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Basic Training Texts and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4Textbooks, workbooks and instructor’s guides for those whotrain frontline staff

Trade Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4For the family caregiver

Gift Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Inspiration for your staff

Long-Term Care Management Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-6Paperbacks for better managing

In-Service Education Workbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7Self-study guides with perforated pages for students

In-Service SourceBooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-10Teaching tools designed for instructors

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• Home Health Aide Education Textbooks

Providing Home Care: A Textbook for Home Health Aides(Second Edition)

Pages: 368

The second edition of Providing Home Care: A Textbook forHome Health Aides, the accompanying workbook, and theinstructor's guide are now available!

The second edition contains new and/or updated informationon:

• HIPAA and how to protect a client's privacy• MRSA and VRE• Care for the client with COPD• Cultural sensitivity• Hip replacement care• Mercury-free thermometers• Disinfection and sterilization• NEW two-step procedure for taking blood pressure

We also condensed and made the anatomy and physiologychapter more basic, added chapter review questions, andupdated the design and many of the illustrations.

Price: $38.95 ea. less discount

Student Workbook for Providing Home Care (Second Edition)

Pages: 160

This workbook is designed to help students review what theyhave learned from reading the textbook. It is organized aroundlearning objectives, which work as a built-in study guide. Aftercompleting the exercises for each learning objective in the

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workbook, students should be able to DO what that learningobjective describes.


Instructor’s Guide for Providing Home Care (Second Edition)

Pages: 406

Your guide to teaching from our textbook. Every chapter con-tains the following elements: an overview of teaching strate-gies; page references for both the textbook and student work-book; teaching outlines for every learning objective; an addi-tional chapter review which may contain case studies, role-playing scenarios, games, discussion questions, and answersto the assessment questions; assessments and teaching toolsfor each chapter; and answers to the student workbook.Price: $69.95 ea. less discount

The Home Health Aide Handbook (Second Edition)

Pages: 232

Now in its second edition, this book is unlike any other hand-book or pocket guide on the market. Not only is it inexpensive,but it’s also full-color, loaded with photos and illustrations!Use it for training and encourage your aides to carry it withthem into the field. Our handbook contains:

• Updated information–the USDA’s MyPyramid, HIPAA, and diseases

• All of the federal requirements for home health aides• Considerable emphasis on observing and reporting• Home care focus boxes• Numerous procedures, emphasizing how they are per-

formed in the home• Care guidelines for specific diseases• Chart of medical and commonly-used abbreviations• Home-care specific tips for housekeeping and cooking• Disaster guidelines• Comprehensive glossary and easy-to-use index, including a

table of where to find procedures• Place to put important names and numbers


• Nursing Assistant Education Textbooks

Reach for the Stars! The Complete Guide to SuccessfulNursing Assistant Care

Pages: 544

This comprehensive textbook to train nursing assistants teach-es all state, federal, and safety requirements. It is beautifullyillustrated and clearly photographed with color tabs for easylocation of material. Organized around learning objectives, it

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contains creative methods to teach care and related observa-tions, ways to promote independence, essential informationon preventing abuse and neglect and chapter-ending materialwhich develops critical thinking, as well as tests the chapter.


Workbook for Successful Nursing Assistant Care

Pages: 144

Designed to help students review what they have learned fromreading the textbook. Organized around learning objectives,each workbook exercise leads the student to the exact sectionof the text to review the item. Contains critical thinking exercis-es, matching, true/false, short answer, fill in the blank, label-ing, and word search activities. Also has procedure checklistsat the end of the workbook.


Instructor’s Guide for Successful Nursing Assistant Care

Pages: 266

Your guide to teaching from our textbook. Every chapter con-tains the following elements: teaching strategies; page refer-ences for both the textbook and student workbook; a chapterreview which may contain case studies, role playing scenarios,games, and discussion questions; assessments and answers;answer key for the student workbook, and answers for each setof chapter-ending questions in the textbook.


The Nursing Assistant’s Handbook (Second Edition)

Pages: 248

New! The 2nd Edition of our best-selling title - The NursingAssistant’s Handbook.

What made us the most widely-adopted, new nursing assistanttextbook in a decade?

