Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide
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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 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.
Ch. 1The Home Care Industry1Ch. 2Developing Effective Communication Skills12Ch. 3Understanding Your Client's Needs25Ch. 4Understanding How the Body Works36Ch. 5Working with the Ill and Disabled57Ch. 6Maintaining a Safe Environment69Ch. 7Maintaining a Healthy Environment85Ch. 8Meeting the Client's Nutritional Needs103Ch. 9Preventing Infection/Medical Asepsis128Ch. 10Observing, Reporting, and Recording149Ch. 11Body Mechanics165Ch. 12Bedmaking193Ch. 13Personal Care207Ch. 14Elimination242Ch. 15Collecting Specimens264Ch. 16Measuring Vital Signs275Ch. 17Special Procedures295Ch. 18Understanding the Older Adult323Ch. 19Caring for Mothers, Infants, and Children346Ch. 20Mental Health/Mental Illness372Ch. 21Typical Clients Requiring Home Care Services389Ch. 22Caring for the Dying Client423Ch. 23Emergencies433Ch. 24Getting a Job and Keeping It449
