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Plan for a rewarding career as a nursing assistant Get started in a career that has a promising future and is financially satisfying. Opportunities in Nursing Assistant Careers provides you with a complete overview of the job possibilities, salary figures, and experience required to become a nursing assistant. This career-boosting book will help you: Determine the specialty thats right for you Acquire in-depth knowledge of the nursing assistant profession Find out what kind of salary you can expect Understand the daily routine of your chosen field Focus your job search using industry resources
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Opportunities in Nursing Assistant Careers VGM Opportunities Series
author
:
Fox-Rose, Joan.
publisher
:
NTC Contemporary
isbn10 | asin
:
0844234397
print isbn13
:
9780844234397
ebook isbn13
:
9780071389525
language
:
English
subject
Nurses' aides--Vocational guidance.
publication date
:
2000
lcc
:
RT84.F693 2000eb
ddc
:
610.73/06/98
subject
:
Nurses' aides--Vocational guidance.
Page i
Opportunities In Nursing Assistant Careers
VGM Opportunities Series
Joan Fox-Rose
Foreword by Josephine Kindell, C.N.A. President The National Association of Nursing Assistants
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fox-Rose, Joan. Opportunities in nursing assistant careers / by Joan Fox-Rose. p. cm. (VGM opportunities series) ISBN 0-8442-3431-1 (cl.). ISBN 0-8442-3439-7 (pa.) 1. Nurses' aidesVocational guidance. I. Title. II. Series. RT84.F693 1999 610.73'06'98dc21 99-31861 CIP
Cover photographs: PhotoDlsc, Inc.
Published by VGM Career Horizons A division of NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group, Inc. 4255 West Touhy Avenue, Lincolnwood (Chicago), Illinois 60712-1975 U.S.A. Copyright 2000 by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group, Inc. Printed in the United States of America International Standard Book Numbers: 0-8442-3431-1 (cloth) 0-8442-3439-7 (paper) 99 00 01 02 03 04 MV 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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DEDICATION For Mary M. Macaluso, daughter, best friend, and inspiration and For all nursing assistants, nursing's unsung heroes
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Contents
About the Author
vii
Foreword
viii
Preface
x
Acknowledgments
xi
The Changing Roles of Nursing Assistants
xii
1. Today's Nursing Assistants
1
The demographics of nursing assistant careers. Future work trends. Nursing assistant profile. Professionals and paraprofessionals. Scope of practice. Activity: finding nursing assistant career opportunities. Review questions.
2. Career Benefits
10
Employer benefits. Professional development. Personal development and empowerment issues. Activity: researching employers. Review questions.
3. Career Goals
27
The purpose of a job search. Career aptitude. Working with people. Lifestyle preferences. Activity: career match exercise. Review questions.
4. Health Care Employers
45
Who are the health care employers? Comparison of hospitals. Home health agencies. Hospice care. Nursing homes. Military
Page v
employers. Mental health. Public health. Visiting nurse services. Doctors' offices. Medicare/Medicaid. Health maintenance organizations. Other funding agencies. Federal/state/healthcare guidelines. Legal guidelines. Activity: expanding your research. Review questions.
5. Nursing Departments and Nursing Units
57
Nursing departments. Informational systems in nursing. Nursing assistant job tasks. Nursing department meetings. Quality assurance systems. Quality assurance committees. Nursing assistant job descriptions. Activity: observing nursing assistants at work. Review questions.
6. Patients As People
75
Human growth and development. Cultural differences in people. Patients with special needs. Healthy aging. Patients with infectious diseases. Death and dying. Activities: expanding your perspective. Review questions.
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