Mosby's textbook for the home care aide

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Mosby's textbook for the home care aide

Joan Birchenall, Eileen Streight

Mosby, c2003

2nd ed

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Home care aide

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Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to becoming a home care aide, this engaging text features a colorful design, a clear writing style, and an abundant use of photos, drawings, boxes, and tables. An ideal learning tool, this new edition introduces scenarios with a cast of four aides and a supervisor to help bring the text to life and to provide realistic examples of what the student can expect to encounter in practice. Preparing students to become valuable members of the home care team, this practical text highlights key considerations and reminders, as well as what to observe, report, and record.

Table of Contents

PART 1: Orientation to Home Care 1. Learning about Home Care 2. The Home Care Industry 3. Developing Effective Communication Skills 4. Understanding Your Client's Needs 5. Understanding How the Body Works 6. Observing, Reporting, Recording 7. Working With the Ill and Disabled PART 2: Managing the Home Environment 8. Maintaining A Safe Environment 9. Maintaining a Healthy Environment 10. Meeting the Client's Nutritional Needs PART 3: Home Care Procedures 11. Preventing Infection/Medical Asepsis 12. Body Mechanics 13. Bedmaking 14. Personal Care 15. Elimination 16. Collecting Specimens 17. Measuring Vital Signs 18. Special Procedures PART 4: Meeting the Client's Special Needs 19. Caring for Older Adults 20. Caring for Mothers, Infants, and Children 21. Caring for Clients with Mental Illness 22. Caring for Clients with Illnesses Requiring Home Care 23. Caring for the Dying Client 24. Emergencies PART 5: Professional Skills 25. Getting a Job and Keeping It

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Details

  • NCID
    BA62938710
  • ISBN
    • 0323016561
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    St. Louis
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 555 p.
  • Size
    28 cm
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