Hartman’s Nursing Assistant Care: Long-Term Care, 6th Edition
2026 RELEASE
The 6th edition of Hartman Publishing’s most comprehensive nursing assistant training textbook includes information about long-term care, as well as some material about subacute and acute care. This edition contains the following:
| | In-depth information on resident rights, including instructional boxes throughout on promoting independence and newly expanded material on preventing abuse and neglect |
| | New information on sickle cell disease and related therapies, concussion and traumatic brain injury, point-of-care testing, DVT and pulmonary embolism, and workplace safety |
| | Up-to-date, comprehensive material on infection prevention, including new information about Enhanced Barrier Precautions |
| | Many new photos and more website resources |
| | Expanded coverage of medical terminology |
| | Material on anatomy and physiology with an emphasis on normal changes of aging and the importance of observing and reporting |
| | Updated nutrition information on special diets, ultra processed foods, and texture-modified foods for residents with dysphagia |
| | Current information on legal issues such as HIPAA, the Patient Self-Determination Act, the Elder Justice Act, and advance directives and related medical orders |
| | One chapter containing subacute and acute care information, including preoperative and postoperative care, types of surgery and anesthesia, as well as mechanical ventilation, chest tubes, and artificial airways |
| | Chapter-ending material that develops critical thinking and tests chapter comprehension |
| | Comprehensive testing section available to instructors, including 48-chapter exams (two sets of exams for each chapter), two final exams, and a critical thinking exam, along with a practice exam for students taking the certification test |
| | Table of procedures, common abbreviations list, appendix with math review, and glossary |
© 2026 by Hartman Publishing, Inc.
Susan Alvare Hedman, Jetta Fuzy, MS, RN, and Katherine Howard, MS, RN-BC, CNE
ISBN 978-1-60425-195-1
Softcover
Printed in the USA
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