AFFORDABLE - a full-color textbook for less than $20BRIEF - focused on required skills and knowledgeBASIC - written for visual learners with very basic reading skills

What’s new in this edition?

We’ve grown a little-but the text is still 10 chapters and only248 pages. The revision includes new and updated informationon HIPAA, nutrition and feeding guidelines, pain manage-ment, infection control, infectious diseases, observing andreporting, medical terminology, Alzheimer’s disease and men-tal illness, as well as updated skills for the certification exam-all in the same brief and focused format. The photographs andillustrations have been updated.

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The textbook remains organized around learning objectives,with an emphasis on Residents’ Rights and preventing abuse.It now contains a glossary with important vocabulary wordsthat students need to know. A new design and color tabs helpwith easy location of material.


Guía de Técnicas para Asistentes de Enfermería (First Edition)

Pages: 206

This Spanish-language textbook is a black and white version ofthe full-color English-language textbook to train nursing assis-tants.

This book has been translated by a native speaker andreviewed by experts in the field who are also native speakers ofSpanish.


Workbook for The Nursing Assistant’s Handbook (SecondEdition)

Pages: 128

The 2nd edition of the Student Workbook to The NursingAssistant’s Handbook is available for under $10!

The workbook is designed to help students review what theyhave learned from reading the textbook. It is organized aroundlearning objectives, which work like a built-in study guide. Andthe 2nd edition of the workbook includes even more multiple-choice questions. To help students prepare for the certificationexam, the workbook contains both a practice exam and a skillschecklist section.


Instructor’s Guide for The Nursing Assistant’s Handbook(Second Edition)

Pages: 268

The Instructor’s Guide is available both in hard-copy form andon a FREE CD. A comprehensive exam is included, as well aschapter-by-chapter assessments. All questions on the compre-hensive exam are in multiple-choice format. Lesson plans,handouts, and transparency masters help the instructor pres-ent material clearly to students. Special exercises and gamesencourage students to think critically about care and agingissues. The Instructor’s Guide on CD also containsMicrosoft® PowerPoint files.







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• Dining Assistant Textbook

NEW! Assisting with Nutrition and Hydration in Long-TermCare (training textbook for dining assistants)

Pages: 112

Assisting with Nutrition and Hydration in Long-Term Careexceeds the new federal guidelines for paid feeding assistants.This textbook also includes tips on how to make your taskssimpler, safer, and more enjoyable for residents. In addition,you’ll find information on:

• The importance of observing and reporting changes in residents

• Encouraging the social aspects of dining• Promoting residents’ right to dignity and independence• Protecting privacy, including HIPAA• Communicating with residents and staff• Handling emergencies• Understanding which residents you can assist• Working with residents who have dementia, sensory

impairments, or who are recovering from a stroke


NEW! Nursing Assistant Care

Pages: 416

Over 6,000 instructors shared their ideas of what would makethe perfect nursing assistant textbook. Nursing Assistant Care isexactly what you asked for—a full-color, up-to-date, affordablebook that meets and exceeds federal and state requirements.Specifically, it contains:

• Beautifully illustrated and clearly photographed with color tabs for easy location of material

• Chapters that are organized around learning objectives and are written at a low reading level

• Creative methods to teach care and related observations, ways to promote independence, and uses icons to point outessential information on preventing abuse and neglect

• Chapter-ending material which develops critical thinking, as well as tests the chapter

• Illnesses and common conditions grouped in one complete chapter, organized by body system

• An entire chapter that focuses on confusion, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease

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• Up-to-date CPR and emergency care sections• A full chapter on mental health and mental illness• Comprehensive information on developmental disabilities• Personal care skills housed within one chapter, as are

nursing skills• Two separate chapters for bowel and urinary elimination

with all related care• Current information on HIPAA and the Patient

Self-Determination Act• Two blood pressure procedures—the one- and two-step

procedures• Updated nutrition information on special diets, thickened

liquids, and a comprehensive section on feeding techniques

And, like all of our textbooks, Nursing Assistant Care is affordable.


