
Chapter 32 Caring for People Who Are Having Surgery
Appendix A: Answers to the What Did You Learn? Exercises Appendix B: Introduction to the Language of Health Care
Unique! Pam's Pearls guide you to empathize with patients and deliver humanistic care.
Stop and Think! scenarios boost critical thinking by tackling complex nursing challenges encountered in the workplace.
Procedure boxes offer step-by-step guidance through 74 common procedures in accordance with the latest clinical practices, infection control standards, and the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAP®) Skills List.
Stay current with revised content that leverages inclusive language, ensuring up-to-date knowledge in nutrition, infection control, and more.
Taking It to the Next Level: Advanced Skills provides advanced training for complex situations.
What You Do/Why You Do It boxes summarize the why and how of key nursing assistant actions to reinforce retention and understanding.
Tell the Nurse! notes signs and symptoms that should be reported to a nurse.
Concerns for Long-Term Care detail specific information needed to ensure effective care of senior residents in long-term care settings.
A companion Workbook reinforces understanding through multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, think about it, and matching questions, as well as crossword puzzles, word jumbles, labeling, sequencing, and identification activities.
Your cart cannot contain products from multiple regions.
If you click continue, items in the cart from the previous
region will be removed. To keep items from the previous
region in your cart, click cancel.
This item is not related to current region.
AAOS members get an exclusive discount. Please click continue to log in as an AAOS member.
AHA members get an exclusive discount. Please click continue to log in as an AHA member.