Mosby's textbook for the home care aide
By: Joan Birchenall, Eileen Streight
Contributors: Streight, Mary Eileen
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Elsevier/Mosby
Published: 2013
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780323084338
Subjects: Home Care Services; Home Health Aides
Other titles: Textbook for the home care aide
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Learning about home care; title: The home care industry; title: Developing effective communication skills; title: Understanding your client's needs; title: Understanding how the body works; title: Observing, reporting, and recording; title: Working with ill and disabled clients; title: Maintaining a safe environment; title: Maintaining a healthy environment; title: Meeting the client's nutritional needs; title: Preventing infection/medical asepsis; title: Body mechanics; title: Bedmaking; title: Personal care; title: Elimination; title: Collecting specimens; title: Measuring vital signs; title: Special procedures; title: Caring for older adults; title: Caring for mothers, infants, and children; title: Caring for clients with mental illness; title: Caring for clients with illnesses requiring home care; title: Caring for the client at the end of life; title: Emergencies; title: Getting a job and keeping it.