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NEW! Workbook for Nursing Assistant Care

Pages: 208

The student workbook features multiple choice, critical think-ing, short answer, true/false and matching exercises. It alsoincludes a certification practice exam.


Instructor’s Guide for Nursing Assistant Care

Pages: 448


Caregiving at Home

Pages: 264

In Caregiving at Home, you will learn:

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• How to adapt a home for safe caregiving• Important skills for self-care and stress management• Tools for holding family meetings, coordinating care, and

managing medication• Tips for communicating with a physician• Step-by-step procedures for assisting with activities of

daily living• Guidelines for caring for people with specific disorders,

such as Alzheimer’s disease• Information on normal changes of aging versus symptoms

to report to a physician• How to take blood pressure and other vital signs• How to transfer and position a frail person• Information on caring for a person who is dying• Special tips on how to observe and take care of a frail

person’s skin• How to avoid falls

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The Gift of the Caregiver

The Gift of the Caregiver is a new gift book for caregivers thatcelebrates who they are and what they do. Topics include: find-ing balance in your life, relationship building, spirituality, fear,anger, forgiveness, professional and personal growth, positiveattitudes, aging, problem solving, and coping elegantly.

This book offers bits of wit and wisdom to nourish andinspire. It is a perfect size to take anywhere and enjoy anytime.

The Gift of the Caregiver is the perfect gift for the caregivers inyour life. Order multiple copies and save even more!


BESTSELLER! For Goodness’ Sake: A Daily Book of Cheer forNurses’ Aides and Others Who Care

Pages: 464

Transform your facility or agency today!

Keep your aides happy and focused! Our best-selling author,Bethany Knight, has written a book that your aides will actuallyuse every day of the year. Not only will they read it on theirown time, but they’ll love it! Within these pages, your aideswill find courage, compassion, humor, dedication, and experi-ence that relates directly to their own jobs and their own livesas caregivers.

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Best of Tips: By Nursing Assistants for Nursing Assistants

This book celebrates the wisdom and humor of CNAs andoffers educational and inspirational tips from experiencedCNAs on resident care, customer service, teamwork, andmuch more.

Tips is a perfect gift for gaining a thorough understanding ofthe incredible work of the Career Nursing Assistant.


Take It to Heart: CNAs’ Solutions to the Staffing Crisis

Pages: 112

From Bethany Knight, best-selling author of For Goodness’Sake: A Daily Book of Cheer for Nurses’ Aides and Others WhoCare, and Lisa Cantrell and Lori Porter, Co-founders of theNational Association for Geriatric Nursing Assistants(NAGNA), comes a new book on attracting and rewardingnursing assistants. Armed with extensive experience, theauthors take an insightful and probing look at the staffing cri-sis in long-term care, and offer valuable suggestions to stopCNA turnover.


Audio Cassette: Take It to Heart: CNAs’ Solutions to theStaffing Crisis

Read by the author, this 60 minute audio cassette excerpts thebest suggestions from CNAs for reinventing the role of ourmost important staff member. Full of ideas that can transformyour workplace, you’ll want to pass the tape around to shareamong your administrative staff.


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From Nurse to Educator: Creating Effective LearningExperiences for Adults

At last—an effective teaching manual to help nurse educators!From Nurse to Educator: Creating Effective Learning Experiencesfor Adults by Lyla Berry, EdD, MA, RN highlights the skills nurs-es need in order to be effective educators.

Nursing professionals involved with teaching need informa-tion concerning adult teaching and learning principles, as wellas how to use those principles in planning, implementing, andpresenting effective adult learning experiences.

This book gives nurse educators the simple teaching toolsneeded to better prepare a new generation of caregivers.


The New Supervisor: Strategies for Supporting and ManagingFrontline Staff

It’s here at last—an excellent guide to assist new and experi-enced supervisors of frontline staff with everyday challenges.The New Supervisor: Strategies for Supporting and ManagingFrontline Staff by Linda LaPointe, MRA identifies the necessarytools for successful supervision of staff.

Supervisors need strategies, ideas, and tools to solve the prob-lems that lead to staff and client dissatisfaction. Supervisorswho learn to lead and support each worker to achieve his orher personal level of self-management have the most success.

