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CNA Certified Nursing Assistant Exam Cram   Linda Whitenton Marty Walker   Succeed with topical reviews, practice exams, and preparation tools   ·        Covers exactly what you need to know to score higher on your CNA exam ·        More than 150 sample test questions help you gain confidence and decide when you’re ready to take the actual exam ·        Simplifies key nursing assistant concepts and techniques for easy learning ·        Includes popular Cram Sheet tearcard to help you remember key concepts and do extra last-minute studying ·        Exam Alerts identify important information found on the exam   Written by Leading Experts!   Score Higher on the CNA Exam! The CD features an adaptive test engine, giving you an effective tool to assess your readiness for the CNA exam. Key features include ·        Detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers ·        Multiple test modes ·        Random questions and order of answers ·        Coverage of all CNA topic categories  

Amazon Sales Rank: #8686 in Books Published on: 2009-10-29 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: .57" h x 7.04" w x 9.08" l, .88 pounds Binding: Paperback 216 pages

About the Author Marty Walker has practiced nursing for the past 30 years at the vocational nursing level as a registered nurse, and at the master’s level. Marty began her nursing career as a licensed practical nurse, receiving her vocational education certificate from Atlantic Vocational School in Pompano Beach, Florida in 1979. In 1982, she earned the associate degree in nursing from Broward Community College in Davie, Florida. She worked for more than 10 years as a staff nurse in telemetry, critical care, and emergency nursing before completing a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Florida International University in Miami, Florida. In 1995, she began teaching medical-surgical nursing at Ivy Tech State College in Sellersburg, Indiana.   After relocating to Miami, Marty accepted a position as Nurse Clinical Educator for three cardiac units at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She attained a Master’s in Nursing Science in Nursing Education from Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida in 2003. Marty’s love of teaching led her to Mercy Hospital’s School of Practical Nursing, along with adjunct teaching positions at Florida International University and Barry University. In Miami, Marty added pediatrics to her teaching expertise. She taught medical-surgical nursing for a short time at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Florida before accepting a full-time associate professor position at Northwest Florida State College, where she currently teaches in the RN-BSN program as well as the associate degree nursing program. Marty’s expertise also includes test construction. She has led the faculty at NWF State College in improving the success rates of students enrolled in the program as well as their success on the NCLEX-RN. Marty’s versatility extends to her clinical practice as she has recently completed the family nurse practitioner certificate program at The University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. Marty volunteers as a clinic nurse and the director of nursing services for the Crossroads Medical Center Clinic in Valparaiso, Florida.   Linda Whitenton began a 38-year nursing career in 1967 as a nursing assistant in Paducah, Kentucky. Following her graduation from Murray State University’s BSN program in 1970, she practiced in mental health, pediatrics, and medical-surgical nursing. Teaching nursing assistants, emergency medical technicians, and unit secretaries in a Mississippi hospital cemented her love for teaching in her role as a hospital in-service education director in the early 1970s. She accepted her first teaching position at Northeast Mississippi Community College in 1975. While at NEMC, she taught fundamentals, medical-surgical nursing, management, and psychiatric nursing and served as assistant director and director of the program for seven years. In 1977, Linda earned her master’s of science degree in nursing at the Mississippi University for Women, which also afforded her the family nurse clinician credential. In 1987, she relocated to Florida and accepted a position as associate director of nursing for the associate degree nursing program at St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg. While at SPC, she designed curriculum for more than 1,000 employees of the Pinellas County EMS, taught LPN transitional students at night, and practiced part time at the Bayfront Medical Center Trauma Center.   During her 27 years of teaching, Linda continued to practice in emergency nursing, urological nursing, and as a nurse clinician. Linda also earned 30 hours of post-masters work in anthropology and educational psychology. In 2004, she returned to clinical practice as the director of nursing/vice president for a Mississippi community hospital. While there, she received a national award for outstanding nursing leadership. She returned to Florida in 2000 to design and direct a new AD nursing program for Northwest Florida State College, formerly Okaloosa-Walton College, the first of five health programs now in place at the college. For the past three years, Linda has served as associate dean of Health Technology, adding administrative oversight for the health programs she launched during her eight-year tenure at NWFSC. She recently retired from the college, receiving the honor of Emeritus Associate Dean and Director of Nursing. Since the early 1990s, Linda has worked with Rinehart and Associates Nursing Review, a nurse-owned company that offers review courses for graduates preparing for their examination to become licensed RNs or LPNs. Linda is a Certified Nurse Educator, CNE, and a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society.  

