Restorative Care: Fundamentals for the Certified Nursing Assistant

By Barbara Acello

Book Overview

This comprehensive text provides the content necessary for training nursing assistants to provide restorative care in long-term care facilities, as required by OBRA law. The content includes measurable objectives and interventions to optimize resident care and to enable facilities to gain maximum reimbursement. This text provides all the information necessary to train nursing assistants in restorative care, as well as, the information required to implement a restorative care training program. It enables the necessary training to advance the certified nursing assistant to the restorative nursing assistant level. Thus, facilities to attain the goal of maintaining or improving residents' conditions. The text focuses on techniques to promote resident involvement, thereby improving resident independence and self-esteem. ALSO AVAILABLE - INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Manual ISBN: 0-8273-8142-5 Computerized Testbank ISBN: 0-7668-1433-5

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827381417
• ISBN13: 9780827381414
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Fabulous Resource

This is a fabulous resource for anyone who is getting into restorative nursing care. I am an RN and I use this book to provide resources for CNA's who are new to restorative care and actually use it from time to time for my own edification.