The goal of this book is to develop supervisors who utilize thefollowing tools:

• Recognizing values and beliefs related to frontline staff• Separating and refining the roles of manager, supervisor

and leader• Reinforcing strengths of staff• Resolving to keep staff who make a difference in clients’

lives• Increasing the capacity to serve


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In-Service Education Workbook Book 3

Pages: 72

The third installment of our wildly successful In-ServiceEducation Workbook is now available. The In-ServiceEducation Workbook 3 combines packaged readings andassessments into a single self-study workbook for nursingassistants and home health aides!

Here’s the table of contents:

• Caring for the Person with Alzheimer’s Disease• Promoting Dignity for People in Your Care• Caring for the Person with Diabetes• Understanding Restraints and Restraint Alternatives• Preventing Abuse and Neglect• Assisting with Death and Dying• Managing Stress

You assign the readings, utilize the included assessments todocument the learning, and provide the learners with theopportunity for questions and clarification with an RN accord-ing to your state’s regulations. Each page is perforated so itcan be returned to you for credit.

Your staff receives a great learning experience and will trulyappreciate the flexibility self-study allows.

In-Service Education Workbook Book 2

Pages: 72

The second installment of our successful In-Service EducationWorkbook is available.


• Infection Control: Your Role in Stopping Disease Transmission

• Protecting Yourself and Others from Tuberculosis• Using Proper Body Mechanics• Preventing Falls in the Elderly • Preventing Accidents and Injuries• Understanding and Promoting Residents’ and Clients’

Rights• Maintaining Confidentiality

If you have aides who need more hours of in-service educationthan you plan to offer in December, this is a great solution.

In-Service Education Workbook: Book 1

Pages: 96

Do you have aides scrambling to complete their 12 hours ofin-service education before the end of the year?

We can help. Our In-Service Education Workbook includes 16hours of self-study readings and learning activities.


• Establishing Trust Through Communication with the Elderly

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• Back to the Basics of Nutrition • The Keys to Correct Documentation • Preventing Skin Breakdown • Differences in Left- and Right-Sided Strokes • AIDS/OSHA Update• Domestic Violence

“Our textbooks build on a decade of experience publishingin-service programs. No one knows this work like we do.”

— Mark T. Hartman

In-Service Sourcebooks include a site license to photocopy included handouts, assessments, and certificates. All SourceBooks are $34.95 ea. less discount.SourceBook Discounts

Revitalize Required Topics

BESTSELLER! Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions:The New Infection Control System

Pages: 88 Learning Activities/Games: 8Handouts: 20 Transparency Masters: 17

Choose from lesson plans for 7 learning objectives covering:

• The chain of infection • The aide’s role in stopping disease transmission• Body fluids and substances covered in Standard

Precautions • Handwashing• Proper use of PPE• Transmission-Based Precautions • Common diseases transmitted through airborne, droplet,

and contact routes

Working Safely: Body Mechanics in Health Care


Choose from 11 learning objectives covering:

• Common causes of injury • Good body mechanics for positioning, transfers, ADLs,

and ambulation • Adapting the environment • Assisting a falling person • Exercises to improve strength and flexibility• Working with lift equipment

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HOT TOPIC! Bloodborne Diseases: Reducing Your Risks atWork & Standard Precautions Review



• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard• Standard Precautions review• Engineering and work practice controls• Handwashing• Personal protective equipment• Housekeeping practices• Hepatitis B immunizations• HIV, AIDS, HBV, HCV• Understanding your Exposure Control Plan

HOT TOPIC! Tuberculosis Update



• The recent resurgence of TB• Latent vs. active TB• Transmission• Prevention• Testing and medical surveillance• Isolation procedures• PPE use

HOT TOPIC! Protecting Yourself: HIV and AIDS in Health Care

Pages: 85Handouts: 12 Transparency Masters: 33


• Stages of HIV infection and AIDS progression• How HIV is spread• Myths and facts surrounding HIV/AIDS• Standard Precautions and high risk behaviors• HIV testing and statistics for the U.S.

