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. INDICE: PART 1: Orientation to Home Care1. Learning about Home Care2. The Home Care Industry3. Developing Effective Communication Skills4. Understanding Your Client's Needs5. Understanding How the Body Works6. Observing, Reporting, Recording7. Working with the Ill and DisabledPART 2: Managing the Home Environment8. Maintaining a Safe Environment9. Maintaining a Healthy Environment10. Meeting the Client's Nutritional NeedsPART 3: Home Care Procedures11. Preventing Infection/Medical Asepsis12. Body Mechanics13. Bedmaking14. Personal Care15. Elimination16. Collecting Specimens 17. Measuring Vital Signs18. Special ProceduresPART 4: Meeting The Client's Special Needs19. Caring for Older Adults20. Caring for Mothers, Infants, and Children21. Caring for Clients with Mental Illness22. Caring for Clients with Illnesses Requiring Home Care23. Caring for the Dying Client24. EmergenciesPART 5: Professional Skills25. Getting a Job and Keeping It
- ISBN: 978-0-323-08433-8
- Editorial: Mosby
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 536
- Fecha Publicación: 08/11/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés