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Ostomy, Urinary Drainage and Catheter Care

Product code: CNA516R Reviewed for accuracy: 2009

The New Nursing Assistant Instructor's Guide, 7th Edition

Product code: CNA531T Reviewed for accuracy: 2010

Overview:

The following revisions have been made to the latest edition of the CNA textbook, 7th edition, and related workbooks:

REVISIONS:

Chapter 26

New blood pressure category, prehypertension is described, based on revised classifications found in the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) released May, 2003.

Prehypertension is blood pressure in the range of 120/80 to 139/89, and indicates the need for steps to be taken to lower the blood pressure. Blood pressure of 140/90 or higher is a condition called hypertension. Readings far below the normal range are referred to as hypotension.

Chapter 27

Revised to make clear that CNAs recognize and report pain. They do not make pain assessements.

Chapter 37

Side-lying position text change

Place a second pillow lengthwise under the top leg, making certain that the knees are slightly flexed, and that one leg is positioned in front of the other.

New Chapters:

Chapter 58: Using A ComputerThis chapter provides instruction to those with no computer experience through an elementary introduction to computers, networks, and the Internet.

Chapter 59: Your Healthcare CareerThis chapter provides instruction on the basics of getting hired in one��first job as a CNA, and continuing to improve skills to progress in the healthcare field.

The New Nursing Assistant Instructors Guide California 7th Edition

Product code: CNA532T Reviewed for accuracy: 2010

Overview:

This manual has been developed to provide the instructor with lesson plans that fulfill the requirements for certification of nursing assistants per the California Department of Health Services State regulation Title 22 and OBRA regulations CFR 483.152(b).

Updated to add HIPAA and the CDC's new hand hygiene guidelines.

The New Nursing Assistant Student Workbook and Skills Checklists 7th Edition

Product code: CNA533T

Overview:

This new edition of the student workbook and skills checklists has been updated to match the new text, CNA530T The Nursing Assistant Textbook. This includes exercises for new chapters on: Abuse and Neglect, Disasters and Evacuation, The Fifth Vital Sign - Pain, and The Environment of Care: Resident Safety.

In addition, exercises regarding the CDC's new hand hygiene guideline and HIPAA have been included.

The New Nursing Assistant Textbook 7th Edition

Product code: CNA530T Reviewed for accuracy: 2010

Overview:
The seventh edition of Medcom's highly successful nursing assistant textbook has a new title, new chapters, and is now more comprehensive then ever before.

Updated to add HIPAA and the CDC's new hand hygiene guidelines.

The New Nursing Assistant Textbook provides nursing assistants with training in the latest standards and guidelines from professional healthcare organizations such as the Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Information throughout this edition has been thoroughly reviewed and updated. And, two entirely new chapters provide nursing assistants with additional training in these important areas of care:

Using A Computer: This chapter provides instruction to those with no computer experience through an elementary introduction to computers, networks, and the Internet.
Your Healthcare Career: This chapter provides instruction on the basics of getting hired in one's first job as a CNA, and continuing to improve skills to progress in the healthcare field.

The New Nursing Assistant: Bedmaking

A clean, well-made bed not only feels good, but is also an important component to an individual's comfort and safety. A well-made bed helps to avoid problems such as pressure ulcers and the spread of infection, and provides a sense of well-being and self-worth. To teach new nursing assistants this important skill, this program demonstrates the techniques for making both the unoccupied bed and an occupied bed.

The New Nursing Assistant: Elimination, Specimen Collection and Urinary Care

OVERVIEW:

From time to time the nursing assistant will need to collect stool and urine specimens, measure urinary output and provide other forms of assistance with elimination. These important tasks, not only assist the physician in monitoring an individual's condition, but also help to maintain physical comfort and emotional well-beingMedcom’s Nursing Assistant program on elimination, specimen collection and urinary care has been revised to be more concise and easier to understand by clearly identifying each of the three stages of a procedure: preparation, the procedure itself, and completing care. In addition, this program has been updated to demonstrate the performance of nursing assistant skills as described by the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP™).

The New Nursing Assistant: Infection Control Skills for the Care Provider

Healthcare workers often come in contact with microorganisms that can cause infectious diseases. Therefore, it is your responsibility to protect the health and safety of all those you care for—as well as your co-workers and yourself—by learning and practicing effective infection control skills to help prevent the spread of these microorganisms. This program teaches new nursing assistants the important skills necessary for controlling the spread of infectious disease.

The New Nursing Assistant: Measuring Vital Signs

The measurement of vital signs—including temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure and pain—is performed routinely in every healthcare setting. Evaluations of these findings through comparison with previous measurements can indicate important changes in physical and/or emotional conditions. Nursing assistants need to master the basic, yet critically important skills involved in assessing vital signs for all those they provide care to. Medcom’s Nursing Assistant program on measuring vital signs has been revised to be more concise and easier to understand by clearly identifying each of the three stages of a procedure: preparation, the procedure itself, and completing care. In addition, this program has been updated to demonstrate the performance of nursing assistant skills as described by the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP™).

The New Nursing Assistant: Measuring Weight and Height

Accurate measurement and monitoring of weight and height provide important indicators about a patient's overall health. This program demonstrates proper techniques for measuring weight and height with the most commonly used scales. Medcom’s Nursing Assistant program on measuring weight and height has been revised to be more concise and easier to understand by clearly identifying each of the three stages of a procedure: preparation, the procedure itself, and completing care. In addition, this program has been updated to demonstrate the performance of nursing assistant skills as described by the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP™).

