Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 9th Edition

Master the essential skills of today s nursing assistant!Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 9th Editionprepares you to work in long-term care, acute care, and subacute care settings. Known for its comprehensive coverage and an easy-to-read, visual approach, this book includes step-by-step instructions for over 100 nursing assistant procedures. New to this edition is a practice scenario in each chapter to help you develop problem solving and critical thinking skills, as well asFocus on Mathboxes that highlight common calculations done on the job. Written by well-known educator Sheila Sorrentino and expert co-author Leighann Remmert, this market-leading text emphasizes the importance of teamwork and communication - two elements critical to being an effective nursing assistant.
NEW TO THIS EDITION

• NEWGetting a Jobchapterdescribes the professional skills needed for seeking and landing a new job upon certification.
• NEWDelegationchapterexplains how nursing assistants work within the health care team and receive instructions from the nurse, and includes tips on questions to ask when receiving delegated tasks.
• NEW!Focus on Mathhighlights the basic math skills you need as a nursing assistant.
• NEW!Focus on Practice:Problem Solvingincludes scenarios that develop your critical thinking skills in common situations encountered during practice.
• NEW!NATCEP skillsare identified as skills most often required for demonstration on state certification exams.
• NEW!Focus on Surveysfeaturehighlights the nursing assistant s role during state inspections.
• NEW!Focus on PRIDEapplication questionspromote pride in the nursing assistant, the person, and the person s family.
• UPDATEDvideo clipsfrom the latestNursing Assistant Video Skills series demonstrate selected skills.
• UPDATEDBody Spectruminteractive anatomy reviewis available on the Evolve companion website.