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| Preface | |
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| To the Student: Tips for Success | |
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| Orientation to the Home Care Industry | |
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| The Home Health Agency | |
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| Your Job as a Homemaker/Home Health Aide | |
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| Communication Skills | |
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| How We Communicate | |
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| Client Observation, Recording, and Reporting | |
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| Teaching Your Clients | |
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| Working with People | |
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| Basic Human Needs | |
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| Family | |
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| Working with Clients Who Are Ill or Have a Disability | |
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| Mental Health and Mental Disability | |
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| Substance Abuse | |
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| Caring for a Geriatric Client | |
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| Aging | |
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| Special Considerations in Caring for the Elderly | |
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| Working with Children | |
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| Basic Needs of Children | |
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| Child Abuse | |
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| Developmental Disabilities | |
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| Newborn and Infant Care | |
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| Care of the Dying in the Home | |
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| Dying | |
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| Physical Care of the Dying | |
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| Postmortem Care | |
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| Anatomy and Physiology | |
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| An Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology | |
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| Infection Control in the Home | |
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| Medical Asepsis in the Home | |
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| Handwashing | |
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| Disinfection and Sterilization | |
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| Special Infection Control and Isolation Precautions for Transmittable Diseases | |
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| Regulated Medical Waste | |
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| Care of the Client's Environment | |
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| Homemaking | |
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| Bed Making | |
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| Safety and Fire Protection | |
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| Restraints | |
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| Making Your Own Equipment | |
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| Planning, Purchasing, and Serving Food | |
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| Basic Nutrition | |
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| Planning, Shopping, and Serving a Meal | |
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| Therapeutic Diets | |
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| Feeding a Client | |
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| Basic Body Movement and Positions | |
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| Body Mechanics | |
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| Client's Daily Level of Ability | |
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| Positioning a Client in Bed | |
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| Skin Care | |
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| Basic Skin Care | |
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| Decubitus Ulcers (Bedsores) | |
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| Basic Foot Care | |
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| Radiation and Chemotherapy: Effects on the Skin | |
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| Personal Care | |
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| Oral Hygiene | |
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| Assisting a Client to Dress | |
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| Bathing a Client | |
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| Giving a Back Rub | |
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| Hair Care | |
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| Shaving a Client | |
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| Assisting a Client with Toileting | |
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| Perineal Care | |
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| Postpartum Care | |
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| Rehabilitation of the Client | |
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| Introduction to Rehabilitation | |
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| Working with a Physical Therapist | |
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| Speech and Language Therapy | |
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| Dealing with a Hearing Loss | |
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| Working with an Occupational Therapist | |
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| Measuring and Recording Client Vital Signs | |
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| Vital Signs | |
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| Measuring Temperature | |
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| Measuring a Pulse | |
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| Measuring Respirations | |
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| Measuring Blood Pressure | |
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| Pain Management | |
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| Intake and Output | |
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| Fluid Balance | |
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| Fluid Intake | |
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| Fluid Output | |
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| Forcing and Restricting Fluids | |
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| Straining Urine | |
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| Specimen Collection | |
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| Specimen Collection | |
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| Collecting Urine for a Specimen | |
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| Collection of a Stool Specimen | |
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| Collection of Sputum | |
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| Special Procedures | |
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| Assisting with Medications | |
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| Nonsterile Dressings | |
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| Care of the Indwelling Catheter | |
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| Care of External Urinary Drainage | |
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| Intravenous Therapy: Peripheral or Central | |
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| Cast Care | |
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| Assisting with Ostomy Care | |
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| Assisting a Client Having a Seizure | |
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| Testing for Glucose (Sugar) and Acetone | |
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| Deep-Breathing Exercises | |
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| Making Normal Saline | |
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| Sitz Bath | |
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| Hyperalimentation | |
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| Common Diseases you Will See | |
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| Hypertension | |
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| Heart Attack/Myocardial Infarction | |
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| Angina | |
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| Diabetes | |
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| Cerebrovascular Accident | |
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| Arthritis | |
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| Cancer | |
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| Alzheimer's Disease | |
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| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | |
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| Neurological Disorders | |
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| Tuberculosis | |
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| AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) | |
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| Emergency Procedures | |
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| Emergency Essentials | |
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| Restoring Breathing | |
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| Stopping External Heavy Bleeding | |
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| Poisoning | |
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| Shock | |
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| Burns | |
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| Heart Attack | |
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| Stroke/Cerebrovascular Accident | |
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| Bioterrorism, Terrorism, Natural Disasters | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Answer Key for Certification Review Questions | |
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| Additional Recipes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |