Health Careers Today
- 7th Edition - October 20, 2021
- Imprint: Mosby
- Author: Judith Gerdin
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 3 3 5 5 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 8 9 6 7 - 7
Find the healthcare career that’s right for you! Health Careers Today, 7th Edition provides a complete overview of the most popular careers in health care, helping you make an i… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFind the healthcare career that’s right for you! Health Careers Today, 7th Edition provides a complete overview of the most popular careers in health care, helping you make an informed decision in choosing a profession. Not only does this book discuss the roles and responsibilities of different occupations, it provides a solid foundation in the skills and competencies that each health career requires. Clear explanations of anatomy and physiology, disease processes, and treatments provide essential knowledge of the human body and show how health concepts apply to the work of various professionals. From experienced educator Judith Gerdin, this edition adds new coverage of skills and the changing healthcare environment; an Evolve website includes anatomy animations, videos of skills and careers, and more.
- Chapters on health careers focus on allied health professions and careers in high demand, including commonly performed skills, education requirements, and potential earnings of each.
- Skill Activities provide the opportunity to obtain hands-on experience, with detailed instructions on how to perform crucial tasks.
- Case studies let you practice critical thinking by solving real-world questions and problems.
- Health Careers in Practice boxes include profiles of working healthcare professionals and the pros and cons of specific careers.
- Brain Bytes reinforce concepts with facts and points of interest relating to the chapter content.
- Review questions in each chapter allow you to assess your understanding of the material.
- Additional resources include information on professional associations, accreditations, and government agencies for each healthcare profession.
All healthcare students particularly those in PSE (367,546 total [IPEDs 2016])
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Inside front cover
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- Unit I. Health Care Today
- 1. Health care in the United States
- Health care in the United States
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 2. Healthcare facilities and organizations
- Healthcare organizations and facilities
- Acute care facilities
- Ambulatory care settings
- Types of medical practices
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 3. Healthcare delivery and patient workflow
- Healthcare delivery
- Patient workflow
- Scheduling
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 4. Healthcare workforce
- Healthcare workforce
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Allied health professionals
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 5. Healthcare law and ethics
- Healthcare law and ethics
- Healthcare law
- Criminal law
- Civil law
- Professional code of conduct
- Confidentiality
- Patient’s rights
- Informed consent
- Advance directives
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questons
- Unit II. Healthcare Fundamentals
- 6. Medical terminology and body systems
- Medical terminology
- Body structure and organization
- Body systems
- Integumentary system
- Cardiovascular system
- Lymphatic system
- Respiratory system
- Skeletal system
- Muscular system
- Digestive system
- Urinary system
- Endocrine system
- Nervous system
- Reproductive system
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 7. Medical mathematics and calculations
- Basic math
- Numbers
- Math calculations
- Using math in healthcare
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 8. Health insurance and the revenue cycle
- Revenue cycle
- Health insurance
- Government healthcare coverage
- Healthcare classification systems and code sets
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 9. Healthcare technology and electronic health record
- Introduction
- The electronic health record
- Telehealth
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 10. Basic accounting and finance
- Introduction
- Banking
- Bookkeeping and accounting
- Financial reports
- Budgeting
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 11. Wellness, growth, and development
- Wellness
- Prevention
- Nutrition
- Stress
- Growth and development
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 12. Safety and health practices
- Safety and health practices
- Disease transmission
- Portal of exit
- Infection control
- Safety and health regulations
- Emergency disaster procedures
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 13. Professionalism and effective communication
- Professionalism
- Emotional intelligence and quotient
- Meeting employer expectations
- Job readiness
- Effective communication
- Listening
- Writing, grammar, and spelling
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 14. Cultural competence and workplace diversity
- Culture
- Stereotypes, prejudices, and biases
- Workplace diversity
- Discrimination
- Cultural competence in healthcare
- Interpreters and translation
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 15. Employment and career development
- Employment
- Career development
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 16. Academic foundation
- Academic foundation
- Organization and thinking skills
- Note-taking skills
- Test taking
- Information literacy
- Leadership
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- Unit III. Healthcare Careers
- 17. Physicians and clinical support professionals
- Healthcare providers
- Clinical support professionals
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 18. Nursing professionals
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instructions
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 19. Pharmacists and pharmacy support staff
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instructions
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 20. Respiratory care professionals
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 21. Surgical technologists
- Introduction
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 22. Physical and occupational therapy careers
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 23. Diagnostic imaging careers
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 24. Phlebotomists and dialysis technicians
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 25. Clinical laboratory careers
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 26. Biotechnology research and development professionals
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 27. Speech-language pathologists and audiologists
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questons
- 28. Dieticians and nutritionists
- Careers
- Dietetic technicians
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 29. Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 30. Health information professionals
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 31. Health insurance professionals
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 32. Dental professionals
- Careers
- Dentist
- Dental hygienist
- Dental assistant
- Dental laboratory technician
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 33. Complementary and alternative medicine careers
- Careers
- Complementary and alternative medicine practitioners (or CAM practitioners)
- Chiropractor
- Naturopath
- Massage therapist
- Acupuncturist
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 34. Forensic and mortuary science professionals
- Careers
- Determination of death
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- 35. Social and mental health careers
- Careers
- Content instruction
- Performance instruction
- ■ Summary
- ■ Review questions
- Appendix I: Medical milestones
- Appendix II: Common prefixes word roots and suffixes
- Appendix III: Abbreviations and symbols
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 7
- Published: October 20, 2021
- Imprint: Mosby
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323733557
- eBook ISBN: 9780323789677
JG
Judith Gerdin
Affiliations and expertise
Paradise Valley High School, Phoenix, AZ