Most helpful customer reviews 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. CNA Exam Prep By L. Pasternack My niece got her certification the first time she took the exam with the help of this book. Excellent and well worth it. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. One of the better review books. By MeLissa The book is really concise. Less fluff is good when you're short on time. Each chapter has 10 review questions with rationales so I found it really helpful to go through the book only twice to be comfortable. I recommend it as a refresher course and as a hardcore study tool because it covers many different topics for the CNA exam. I haven't found any mistakes in rationales or typos like other books either. 9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. CNA Certified Nursing Assistant Exam Cram By Meme I am a retired nurse and I wanted to have my granddaughter start studying before her classes officially started a month away. This is a great book to get a start on abbreviations, healthfield words and meanings, and pictures of positions and equipment used in the care of the ill. The test questions really got her thinking and made my role very easy. Thanks for all the future students who will have success by studying this book also. Gram See all 18 customer reviews...

In this book, Dr. Vishup, in a calming and reassuring voice, teaches the reader the psychological coping skills needed to deal successfully with medical school. There are chapters on a broad variety of topics including building a caring support network; maintaining a sense of individuation and identity; dealing with guilt, anger, and depression; and making full use of intuition and creativity. Above all, this is a practical book, for almost every chapter contains psychological exercises that allow the reader to put the insights Dr. Vishup offers into practice immediately.

Amazon Sales Rank: #3058665 in Books Published on: 1985-01-01 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: .49" h x 6.07" w x 9.16" l, .55 pounds Binding: Paperback 150 pages

Most helpful customer reviews 15 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Not worth it!! By A Customer This book is not really helpful to the average first year medical student trying to get by. It consists of lots of silly activities that you don't even have time to think about as a first year. I had to dig through this book to find anything interesting or useful about coping in medical school. It is not a practical book. If you really want help coping in medical school, take a few nights off a week and go out with friends! The book by the princeton review is much more interesting. See all 1 customer reviews...

The personal statement is the single most important part of a graduate school application, and yet very few applicants know how to write one that will gain them admittance to the program of their choice. The third edition of this highly successful book can change all that by showing readers numerous ways to greatly improve their essays.

Amazon Sales Rank: #102348 in Books Published on: 1997-07-17 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Binding: Paperback 142 pages Over 50,000 Copies Sold! How to start, what to include, and what you should never say! Personal statement samples that worked at the most competitive schools! What most admission directors look for!

Most helpful customer reviews 73 of 75 people found the following review helpful. Nothing Magical, but serves its purpose By A Customer Like just about everyone else that would purchase this book, I bought it to try to get a sense of what the 'personal statement' is supposed to be all about for a graduate school application. It accomplishes its goal. However, I found it very repetitive. The book is divided into three sections. Section one is simply and introduction, section two contains sample essays. Section three contains interviews of Directors of Admissions of (mainly) MBA, Law and Medical Schools, although there is also one or two from other professional graduate programs. Section Two's essays was probably the most helpful as they helped me overcome my writer's block. Section Three said the same thing over and over again - 1. Dont's send "And that's why I want to go to Harvard..." essays to Yale.2. Spell-check and edit thoroughly for readability and grammar3. Follow the page-limits stated4. Personalize it, be natural, make it interesting, and don't write the same generic essay for all schools or try to give the admissions people what you think they are looking for.5. The essays are important and are read by at least three people evaluating the applications.As noted above, I haven't given anything away - the most useful part of the book are the sample essays that illustrate these points. As I read them, I started the process of self-examination which is what the admissions people what to see you doing in this essay. In short, it helps get your creative 'juices' flowing to overcome the writer's block that inevitably accompanies the task of writing these things. I can't compare this to other books of the same variety, but I can say that I was satisfied with this book, and can't imagine that any other book could say something this one dosen't. 31 of 31 people found the following review helpful. Good for MBA essays not for general graduate essays By A Customer This book seems to be most useful for MBA program essays. It lacks information about general graduate school essays, in particular the sciences and humanities. I was a bit disappointed that it focused so intently on business, law, and medical school essays while touting to be a book for graduate school as well. 21 of 22 people found the following review helpful. For about 1 percent of Applicants, if that By CAVEMAN The two stars go in honor of the questions asked early in the book, which do suggest many useful things to include in your statement. Very quickly, however, the book takes a one-way street that only the extreme cases can follow. The example essays include people who have escaped the communist regime of Cuba, been haunted by the Russian KGB, lived in a car, and an Olympic Skier. If you do have an extreme tear-jerker for the academy, buy this book--but that is the only style of essay discussed. If you happen to be among the average applicants, though, and you trying to get an edge, this may not be the right place to look. I am applying to Public Health school, and found more useful info in a book on getting into Law schools. I would suggest checking out the Degree of Difference Series over this book. See all 22 customer reviews...

