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Product Identifiers

PublisherElsevier-Health Sciences Division

ISBN-100323016561

ISBN-139780323016568

eBay Product ID (ePID)920479

Product Key Features

Number of Pages576 Pages

Publication NameMosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

SubjectNursing Home Care, Home Care, Nursing / Home & Community Care

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMedical

AuthorEileen Streight, Joan M. Birchenall

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight40.2 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2003-276203

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal610.73

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentPART 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

SynopsisProviding 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., 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 text easy to follow. Hundreds of full color photos and drawings visually present key ideas and clearly demonstrate procedure steps. Objectives and Key Terms help students focus on essential information to better prepare them to understand each chapter's content. Scenarios provide realistic examples of the types of situations that aides are likely to encounter in the home care environment. Procedures provide step-by-step, easy-to-understand instructions on performing important skills and tasks. Chapter summaries help students review key points presented in the chapter. Highlighted information on observing, recording, and reporting stresses the importance of these responsibilities. Key considerations and reminders are highlighted to emphasize their importance in proper job performance. A Cast of Characters, including a supervisor and four home care aides, is introduced and used in scenarios throughout the text, providing realistic and engaging examples of what to expect in practice. A new chapter, Learning About Home Care, introduces students to the subject and helps prepare them for what they can expect from their home care aide program.

LC Classification NumberRA645.35.B55 2003