Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician
- 2nd Edition - June 19, 2022
- Imprint: Mosby
- Author: Kimberly Townsend Little
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 4 8 5 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 3 1 2 4 - 6
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Request a sales quoteMaster the skills you need to succeed as a patient care technician! Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician, 2nd Edition provides a solid foundation in healthcare principles and in the procedures performed by PCTs and other health professionals. Coverage of skills includes patient hygiene, infection control, taking vital signs, moving and positioning of patients, blood and specimen collecting and testing, ECG placement and monitoring, care of the surgical patient, care of older adults, and more. Clear, step-by-step instructions help you learn each procedure, and may also be used as skills checklists. Written by nursing educator Kimberly Townsend Little, this text prepares students for success on Patient Care Technician or Nursing Assistant Certification exams.
- More than 100 step-by-step skills and procedures cover the information found on the Nursing Assistant and Patient Care Technician certification exams.
- Practice Scenarios present realistic case studies with questions to help you practice critical thinking and apply concepts to the practice setting.
- Delegation and Documentation boxes cover the information needed from the nurse before a procedure and what information should be recorded after the procedure.
- Illness and Injury Prevention boxes highlight important safety issues.
- Chapter review questions test your understanding of important content.
- Chapter summaries emphasize key points to remember.
- Chapter objectives and key terms outline the important concepts and essential terminology in each chapter.
Students in Patient Care Technician programs (118 programs with over 8,000 enrollments)
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Features
- Table of Contents
- Procedures List
- Section 1 Introduction to Healthcare
- Chapter 1 Today’s Healthcare
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- HEALTH
- MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED
- AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN
- HEALTHCARE SYSTEM DEFINED
- HEALTH PROMOTION AND ILLNESS PREVENTION
- ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT AFFECT HEALTH AND ILLNESS
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 2 The Role of the Patient Care Technician
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- THE PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 3 Professionalism and Work Ethics
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- THE MEANING OF PROFESSIONALISM
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 4 Communicating With theHealthcare Team
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICATION
- STYLES OF COMMUNICATION
- ESTABLISHING A THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP
- DOCUMENTATION
- ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
- SBAR
- BASIC GUIDELINES FOR DOCUMENTATION
- METHODS OF RECORDING
- SPECIAL ISSUES IN DOCUMENTATION
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Section 2 The Patient
- Chapter 5 Understanding the Patient as a Person
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- CULTURE
- RACE AND ETHNICITY
- COMMUNICATION
- HEALTH PRACTICES
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 6 Patient Rights, Ethics, and Laws
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- LEGAL ASPECTS
- LIFESPAN CONSIDERATIONS FOR OLDER ADULTS/ELDER ABUSE
- ETHICAL ASPECTS OF NURSING
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 7 Body Structure and Function/Growthand Development
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- ANATOMIC TERMINOLOGY
- ABDOMINAL REGIONS
- ABDOMINOPELVIC QUADRANTS
- STRUCTURAL LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
- GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- THE FAMILY
- STAGES OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 8 Pain Management, Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- PAIN
- SLEEP AND REST
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Section 3 Safety
- Chapter 9 Asepsis and Infection Control
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- ASEPSIS
- INFECTION
- HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
- STANDARD PRECAUTIONS
- SURGICAL ASEPSIS
- CLEANING, DISINFECTION, AND STERILIZATION
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 10 Workplace Safety and Body Mechanics
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- WORKPLACE SAFETY
- DISASTER PLANNING
- TERRORISM
- BODY MECHANICS
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 11 Patient Safety
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- SAFETY IN THE HOSPITAL OR HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 12 Moving, Positioning, and Preventing Falls
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- FALLS
- POSITIONING OF PATIENTS
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 13 Basic Emergency Care
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- ASSISTING WITH MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
- GENERAL RULES FOR EMERGENCIES
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Section 4 Patient Assessment
- Chapter 14 Assisting With the Physical Examination
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER/HOSPITALIST
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- EXAMINATION SEQUENCE
- ROLE OF THE PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 15 Measuring and Recording Vital Signs
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- FACTORS THAT MAY INFLUENCE VITAL SIGNS
- TEMPERATURE
- PULSE
- RESPIRATION
- BLOOD PRESSURE
- ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENT
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 16 Obtaining and Monitoring an Electrocardiogram
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION SYSTEM OF THE HEART
- THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH
- PERFORMING ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
- INTERPRETING AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM STRIP
- TYPICAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAM RHYTHM ABNORMALITIES
