Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician

2nd Edition - June 19, 2022
Author: Kimberly Townsend Little
Language: English
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Master 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.

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

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