The Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant Training Manual Book

	Contributors
	Foreword
	Preface
Module 1	The Nursing Home Environment	2
Module 2	Working as Part of a Team	7
Module 3	Planning and Organizing Your Work	16
Module 4	Communicating with Residents	21
Module 5	Job Etiquette	28
Module 6	Ethical and Legal Issues in Long-Term Care	34
Module 7	Understanding Aging	44
Module 8	Understanding Restorative Nursing Care	59
Module 9	Taking Residents' Vital Signs, Blood Pressure, Height, and Weight	64
Module 10	Understanding Bladder and Bowel Management	72
Module 11	Observing Residents on Medication	84
Module 12	Using Medical Terminology	90
Module 13	Understanding Charting and Documentation	99
Module 14	Understanding Nursing Diagnosis	104
Module 15	Understanding Medical Diagnosis	108
Module 16	Controlling Infection	122
Module 17	Understanding OSHA Regulations and Requirements	138
Module 18	Feeding Residents and Measuring Intake and Output	144
Module 19	Positioning, Transferring, and Ambulating Residents	152
Module 20	Providing Personal Care	172
Module 21	Caring for Residents' Rooms	194
Module 22	Preventing Accidents and Protecting Residents from Fires	202
Module 23	Understanding First Aid Procedures	209
Module 24	Using Restraints Properly	214
Module 25	Detecting and Reporting Abuse	221
Module 26	Caring for Residents with Dementia and Managing Problem Behavior	228
Module 27	Caring for Residents with Depression and Mental Illness	239
Module 28	Caring for Residents with Vision and Hearing Loss	246
Module 29	Caring for Residents with Developmental Disabilities	253
Module 30	Caring for Younger Residents	259
Module 31	Caring for Residents from Other Cultures	265
Module 32	Therapies for Residents and Their Families	271
Module 33	Working with Residents' Families	277
Module 34	Dealing with Death and Dying	282
	Glossary	290
	Answers to Quizzes	307
	Index	309