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Section 5 Patient Care and Comfort
- Chapter 17 Assisting With Admission and Discharge
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- COMMON PATIENT REACTIONS TO HOSPITALIZATION
- CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE HOSPITALIZED PATIENT OR LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENT
- ADMITTING A PATIENT
- TRANSFERRING A PATIENT
- DISCHARGING A PATIENT
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 18 Bedmaking and Hygiene
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- PATIENT’S ROOM ENVIRONMENT
- BATHING
- COMPONENTS OF THE PATIENT’S HYGIENE
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 19 Assisting With Grooming
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- COMPONENTS OF THE PATIENT’S HYGIENE
- HAND, FOOT, AND NAIL CARE
- DRESSING AND UNDRESSING THE PATIENT
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 20 Assisting With Medication Administration
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- ASSISTING THE PATIENT WITH SELF-ADMINISTERED MEDICATIONS
- OTHER METHODS OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 21 Assisting With Nutrition and Fluids
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- ROLE OF THE PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN IN PROMOTING NUTRITION
- MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC DIETS
- WATER
- INTRAVENOUS THERAPY
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 22 Assisting With Urinary Elimination
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- URINARY ELIMINATION
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 23 Assisting With Bowel Elimination
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- BOWEL ELIMINATION
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 24 Assisting With Oxygen Needs
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY
- OXYGEN THERAPY
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Section 6 Blood and Specimen Collecting and Testing
- Chapter 25 Blood Collecting and Processing
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- VENIPUNCTURE EQUIPMENT
- ROUTINE VENIPUNCTURE
- PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH VENIPUNCTURE
- SPECIMEN RE-COLLECTION
- CAPILLARY PUNCTURE
- PEDIATRIC PHLEBOTOMY
- CHAIN OF CUSTODY
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 26 Specimen Collecting and Testing
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- SPECIMEN COLLECTION
- PHYSIOLOGY OF URINE FORMATION
- COLLECTING A URINE SPECIMEN
- ROUTINE URINALYSIS
- URINE TOXICOLOGY
- LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Section 7 Surgery and Immobility
- Chapter 27 Caring for the Surgical Patient
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- STERILIZATION
- SURGICAL PROCEDURES
- ASSISTING WITH SURGICAL PROCEDURES
- POSTOPERATIVE CARE
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 28 Heat and Cold Applications
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- HEAT AND COLD THERAPY
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 29 Care of Wounds and Pressure Ulcers
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- WOUND CLASSIFICATION
- WOUND HEALING
- SURGICAL WOUND
- EXUDATE AND DRAINAGE
- CARE OF THE INCISION
- BANDAGES AND BINDERS
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 30 Rehabilitative and Restorative Care
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- NEED FOR REHABILITATION
- CHRONIC ILLNESS AND DISABILITY
- CHRONIC ILLNESSES
- SCOPE OF INDIVIDUALS REQUIRING REHABILITATION
- GOALS OF REHABILITATION
- CORNERSTONES OF REHABILITATION
- COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION PLAN
- REHABILITATION TEAM
- FAMILY AND FAMILY-CENTERED CARE
- CROSS-CULTURAL REHABILITATION
- ISSUES IN REHABILITATION
- CHRONIC CONDITIONS REQUIRING REHABILITATION THERAPY
- DISABILITY
- PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION NURSING
- GERONTOLOGIC REHABILITATION NURSING
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Section 8 Special Care Concerns and Settings
- Chapter 31 Caring for Women and Children
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- PREGNANCY
- ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES OF THE MOTHER
- TRANSFER FROM THE RECOVERY AREA
- MAINTENANCE OF SAFETY
- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEWBORN
- THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT
- THE PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN’S ROLE IN PEDIATRIC PROCEDURES
- INJURY PREVENTION
- THE ADOLESCENT PATIENT
- CHILD ABUSE
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 32 Caring for the Older Adult
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- CHANGES IN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- PULMONARY SYSTEM
- THE PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN’S ROLE IN CARING FOR THE OLDER ADULT PATIENT
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 33 Caring for Patients With Mental Health Needs
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- MENTAL HEALTH CONTINUUM
- ADDICTION
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 34 Caring for Patients With Chronic Conditions
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
- CHRONIC CONDITIONS OF THE CARDIAC SYSTEM
- CHRONIC IMMUNOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC DISORDERS
- BREAST CANCER
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 35 End-of-Life Care
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- KEY TERMS
- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
- PALLIATIVE VERSUS CURATIVE CARE
- CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION TO HOSPICE
- GOALS OF HOSPICE
- INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM
- PALLIATIVE CARE/HOSPICE
- THE DYING PATIENT
- ETHICAL ISSUES IN HOSPICE CARE
- THE FUTURE OF HOSPICE CARE
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Appendix Medical Terminology
- Review Question Answers
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: June 19, 2022
- Imprint: Mosby
- No. of pages: 704
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323794855
- eBook ISBN: 9780323831246
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Kimberly Townsend Little
Affiliations and expertise
Former Chair of the Graduate Nursing Program at Liberty University