Improve Quality Care

NEW! Home Care Safety



• Key danger areas in the home • Interventions for common hazards in the home• Preventing falls• Ways to make ADLs more manageable• Basic safety, special adaptations, and emergency and

disaster preparation• Elder abuse and neglect • Personal safety guidelines

HOT TOPIC! Caring for the Person with Alzheimer’s or OtherDementias


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• Alzheimer’s and other causes of dementia• Progression of Alzheimer’s disease• Communication with dementia victims• A safe environment for people with dementia• Assisting with personal care and ADLs• Promoting dignity and independence• Creative therapies• Working with family and friends

Caring for Your Geriatric Resident: In-Services Based onHCFA’s Resident Assessment Instrument MDS 2.0 Manual


Based on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s (for-merly HCFA) Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) User’sManual for use by long-term care facilities, this SourceBook isreally a series of in-services aimed at helping caregivers pro-vide the best possible care. While nursing assistants do notdocument on the RAI tool itself, their input is invaluable to themembers of the care plan team who do assess, plan, and doc-ument care. One of our most comprehensive SourceBooks!Choose from 17 learning objectives covering:

• CMS’s MDS Manual• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs• Alzheimer’s disease and dementia• Disruptive behavior as a result of dementia• Causes of impaired vision• Communication with the elderly• Complications related to inactivity• Causes of urinary incontinence• Dealing with angry, agitated behavior• Preventing falls• Malnutrition and dehydration• Dental consults• Preventing pressure sores• Psychotropic medications• Alternatives to restraints• Needs of the dying resident

The Challenge of Dementia: Managing Activities of DailyLiving and Difficult Behaviors in Dementia Victims



• Interventions for incontinence, bathing, dressing and eating• Dealing with hallucinations, delusions, and suspiciousness

or paranoia• Dealing with combative behavior• Interventions for sundowning and inappropriate social or

sexual behavior• How to help with anxiety, depression, or restlessness• Interventions for wandering, pillaging, or hoarding

Responding to the Spiritual and Psychosocial Needs of Thosein Your Care


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• Definitions of “spiritual” and “religious”• Spiritual concerns• Religious symbols• Healthcare and dietary traditions• Spiritual renewal• Ways to help residents meet their different spiritual needs• Basic physical needs• Safety and security needs• Belonging and love needs• Esteem needs• Self-actualization needs• Ways to be supportive of residents’ psychosocial needs

Caring for the Person Recovering from a Hip or KneeReplacement


Divided into two separate sections for each type of care.Choose from 13 learning objectives covering:

• Need for hip replacement• Readiness for hip replacement• Complications from and interventions for hip replacement• Exercises for hip replacement clients• Assistive devices• Safe transferring guidelines• Need for knee replacement• Conditions in which knee replacement is not recommended• Complications from and interventions for knee replacement• Exercises for knee replacement clients

HOT TOPIC! Prevention and Care of Pressure Sores


Aides are the first line of defense in pressure sore prevention.Make certain yours are prepared! Choose from lesson plansfor 10 learning objectives covering:

• Stages, healing factors, early observable phases• Inspecting for skin weakness and breakdown• Complications involving pressure sores• Risk factors that help predict pressure sores• Categories of risk and the care plan for each• Care guidelines for persons with pressure sores• Guidelines from the Agency for Health Care Policy and

Research• Guidelines for foot care• Supportive equipment and positioning in treatment and

prevention• Legal aspects and proper documentation

HOT TOPIC! Preventing Falls in the Elderly



• Current statistics and facts on falling• Risk factors for falling• Normal changes of aging that may lead to falls• Disease processes that may lead to falls

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• Changes in mental status that may lead to falls• Environmental situations that may lead to falls• Possible consequences of falls• How to assess older persons for risk• How to assess and improve home environment• ROM exercises and nutritional status• How to assist a person during and after a fall

Understanding Your Responsibilities: Confidential and Private


The goal of this SourceBook is to familiarize healthcare practi-tioners with the HIPAA mandates that affect bedside care andinformation sharing within any setting. The concepts that formthe backbone of privacy and confidentiality are introduced sothat the healthcare provider can be both proactive in protect-ing the privacy rights of the resident/client and be competentin practicing confidentiality. Choose from 6 learning objectivescovering:

