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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer

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LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer

Issue 51, December 28, 2005

Issue 50, December 21, 2005

Issue 49, December 14, 2005

Issue 48, December 7, 2005

Issue 47, November 30, 2005

Issue 46, November 16, 2005

  • ARTHRITIC CONDITIONS

    CNAs do a lot of heavy lifting in the course of their days and may sometimes experience arthritic...

Issue 45, November 10, 2005

Issue 44, November 3, 2005

Issue 43, October 27, 2005

Issue 42, October 20, 2005

Issue 41, October 13, 2005

Issue 40, October 6, 2005

Issue 39, September 29, 2005

Issue 38, September 22, 2005

Issue 37, September 15, 2005

Issue 36, September 8, 2005

Issue 35, September 1, 2005

Issue 34, August 25, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

Issue 33, August 18, 2005

Issue 32, August 11, 2005

Issue 31, August 4, 2005

Issue 30, July 28, 2005

Issue 27, July 7, 2005

Issue 26, June 30, 2005

Issue 25, June 23, 2005

Issue 24, June 16, 2005

  • End-of-life terms

    Thanks to advances in medical technology and changing societal norms, more and more people choose...

Issue 23, June 9, 2005

  • The effects of aging

    Since 1900, the average life expectancy in the United States has nearly doubled. With good genes...

Issue 22, June 2, 2005

  • Hypertension--Part I

    Hypertension, another name for high blood pressure, affects about one out of every six people in...

Issue 20, May 19, 2005

  • Diarrhea solutions

    Diarrhea is the rapid movement of fecal matter through the intestines, resulting in the frequent...

Issue 19, May 13, 2005

Issue 18, May 5, 2005

  • Resident self-identity

    Next to loss of privacy, one of the most frequent complaints about being a nursing home resident is...

Issue 17, April 22, 2005

Issue 15, April 14, 2005

  • Special diets

    Our topic today is special diets. We will look at why special diets are ordered and how they can...

Issue 14, April 6, 2005

  • Ethics

    Ethics are a set of principles based on what is right or wrong. Having ethics is a very important...

Issue 13, March 30, 2005

  • Bag bath

    Bathing residents is an important, and sometimes challenging, part of CNAs' jobs. Residents need to...

Issue 12, March 23, 2005

  • Aggression

    Aggressive residents are a large source of staff frustration and burnout.

Issue 11, March 16, 2005

  • Cleaning aging skin

    Bathing is a highly personal routine, which develops over an individual's lifetime and is based on...

Issue 10, March 9, 2005

Issue 9, March 4, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

  • Asthma

    Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory lung condition that causes people to have irregularly spaced...

Issue 8, February 23, 2005

  • Hiatal hernia

    A hernia is a rupture that allows an organ or tissues to protrude through the wall surrounding it.

Issue 7, February 17, 2005

Issue 6, February 10, 2005

  • Cirrhosis

    Cirrhosis is a disease that affects the liver and its functions. It's one of top ten leading causes...

Issue 5, February 2, 2005

  • Depression: Part III

    In the previous two editions of LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer, we've explored signs and symptoms...

Issue 4, January 26, 2005

  • Depression: Part II

    Depression is an illness just like diabetes or heart disease. It is not "all in your head."

Issue 3, January 20, 2005

  • Depression: Part I

    Depression is a disease that involves chemical changes in the brain and impacts the entire body...

Issue 2, January 12, 2005

Issue 1, January 5, 2005

Issue 29, July 21, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE