On the Job: The Essentials of Nursing Assistant - Softcover

Barbara R. Hegner; Barbara Acello; Janine Anderson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401806457 ISBN 13: 9781401806453

Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning, 2003

Synopsis

This handy pocket reference guide is a valuable tool for practicing nursing assistants. It keeps critical nursing care information at your fingertips. Use it to refresh your memory for many care procedures. Many safety, infection control, and suggested responses to typical situations are easily referenced. In your busy day, it helps you perform your job to the best of your ability.

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Acello has worked in long-term care for more than four decades. Currently a nurse consultant and educator, she owns a school for nursing assistants, where she helped to write and develop mandatory state curricula for nurse aides and EMTs. She has also written and contributed to dozens of textbooks, instructor guides, quick reference guides, and supplemental instructional materials for health care personnel. Formerly a practicing nurse, Ms. Acello was also a director of nursing and a long-term care facility consultant. Her interests and expertise include clinical geriatrics, resident safety, pain assessment and management, restraints, pressure ulcers, and infection control. She is particularly committed to improving working conditions, education, and professionalism for personnel in the long-term care industry.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1401806457
• ISBN 13: 9781401806453
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196