• Concepts concerning confidentiality and privacy• Issues relating to electronic technology and health care• Requirements of HIPAA• Protected Individually Identifiable Health Information

(PIIHI)• Outcomes of a breach of confidentiality• Proper response of the healthcare worker

Mothers and Newborns


A thorough and refreshing discussion of how to care for newmothers and their infants. Choose from 13 learning objectivescovering:

• Risk factors for premature delivery and the aide’s role in prolonging pregnancy

• The difference between normal and premature infants • Parental education and the aide's role • Creating a safe home environment • Signs and symptoms to observe and document • Emotional needs, problems, and solutions for baby and mom• Special procedures and safety guidelines for baby and mom • Mother-child bonding and helping the family adjust to a

new baby

Preserving Dignity for People in Your Care



• Defining dignity• Reasons to treat residents with dignity• Interaction between dignity and caregiving• Ways to talk respectfully to residents• Maintaining dignity while providing personal care• Personal belongings• Dying people and their families• Responding when residents don’t treat staff with dignity

Your Role in Promoting Proper Nutrition


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• Process of nutrition• Dietary Guidelines for Americans• Food Guide Pyramid• Commonly prescribed special diets• Fluid management• Important observations• Physical signs of poor nutrition• The food label• Safe food handling and storage

Includes special lessons and handouts for both long-term andhome care.

Caring for the Person Recovering from Stroke



• Major causes of stroke and symptoms• Symptoms of TIA, left and right brain injuries• Interventions for aphasia, dysarthria, dysphagia, one-sided

neglect, and emotional lability• Promoting safety and independence during transfers

Providing Continuity of Care: Death, Dying and Grief



• Cultural and spiritual considerations of death and dying• Life review needs of the elderly• Signs of dying and caring for the dying• Guidelines for postmortem care• Goals of hospice• Advance Directives• Grief• Supportive measures for the caregiver

Caring from the Heart: AIDS and the Caregiver

Pages: 266Handouts: 37 Transparency Masters: 124

A holistic approach to caring for someone with AIDS. This isour most comprehensive SourceBook. Covers issues concern-ing the disease process, general care guidelines, nutrition,emotional and mental problems, grief and dying, a caregiver’sguide to coping with AIDS, and much more! Each section maybe taught as a separate in-service.

Make Teams Work

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• Verbal and nonverbal communication • Establishing trust• Using touch to communicate • Communicating with the elderly• Communicating with the hearing, vision, and speech

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• How humor can lessen stress• Positive coping skills to manage stress

Stop Abuse

HOT TOPIC! Preventing Abuse and Neglect in Health Care



• Signs of abuse and neglect• Vulnerable populations • Factors that increase caregiver stress • The aide’s role in dealing with abuse or neglect• How aides can help prevent or stop abuse or neglect

Substance Abuse and Misuse in the Older Adult



• Understanding how abuse and misuse occur• Signs and symptoms• Over-the-counter medications• Interactions between alcohol and medications• Interactions between prescribed medications• How nicotine and caffeine influence medication

effectiveness• Psychosocial, health, and psychological factors that affect

substance abuse and misuse• Methods of treatment and corrective actions

Though this SourceBook was originally presented to homehealth aides, it contains adequate depth to benefit licensedstaff as well.

Workplace Violence: Prevention and Management ofAggressive Behavior



• Cycle of aggression• Reasons for aggressive or violent behavior• Legal and ethical issues• Assessing the situation and therapeutic interventions• Interventions for verbal and physical aggression• Concerns about restraints• Debriefing or cooling down

Recognizing Domestic Violence: A Guide for Caregivers



• Signs of domestic violence among adult and child victims• The cycle of violence and factors contributing to homicide

potential• Why domestic violence is often not reported• The aide’s role in dealing with domestic violence

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impaired• Care plan as a form of communication• Observable changes to report• Leaving a proper telephone message

BESTSELLER! The Importance of Observation andDocumentation



• The aide’s role in documentation• Common documentation forms• Confidentiality and legal aspects of documentation• Reasons for careful documentation• Basic observation skills• Signs and symptoms to observe• Important guidelines to follow• Spelling, grammar, and common abbreviations• Incident reporting and recording

