Chapter 1

The Nursing Assistant in Long-Term Care

1. Compare long-term care to other healthcare settings
2. Describe a typical long-term care facility
3. Explain Medicare and Medicaid
4. Describe the nursing assistant’s role
5. Describe the care team and the chain of command
6. Define policies, procedures, and professionalism
7. List examples of legal and ethical behavior and explain Residents’ Rights
8. Explain legal aspects of the resident’s medical record
9. Explain the Minimum Data Set (MDS)
10. Discuss incident reports

Chapter 2

Foundations of Resident Care

1. Understand the importance of verbal and written communications
2. Describe barriers to communication
3. List guidelines for communicating with residents with special needs
4. Identify ways to promote safety and handle non-medical emergencies
5. Demonstrate how to recognize and respond to medical emergencies
6. Describe and demonstrate infection prevention and control practices

Chapter 3

Understanding Residents

1. Identify basic human needs
2. Define holistic care
3. Explain why promoting independence and self-care is important
4. Identify ways to accommodate cultural differences
5. Describe the need for activity
6. Discuss family roles and their significance in health care
7. Describe the stages of human growth and development
8. Discuss developmental disabilities
9. Describe some types of mental health disorders
10. Explain how to care for residents who are dying
11. Define the goals of a hospice program

Chapter 4

Body Systems and Related Conditions

1. Describe the integumentary system
2. Describe the musculoskeletal system and related conditions
3. Describe the nervous system and related conditions
4. Describe the circulatory system and related conditions
5. Describe the respiratory system and related conditions
6. Describe the urinary system and related conditions
7. Describe the gastrointestinal system and related conditions
8. Describe the endocrine system and related conditions
9. Describe the reproductive system and related conditions
10. Describe the immune and lymphatic systems and related conditions

Chapter 5 

Confusion, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease

1. Discuss confusion and delirium
2. Describe dementia and discuss Alzheimer’s disease
3. List strategies for better communication with residents with Alzheimer’s disease
4. List and describe interventions for problems with common activities of daily living (ADLs)
5. List and describe interventions for common difficult behaviors related to Alzheimer’s

disease

6. Describe creative therapies for residents with Alzheimer’s disease

Chapter 6 

Personal Care Skills

1. Explain personal care of residents
2. Identify guidelines for providing skin care and preventing pressure injuries
3. Describe guidelines for assisting with bathing
4. Describe guidelines for assisting with grooming
5. List guidelines for assisting with dressing
6. Identify guidelines for proper oral hygiene
7. Explain guidelines for assisting with toileting
8. Explain guidelines for safely positioning and moving residents

Chapter 7

Basic Nursing Skills

1. Explain admission, transfer, and discharge of a resident
2. Explain the importance of monitoring vital signs
3. Explain how to measure weight and height
4. Explain restraints and how to promote a restraint-free environment
5. Define fluid balance and explain intake and output (I&O)
6. Explain care guidelines for urinary catheters, oxygen therapy, and IV therapy
7. Discuss a resident’s unit and related care
8. Explain the importance of sleep and perform proper bed making
9. Discuss dressings and bandages

Chapter 8

Nutrition and Hydration

1. Identify the six basic nutrients and explain MyPlate
2. Describe factors that influence food preferences
3. Explain special diets
4. Describe how to assist residents in maintaining fluid balance
5. List ways to identify and prevent unintended weight loss
6. Identify ways to promote appetites at mealtime
7. Demonstrate how to assist with eating
8. Identify signs and symptoms of swallowing problems
9. Describe how to assist residents with special needs

Chapter 9

Rehabilitation and Restorative Care

1. Discuss rehabilitation and restorative care
2. Describe the importance of promoting independence and list ways exercise improves

health

3. Discuss ambulation and describe assistive devices and equipment
4. Explain guidelines for maintaining proper body alignment
5. Describe care guidelines for prosthetic devices
6. Describe how to assist with range of motion exercises
7. List guidelines for assisting with bladder and bowel retraining

Chapter 10

Caring for Yourself

1. Describe how to find a job
2. Describe a standard job description and explain how to manage time and assignments
3. Discuss how to manage and resolve conflict
4. Describe employee evaluations and discuss appropriate responses to feedback
5. Discuss certification and explain the state’s registry
6. Describe continuing education
7. Explain ways to manage stress