The New Nursing Assistant: Moving and Turning

Overview:

Updated 3/13/08: Moving and turning are important aspects of nursing care. Regular changes of position are essential for the prevention of pressure ulcers and for the maintenance of healthy blood circulation and comfort.The use of moving and turning techniques that utilize proper body mechanics is essential for providing patient care and comfort, and preventing injury to caregivers. This program demonstrates:

Using the Lift Sheet: Moving Up in Bed

Using the Lift Sheet: Moving to Side of Bed

Using the Lift Sheet: Turning Using Log-Roll

Assisting to Move Up in Bed

Moving to One Side Without a Lift Sheet

Turning Away From You

Turning Toward You

The New Nursing Assistant: Personal Care

Overview:

Updated 3/13/08: Personal care and grooming are important factors in maintaining health and controlling infection. A person's sense of dignity and of self-worth may be directly related to cleanliness and good grooming. As a care provider, you may be responsible for the personal care and personal hygiene for persons who are not capalbe of doing these things for themselves. Assisting with personal care is an important part of "morning care." This program demonstrates the proper techniques for:

Cleaning and Trimming Nails
Shaving the Beard
Assisting with Hair and Makeup
Assisting with Dressing
Dressing When an IV Catheter is in Place.

The New Nursing Assistant: Positioning

Proper body alignment is important to help patients and residents feel more comfortable, relieve strain, increase circulation, and prevent deformities and complications such as contractures and pressure sores. Nursing assistants need to acquire the skills involved in positioning those who are bedridden, utilizing the principles of good body mechanics to protect themselves from injury.Medcom’s Nursing Assistant program on positioning has been revised to be more concise and easier to understand by clearly identifying each of the three stages of a procedure: preparation, the procedure itself, and completing care. In addition, this program has been updated to demonstrate the performance of nursing assistant skills as described by the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP™).

The New Nursing Assistant: Providing Oral Care

Overview:

Updated 3/13/08: Oral care should be provided on a daily basis to all those who are in any form of nursing care. The purpose of oral hygiene is to keep the mouth, teeth, gums, and tongue healthy. Poor mouth care can lead to tooth decay, gum disease and a lack of appetite. Providing oral care is an important skill that not only maintains resident health, but also preserves dignity and self-worth. The purpose of oral hygiene is to keep the mouth, teeth, gums, and tongue healthy. Poor mouth care can lead to tooth decay, gum disease and a lack of appetite. This program will help develop the skills needed to provide quality oral care by demonstrating the proper techniques for providing the following:

Assisted oral care

Denture care

Oral care for the unconscious resident

The New Nursing Assistant: Range of Motion Exercises

When individuals are immobilized for prolonged periods of time, an essential part of the recovery process includes maintaining the full range of joint motion. A consistent program of range of motion exercises helps maintain joint mobility and prevents some of the complications associated with prolonged immobility such as decreased peripheral circulation, skin breakdown, and contractures. This program teaches new nursing assistants the important skills necessary for performing range of motion exercises.

The New Nursing Assistant: Recognizing Abnormal Signs and Symptoms

Observing for abnormal signs and symptoms is an important part of the routine care nursing assistants provide to residents. Residents depend on the nursing assistant’s ability to recognize changes in behavior, appearance, and abilities, and to report significant observations promptly and accurately. This program teaches nursing assistants how to make objective and subjective observations of the residents they care for in key clinical areas to promote and maintain their overall health. This edition of the New Nursing Assistant: Recognizing Abnormal Signs and Symptoms program has been revised with updated graphics and footage to give this classic topic a new look and feel.

The New Nursing Assistant: Serving a Meal

Eating nutritious meals is an important and basic necessity for maintaining physical and emotional health. However, some of those you care for will need assistance to eat. This program will describe the techniques of serving a meal to both those who can eat independently, and those who require assistance. It will describe ensuring that the correct meal is being served, and helping to make mealtime a pleasant experience.

The New Nursing Assistant: Techniques in Bathing Part 1: The Bed Bath

Cleanliness is extremely important for the physical and emotional well-being of an individual who is dependent upon caregivers. Bathing provides the resident with mild exercise, provides an opportunity for close observation of skin condition and enhances circulation. Medcom’s classic Nursing Assistant program on bathing has been revised and updated to be more convenient to use, more concise and easier to understand. Bathing skills are now presented in two shorter programs to make education more flexible and convenient. And, learning retention is enhanced by clearly identifying each of the three stages of a procedure: preparation, the procedure itself, and completing care. In addition, these programs have been updated to demonstrate the performance of nursing assistant skills as described by the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP™).

The New Nursing Assistant: Techniques in Bathing Part 2: Perineal Care, Tub Bath, Shower and Shampoo

The New Nursing Assistant: Techniques in Toileting and Incontinent Care

Toileting is a very private personal activity that can have some unpleasant aspects. The caregiver must be sensitive to the individual’s needs and provide supportive care to lessen embarrassment and discomfort that can occur. To teach new nursing assistants these important skills, this program demonstrates the techniques for toileting.

The New Nursing Assistant: Transfer and Ambulation

Overview:

Updated 3-13-08: As a care provider, you will be called on to assist persons with impaired mobility. To protect their safety - and yours - you need to master the skills needed for transfer and ambulation.Understanding and using the proper transfer and ambulation techniques is imperative for the safety of patients and their caregivers. This program demonstrates the proper techniques for:

Pivot Transfer from Bed to Wheelchair
Pivot Transfer from Wheelchair to Toilet
Two-person Lift from bed to Wheelchair
Three-person Lift from Bed to Gurney
Transfer from Mechanical Lift
Assisting with Ambulation
Preventing Injury during a Fall.