HOT TOPIC! Customer Service from A to Z: Making theConnection



• Appearance, behavior, and conversation• Internal and external customers• Active listening and seeking to understand the customer• Dealing with families in pain• Goals, humor, rewards, and recognition• Confidentiality issues, including case scenarios• Fighting those stress dragons• Teamwork and bringing joy to the workplace

Who Cares for the Caregiver? Learning to Take Care of YourselfWhile Caring for Others


Improve aide morale! Dedicate an in-service to their well-being. Choose from lesson plans for 11 learning objectivescovering:

• Setting limits• Identifying stressors• Managing stressful situations• The nurturing personality• Avoiding burnout• Improving communication with coworkers and

clients/residents

Success Over Stress



• The stress reaction• Effects of stress on the body• Benefits of a good diet and regular exercise• Stretching exercises to relieve tension

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Hartman Publishing Price ListBasic Training Texts and References• Providing Home Care: A Textbook for Home Health Aides (SecondEdition)

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______ Instructor’s Guide - $69.95

• The Home Health Aide Handbook (Second Edition)

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• Reach for the Stars! The Complete Guide to Successful NursingAssistant Care

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• The Nursing Assistant’s Handbook (Second Edition)

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______ BESTSELLER! For Goodness’ Sake: A Daily Book of Cheer for Nurses’ Aides and Others Who Care - $12.95

______ Best of Tips: By Nursing Assistants for Nursing Assistants - $7.00

Long-Term Care Management Series

______ Take It to Heart: CNAs’ Solutions to the Staffing Crisis - $12.95 ea. less discount

______ Audio Cassette: Take It to Heart: CNAs’ Solutions to the Staffing Crisis - $12.95 ea. less discount

______ Take It to Heart: CNAs’ Solutions to the Staffing Crisis Book and Audio - $19.99

______ From Nurse to Educator: Creating Effective Learning Experiences for Adults - $18.00 ea. less discount

______ The New Supervisor: Strategies for Supporting and Managing Frontline Staff - $18.00 ea. less discount

In-Service WorkbooksPrice: $49.50 for a package of 10 workbooksSample copy available for $4.95.

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______ BESTSELLER! Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions: The New Infection Control System

______ Working Safely: Body Mechanics in Health Care

______ HOT TOPIC! Bloodborne Diseases: Reducing Your Risks at Work & Standard Precautions Review

______ HOT TOPIC! Tuberculosis Update

______ HOT TOPIC! Protecting Yourself: HIV and AIDS in Health Care

• Improve Quality Care

______ NEW! Home Care Safety

______ HOT TOPIC! Caring for the Person with Alzheimer’s or Other Dementias

______ Caring for Your Geriatric Resident: In-Services Based on HCFA’s Resident Assessment Instrument MDS 2.0 Manual

______ The Challenge of Dementia: Managing Activities of Daily Living and Difficult Behaviors in Dementia Victims

______ Responding to the Spiritual and Psychosocial Needs of Those in Your Care

______ Caring for the Person Recovering from a Hip or Knee Replacement

______ HOT TOPIC! Prevention and Care of Pressure Sores

______ HOT TOPIC! Preventing Falls in the Elderly

______ Understanding Your Responsibilities: Confidential and Private

______ Mothers and Newborns

______ Preserving Dignity for People in Your Care

______ Your Role in Promoting Proper Nutrition

______ Caring for the Person Recovering from Stroke

______ Providing Continuity of Care: Death, Dying and Grief

______ Caring from the Heart: AIDS and the Caregiver

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______ BESTSELLER! Improving Communication Skills for Better Care

______ BESTSELLER! The Importance of Observation and Documentation

______ HOT TOPIC! Customer Service from A to Z: Making the Connection

______ Who Cares for the Caregiver? Learning to Take Care of Yourself While Caring for Others

______ Success Over Stress

• Stop Abuse

______ HOT TOPIC! Preventing Abuse and Neglect in Health Care

______ Substance Abuse and Misuse in the Older Adult

______ Workplace Violence: Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behavior

______ Recognizing Domestic Violence: A Guide for Caregivers

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