The Nursing Assistant: Acute and Long-Term Care

by JoLynn Pulliam

A detailed, quick-reference guide to utilizing age-specific care considerations to meet the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) requirements. New chapter on SUB-ACUTE CARE, a growing component of the managed care environment. Improved PATIENT RESTRAINTS section that includes instructions on how to correctly apply the most commonly used patient restraints. Up-to-date INFECTION CONTROL reference guide to the new STANDARD PRECAUTIONS and TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). These new guidelines replace the former Universal Precautions and Isolation guideline. Presents 74 step-by-step procedures, supported with icons, for the tasks most commonly performed by nursing assistants.

336 pages, Paperback

First published July 16, 1997

Reviews

[Bri_laughs_a_lot.]

Very simple and easy to understand format. Difficult to read only because it was so boring.