Current, comprehensive, and written in a conversational, easy-to-read style, Lippincott Textbook for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving, 6th Edition, makes essential skills approachable and prepares you to deliver confident, compassionate care throughout your healthcare careers. This updated, streamlined 6th edition distills must-know information for success as a nursing assistant with a human-centered perspective that guides you through the clinical decision-making process behind safe, effective patient outcomes across today's healthcare landscape. UPDATED! Revised and streamlined content incorporates the latest discoveries, advances, and clinical practices and keeps you focused on need-to-know concepts and skills. NEW! Respect features at the end of each unit foster awareness of diverse backgrounds and cultures and help you build inclusive relationships with patients, residents, and clients. NEW! Updated nutrition and dietary recommendations familiarize you with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the related art and descriptions of MyPlate. What Will You Learn? chapter openers introduce essential concepts at a glance. End-of-chapter Summaries and What Did You Learn? exercises reinforce key chapter takeaways. Procedures highlight important privacy, safety, infection control, and comfort concepts and guide you step by step through 79 common nursing assistant tasks.
Guidelines boxes emphasize 'What You Do' and 'Why You Do It' to enhance your understanding of key tasks. Tell the Nurse! Notes alert you to observations that should be reported. Stop and Think! Scenarios provide critical practice solving complex, real-world nursing situations. Helping Hands and a Caring Heart: Focus on Humanistic Health Care boxes strengthen your empathy and help you meet the emotional, spiritual, and physical needs of patients and residents. Concerns for Long-Term Care detail specific considerations for effective care in long-term settings. Taking it to the Next Level: Advanced Skills callouts identify opportunities for further training and career advancement.