PDF-(BOOS)-Lippincott Advanced Skills for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving

This text builds on the basic concepts and skills that the nursing assistant has already mastered Recognizing that the students using this text have already completed their basic nursing assisting training and may have already been working in the profession this text does not repeat information that is part of the basic nursing assistant training Rather this textbook is meant to be used in conjunction with or as a followup to a basic nursing assistant textbook such as Lippincotts Textbook for Nursing Assistants. The humanistic approach: the basics What assumptions do humanistic psychologists make? Humanistic psychologists start from the assumption that every person has their own unique way of perceiving and u Unitarian Universalism: A Humanistic Faith says, “To de� ne twentieth-century humanism brie� y, I would say that it is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good Lesson 3. Test: research methods. Objectives:. You will be able to. Outline the assumptions of the humanistic approach. Outline and evaluate humanistic qualitative methods. Evaluate the contribution of humanistic approach in terms of strength, limitations, applications and ethical issues. . to . Personality. Humanistic . Approaches. Humanistic theories. developed in the 1960s . Opposed the deterministic . psychoanalytic and . behavioral approaches that . then dominated . The . humanistic approach emphasizes . APRN-CNPs will:. Define who regulates nursing practice in Oklahoma. Summarize the 4 APRN roles and 6 populations. Examine the Nursing Practice Act and Rules related to CNP practice. Analyze the different certifications approved for APRN licensure.. Now in its Second Edition, this textbook prepares students to work as nursing assistants in long-term care, acute care, and home health care settings, and provides a firm foundation for advancement to an LPN and ultimately an RN role. The book is written in a direct, conversational writing style with an emphasis on professionalism and humanism. This edition is significantly updated and has new photographs and illustrations. A front-of-book CD-ROM includes an audio glossary. An audiobook version of the entire text in MP3 format is available as a separate purchase. A student-edition DVD, containing selected procedures from Lippincott\'s Video Series for Nursing Assistants, is also available as a separate purchase. This book is a Canadian adaptation of Lippincott\'s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, retaining the book\'s direct, conversational writing style and emphasis on professionalism and humanism. This adaptation prepares students to work as Personal Support Workers (who may be designated by other titles, depending upon the province) in long-term, acute, and home health settings. The original text has been adapted to cover the Canadian healthcare system, discuss considerations for caring for native Canadian populations, and present SI units of measurement. Although each province has a slightly different scope of practice, care has been taken to address the most general, overriding issues of concern to all provinces. This comprehensive full-color student workbook contains worksheets for each chapter of Lippincott\'s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, Second Edition. The worksheets are fully integrated with the text and offer exercises, questions, and learning activities for students. Master the essential skills of today s nursing assistant! Mosby\'s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 9th Edition prepares 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 as Focus on Math boxes 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.Complete coverage includes the knowledge and skills needed by the nursing assistant.Guidelines to over 100 procedures are divided into pre-procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections for easier learning.A clear, readable writing style is supplemented with more than 1,000 full-color photographs and illustrations.Key terms and abbreviations are included at the beginning of each chapter, with a comprehensive glossary at the back of the book. Review questions in each chapter are useful in guiding your study, reviewing what you have learned, and preparing for a test or the competency evaluation.Video icons indicate skills for which video is provided on the free Evolve companion website or in Mosby s Nursing Assistant Video Skills 4.0 (sold separately).Summary boxes highlight key aspects of patient care including safety and comfort, long-term care, home care, personal pride, the needs of children and older persons, cultural considerations, communication guidelines, delegated tasks, teamwork, and time management.Focus on PRIDE boxes highlight personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws to help you promote pride in the person, the family, and yourself.The Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review corresponds to chapters in the text and encourages learning with a wide variety of exercises. It also includes over 100 checklists, one for every procedure in the textbook. The Competency Evaluation Review includes a content review, skills evaluation review, and two practice exams to prepare students for their certification exam. Sold separately.Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes detail measures and cautions for providing safe, effective patient care.Focus on Long-Term Care and Focus on Home Care boxes highlight information vital to providing competent care in these settings.Focus on Children and Focus on Older Person boxes provide age-specific information about the special needs, considerations, and circumstances of children and older persons.Caring About Culture boxes help you learn about the beliefs and customs of other cultures so you can provide appropriate care.Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for what to say and ask when communicating with residents, visitors, and the nursing team.Teamwork and Time Management boxes cite ways you can efficiently work with and help nursing team members.Delegation Guidelines identify your specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks. Provides a comprehensive, chapter-by-chapter review of textbook material, including a wide variety of exercises to enhance learning and engage students\' interest. Procedure checklists allow for instructor evaluation or self-assessment. Additional learning activities provide exercises that go beyond the concepts covered in the textbook.Includes a wide variety of exercises including crosswords, matching, fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice, and labelling.Checklists for the procedures in the textbook allow for instructor or self-evaluation.Questions and exercises for Mosby\'s Nurse Assisting Skills Videos Series. Developed to complement Lippincott\'s Advanced Skills for Nursing Assistants , this workbook will engage students with its fun learning activities and innovative exercises. Fully integrated with the text, this student study tool will facilitate review and motivate students to succeed in their nursing assistant course. Workbook to accompany Lippincott\'s Essentials for Nursing Assistants 3e. Selected as a Doody\'s Core Title for 2022!Develop the assessment knowledge and skills to excel in any clinical setting.Updated to reflect today’s changing healthcare environment, this unique, modern approach to health assessment guides you progressively through realistic clinical case scenarios, emphasizing health promotion, risk factor reduction, evidence-based thinking, and diagnostic reasoning. Effective strategies help you adapt questions and techniques to confidently manage communication challenges, unexpected patient responses, changes in a patient’s condition over time, and more.Highlights of the Third EditionProgressive Case Studies in each chapter help you capably apply concepts to clinical practice through:Therapeutic Dialogue displays that hone the communication and critical thinking skills essential for gathering assessment data.Progress Note sections that provide sample SOAP (Subjective data, Objective data, Analysis, and Plan) notes documenting summaries of findings, with accompanying critical thinking questions.Documenting Case Study Findings boxes that summarize abnormal findings in the physical examination (determined through inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation).Collaborating With the Interprofessional Team displays that feature SBAR (Situation, Background, Analysis or Assessment, and Recommendations) frameworks for effectively coordinating referrals or other patient advocacy needs.Clinical Reasoning in Action sections that demonstrate how to bring all the elements of assessment together to determine a nursing diagnosis and related goals, interventions, rationales, and evaluation criteria.NEW! Unfolding case-based vignettes written by the National League for Nursing place concepts in a realistic context and encourage classroom discussion.NEW! Concept Mastery Alerts clarify potentially confusing topics.More than 70 NANDA-I Diagnoses with official definitions and defining characteristicsLearning Objectives focus on critical information and can help you study more effectively.Clinical Significance boxes emphasize content critically related to clinical application.Safety Alert boxes highlight areas of concern or results that require immediate intervention or adjustments.Key Points summarized at the end of each chapter reinforce the most important content at a glance.Review Questions help you identify content requiring additional review.Tables of Abnormal Findings facilitate fast, effective assessments.Accompanying interactive learning resources such as videos and animations, referenced with icons in the text, appeal to a variety of learning styles. for Reporters. 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