A must-read for nursing professionals, Bedlam Among the Bedpans: Humor in Nursing, includes over 100 of the funniest and most creative stories about nursing collected from nursing journals, books, and the internet that highlight the humor in the situations nurses face every day. Inspired by the experiences of real nurses, the stories relate situations with insights that only nurses who have "been there" in the field could have.Includes some of the best pieces of creative and humorous writing published in the past 20 years.Stories that help nurses see the humor in challenging situations they encounter every day.Funny cartoons and illustrations that add even more humor to the book.Compiled by an academic librarian, this book includes a carefully chosen and well-rounded collection of entertaining stories.

Amazon Sales Rank: #332837 in Books Published on: 2006-08-31 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: .45" h x 6.10" w x 9.02" l, .55 pounds Binding: Paperback 176 pages

Most helpful customer reviews 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Medical Mirth: Just What the Doctor Ordered By Allen Klein If you are a stressed-out healthcare worker you will want to buy this book.Every page will give you some stress relief through laughter. From thefunny things nurses do to the funny things patients say, this book reallyproves that laughter is the best medicine. Cartoons and illustrationsenhance this nurses' laugh fest.For more on the power of humor, also check out The Healing Power ofHumor, and, The Courage to Laugh. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. fun read By roasty toasty I am in nursing school, and this book was recommended to me by a friend. It is such a funny read, and anyone in the medical field can appreciate the humor, and defintally relate to them.Good read 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Nice read By Sherry C. Saladrigas Enjoyed the humor , a cute and funny book. I will look at nurses in a totally different light from now on. See all 4 customer reviews...

Unlike any other care plan book on the market, this resource contains selected care plans for pediatric, maternity, and psychiatric nursing in addition to medical-surgical nursing care plans for adult care. This is the only care planning resource that allows you to use one book throughout your nursing curriculum. Color-coded medical-surgical, maternity, pediatric, and psychiatric sections help you quickly find each content area while giving the book a full-color look and feel.Clinical experts update each subject area to ensure the most current, accurate, and clinically relevant content available.Each care plan employs a consistent format of Overview/Pathophysiology, Health Care Setting, Assessment, Diagnostic Tests, Nursing Diagnoses, Desired Outcomes, Interventions with Rationales, and Patient-Family Teaching and Discharge Planning.An open and attractive two-color design facilitates quick and easy retrieval of information.Nursing interventions and rationales are listed in a clear two-column format to make the information more accessible.Related NIC intervention and NOC outcome labels are listed for each nursing diagnosis.The Patient-Family Teaching and Discharge Planning section highlights key patient education topics and list resources for further information.Health Care Setting is specified for each care plan, since different conditions are treated in various settings such as hospital, primary care, long-term care facility, community, and home care.Outcome criteria with specific timelines enable nurses to set realistic goals for nursing outcomes and provide quality, cost-effective care.Detailed rationales for each nursing intervention help you to apply concepts to clinical practice.Includes the most recent NANDA Taxonomy II nursing diagnoses.Separate care plans on Pain and Palliative and End-of-Life Care focus on palliative care for patients with terminal illnesses, as well as relief of acute and chronic pain.A new "Overview/Pathophysiology" heading helps you easily locate this key content.Nursing diagnoses listed in order of importance/physiologic need helps you learn about prioritization.All content has been thoroughly updated to cover the latest clinical developments, including the most recent JNC7 hypertension guidelines, the latest breast cancer screening and treatment information, revised cholesterol parameters, new drug therapies, and much more.Patient teaching content and abbreviations have been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest JCAHO guidelines.Expanded and clarified rationales help you understand each intervention more clearly.

Amazon Sales Rank: #10293 in Books Published on: 2007-10-01 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: .4 pounds Binding: Paperback 862 pages

