Acknowledgments

We wish to thank Kathy McNair for her superlative technical assistance, her encouragement, caring, and expertise in all she does for nursing education.

A special thanks goes to Mrs. Jeanece C. Ridge, former instructor, Nursing Assistant Program and current instructor, Practical Nursing Program at Okaloosa Technical College in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, for her thorough review of our first edition.

We also thank our families for their love and patience.