Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants
- 8th Edition - September 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Leighann Remmert, Sheila A. Sorrentino
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 0 7 5 6 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 0 7 5 7 - 4
Master the role and responsibilities of today’s nursing assistant! Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition, provides concise, easy-to-understand guidelines f… Read more
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Master the role and responsibilities of today’s nursing assistant! Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition, provides concise, easy-to-understand guidelines for the skills performed by nursing assistants. Step-by-step procedures are included for more than 75 key procedures, and patient scenarios help you apply knowledge and develop critical thinking skills. A primary focus is the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe, competent, and efficient care. OBRA-mandated coverage of the nurse assisting concepts and skills you need to master will prepare you for success on state certification exams.
- Easy-to-read, concise nursing assistant content is written at an accessible 7th-grade reading level.
- More than 75 step-by-step procedures are divided into pre-procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections for easier learning.
- Focus on PRIDE boxes emphasize personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, independence and social interaction, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws,
- Focus on Older Persons boxes provide guidance on the special needs of older persons, including those with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
- Focus on Practice: Problem Solving feature presents patient scenarios that allow you to apply concepts to practice.
- Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes emphasize the need to provide safe care while promoting the person’s comfort.
- Caring About Culture boxes help you learn about the various practices of other cultures and how to provide culturally sensitive care.
- Focus on Surveys feature highlights the nursing assistant’s role during state inspections.
- Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for how to clearly communicate with residents and avoid comments that might make them uncomfortable.
- Delegation Guidelines identify the nursing assistant’s specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks.
- Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATSEP) icon in the procedure title bar alerts you to skills that are covered in certification exams.
- Chapter review questions help you evaluate and reinforce what you are learning.
- Key abbreviations at the beginning of each chapter help familiarize you with commonly used abbreviations.
Students enrolled in Nursing Assistant programs
1. Introduction to Health Care
2. The Person’s Rights
3. The Nursing Assistant
4. Ethics and Laws
5. Student and Work Ethics
6. Communicating with the Person
7. Health Team Communications
8. Medical Terminology
9. Body Structure and Function
10. The Older Person
11. Safety Needs
12. Preventing Falls
13. Restraint Alternatives and Restraints
14. Preventing Infection
15. Isolation Precautions
16. Body Mechanics
17. Moving the Person
18. Transferring the Person
19. The Person’s Unit
20. Bedmaking
21. Oral Hygiene
22. Daily Hygiene and Bathing
23. Grooming
24. Dressing and Undressing
25. Urinary Needs
26. Urinary Catheters
27. Bowel Needs
28. Nutrition
29. Meeting Nutrition Needs
30. Fluid Needs
31. Measurements
32. Exercise and Activity Needs
33. Comfort and Rest Needs
34. Collecting Specimens
35. Wound Care
36. Pressure Injuries
37. Oxygen Needs
38. Rehabilitation Needs
39. Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
40. Common Health Problems
41. Mental Health Disorders
42. Confusion and Dementia
43. Emergency Care
44. End-of-Life Care
45. Getting a Job Review Question Answers (on Evolve companion website)
Appendices
A. The Patient Care Partnership – Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilities (on Evolve companion website)
B. National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP®) Written Evaluation Content Outline and Skills Evaluation (on Evolve companion website)
C. Minimum Data Set: Selected Pages (on Evolve companion website)
Glossary
2. The Person’s Rights
3. The Nursing Assistant
4. Ethics and Laws
5. Student and Work Ethics
6. Communicating with the Person
7. Health Team Communications
8. Medical Terminology
9. Body Structure and Function
10. The Older Person
11. Safety Needs
12. Preventing Falls
13. Restraint Alternatives and Restraints
14. Preventing Infection
15. Isolation Precautions
16. Body Mechanics
17. Moving the Person
18. Transferring the Person
19. The Person’s Unit
20. Bedmaking
21. Oral Hygiene
22. Daily Hygiene and Bathing
23. Grooming
24. Dressing and Undressing
25. Urinary Needs
26. Urinary Catheters
27. Bowel Needs
28. Nutrition
29. Meeting Nutrition Needs
30. Fluid Needs
31. Measurements
32. Exercise and Activity Needs
33. Comfort and Rest Needs
34. Collecting Specimens
35. Wound Care
36. Pressure Injuries
37. Oxygen Needs
38. Rehabilitation Needs
39. Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems
40. Common Health Problems
41. Mental Health Disorders
42. Confusion and Dementia
43. Emergency Care
44. End-of-Life Care
45. Getting a Job Review Question Answers (on Evolve companion website)
Appendices
A. The Patient Care Partnership – Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilities (on Evolve companion website)
B. National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP®) Written Evaluation Content Outline and Skills Evaluation (on Evolve companion website)
C. Minimum Data Set: Selected Pages (on Evolve companion website)
Glossary
- Edition: 8
- Latest edition
- Published: September 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Leighann Remmert
Affiliations and expertise
Certified Nursing Assistant Instructor, Williamsville, Illinois, USASS
Sheila A. Sorrentino
Affiliations and expertise
Curriculum and Health Care Consultant, USA