Skills for the patient care technician
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Skills for the patient care technician
F.A. Davis, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Skills for the Patient Care Technician provides entry-level health-care employees with a comprehensive tool to become multiskilled. It assumes no prior health-care training and prepares students for the phlebotomy certification exam. Written in workbook format, which enables the text to be used in classroom and self-directed study, each chapter contains:
Learning objectives.
Key terms and definitions.
Basic theory of specialty and procedures.
Step-by-step procedures and performance checklists.
Equipment maintenance quality control.
Study questions and exercises.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to the Healthcare Field
2. Safety
3. Basic Anatomy and Physiology
4. Blood and the Circulatory and Lymphatic Systems
5. Venipuncture Equipment
6. Routine Venipuncture
7. Venipuncture Complications
8. Special Venipuncture Collection
9. Dermal Puncture
10. Special Dermal Puncture
11. Additional Specimen Collection, Processing, and Related Duties
12. Point-of-Care Testing
13. Electrocardiography
14. Patient Care
15. Respiratory Care
16. Basic Radiography
Appendices: Basic Terminology
Abbreviations
Glossary
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