Most helpful customer reviews 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. BEST CARE PLAN BOOK EVER!!! By Kristens Amazon If anyone has had as much difficulty finding the perfect book as I have, they know whats up. So I literally spent 20 hours of research searching for the PERFECT care plan book. After my exhaustive study, I found this little dream of a book!! So why this one?? I chose this book because it gives you EVERYTHING you need to create an A+++ care plan. It includes disease processes, the nursing diagnosis related to the said medical condition, outcomes, and the best part- it includes both interventions with ALL the scientific rationales in an easy to read and fluent manner that makes writing up those dreaded care plans a breeze!! I would strongly recommend this book due to it's all inclusive style and really mean it when I say "This is the best care plan book ever". I bought the 2nd edition which was way cheaper than the newer version for pennies on the dollar and it is just as good as the one's my friends bought for $50 dollars. It's a must have and can be used for all area's of study as it includes Med Surg, Psych, Peds, and OB sections, so you can literally use it all through school!! I am thrilled and I usually don't leave reviews but I hope you take my word that this book is a MUST HAVE!! :)K.C.BSN Student 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Content of book By Amanda This Nursing Care Plan book sucks. I bought this because the reviews were good but I have no idea why! There are limited care plans in here. I thought there would be a wide aray but that's not the case. The diagnoses I had to do weren't even in here for the particular disease process. A better recommendation is "A nursing handbook" by Betty Ackley & Gail Ladwig (8th edition) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Great for nursing students! By A. Powell This book is fantastic for nursing students. In one volume, you have a resource for med/surg, peds, L&D and psych care plans. This makes it an economical and well-rounded textbook choice. The text is well organized and accessible. Each of the four major sections highlights specific medical diagnoses, with information about the pathophysiology of the diagnosis. It details appropriate nursing diagnoses associated with each of the medical diagnoses and includes a wealth of patient education, interventions, important assessments and tests based on the latest evidence-based practice. It also includes measurable outcomes! The book is easy to use. The color coding is simple. The index is complete. And it includes NIC and NOC outcomes and uses NANDA terminology. This book helped me create successful care plans as well as allowing me to more easily carry theory into my clinical practice as a nursing student. I highly recommend it as a resource. See all 30 customer reviews...

High Fidelity Patient Simulation in Nursing Education is a comprehensive guide to developing and implementing a high-fidelity patient simulation in a clinical setting. It is a necessary primer for administrators and nursing programs starting out with this technology. It includes examples for setting up a simulator program for nurses, developing and implementing this technology into particular clinical and laboratory courses, and setting up refresher courses in hospital settings. The text also features appendices and case scenarios.

Amazon Sales Rank: #726860 in Books Published on: 2009-05-14 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 1.00" h x 5.90" w x 8.90" l, 1.40 pounds Binding: Paperback 472 pages

Most helpful customer reviews 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. mary's review By Mary Boyd I was disapointed. I was sure that it would have more specific information about simulation and some pictures. 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. High fidelity patient simulation in nursing education By R Rahim Is a compehensive book with all important aspects of patient simulation in nursing education. Worth buying and is really useful for my study. The book was safely received two days earlier, excellent service. Tqsm 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. High-Fidelity Patient Simulation in Nusing Education By jose The service was excellent. I received the book before the listed date. Although the book was used, it was in perfect condition.Good job.Thank youJose Guitian See all 3 customer reviews...

Award-winning quick reference provides the latest information on the prevention and management of infectious diseases. Presented in an easy-to-use format, this must-have guide provides content from the premier AAP source of information on infectious diseases, Red Book®; quick reference fact sheets on more than 50 common infectious diseases and symptoms that occur in children in group settings; easy-to-read explanations on how infectious diseases spread; strategies for limiting the spread of infection; when exclusion is and is not indicated; guidance about which situations require immediate help; immunization schedules; ready-to-use sample letters and forms for parents or referrals; important updates on influenza, diarrhea, and pinkeye; new, expanded section on outbreaks, epidemics, and other infectious disease emergencies; new prevention-oriented Quick Reference Sheets—”What Families Can Do to Reduce Illness from Infection in Child Care and Schools,” "What Education Program Staff Can Do to Reduce Illness from Infection in Child Care and Schools,” "Hand Hygiene,” and "Diaper Changing”; and new infectious disease Quick Reference Sheets—Boil/Abscess/Cellulitis; Dental Caries (Early Childhood Caries); Fever; MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus); Mouth Sores; Sty; Thrush (Candidiasis); Vomiting; and Yeast Diaper Rash (Candidiasis).

Amazon Sales Rank: #132701 in Books Published on: 2008-09-01 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: .50" h x 8.70" w x 10.70" l, 1.54 pounds Binding: Spiral-bound 196 pages

Most helpful customer reviews 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Will use frequently By Preschool This book gives information on the symptoms, how to control the disease, when to send the children home, and when to allow them to come back. It also gives sample letters and forms for parents. I'm sure it will be very helpful. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great Book By M. C. Olp Wonderful color pictures and great information to read. I have used it to give teachers and parents information on many condition and how to control/pervent spreading. It is easy to understand information, nothing overly medical so parents and teacher can understand it without needing a medical dictionary close by. 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. good resource for child care programs By S. Pavelko This is a very good resource for our child care center. We see lots of rashes and other illness and this book helps us talk to parents about signs and symptoms. My only issue with the book is that pictures generally show extreme conditions and often we see the beginning of something. We don't try to diagnose, that's the job of the peditrician, but the book is good for narrowing down our suspicions. This book is on my desk and used multiple times during the week by all the teachers. See all 5 customer reviews...