Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide

Name: Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide
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ISBN: 9780323084338

ISBN-10: 0323084338

ISBN-13: 9780323084338

Edition: 3rd 2013

Authors: Joan M. Birchenall, Eileen Streight

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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.An attractive, full color design and a spacious, logical layout make the…

Book details

List price: $67.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 10/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 536
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.87" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English




Orientation to Home Care



Learning about Home Care



The Home Care Industry



Developing Effective Communication Skills



Understanding Your Client's Needs



Understanding How the Body Works



Observing, Reporting, Recording



Working with the Ill and Disabled



Managing the Home Environment



Maintaining a Safe Environment



Maintaining a Healthy Environment



Meeting the Client's Nutritional Needs



Home Care Procedures



Preventing Infection/Medical Asepsis



Body Mechanics



Bedmaking



Personal Care



Elimination



Collecting Specimensï¿½



Measuring Vital Signs



Special Procedures



Meeting The Client's Special Needs



Caring for Older Adults



Caring for Mothers, Infants, and Children



Caring for Clients with Mental Illness



Caring for Clients with Illnesses Requiring Home Care



Caring for the Dying Client



Emergencies



Professional Skills



Getting a Job and Keeping It