Mosby's Textbook for Medication Assistants

• Step-by-step procedures
are divided into manageable segments, with instructions for each skill.
• Clear, easy-to-read writing style makes it easy to understand what you’ve read.
• Documentation reporting and recording is discussed for each drug.
• Focus on Communication boxes suggest what to say and questions to ask when interacting with patients, residents, family, and nursing staff.
• Focus on Older Person boxes provide age-specific considerations when administering drugs to older patients.
• Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes highlight safe guidelines for administering drugs.
• Delegation Guidelines call out the information the aide should obtain from the nurse and the care plan for delegated tasks.
• Chapter Review Questions at the end of each chapter help you evaluate your comprehension.
• Arithmetic Review in the appendix covers the basic math skills you need for calculating and checking medication dosages.
• Key Terms are defined at the beginning of each chapter to help you understand key terminology.

Students in Medication Assistant programs (over 750 programs, with an estimated annual enrollment of 30,000 [4 starts/year])