Books in Community and home care

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PROP - PCT Respiratory Therapy Custom Text

1st Edition
April 25, 2014
Anthem
English

PROP - Occupational Therapy and Geriatrics Custom Text

1st Edition
April 15, 2014
Anthem
English

Procedure Checklist Manual for Kinn's The Medical Assistant

12th Edition
August 19, 2013
Deborah B. Proctor + 1 more
English

Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners - Revised Reprint

3rd Edition
May 7, 2013
Karen Fenstermacher + 1 more
English

Convenient and portable, Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners, 3rd Edition — Revised Reprint offers quick access to essential guidelines for Nurse Practitioners in a variety of family practice settings. Well known for its concise guidelines and extensive charts and tables, this Revised Reprint includes extensive updates throughout and offers vital information on the latest diagnostic methods, treatment options, and drug therapies for primary care conditions commonly seen by Nurse Practitioners in patients of all ages.

Placement Learning in Community Nursing

1st Edition
March 21, 2013
Jane Harris + 1 more
Karen Holland
English

Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities.

Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide

3rd Edition
October 4, 2012
Joan M. Birchenall + 1 more
English

Covering the essential content and procedures a home care aide needs to know, Mosby’s Textbook for the Home Care Aide, 3rd Edition prepares you for success in this rapidly growing field. A clear approach makes the book easy to use and understand, featuring hundreds of full-color photographs and drawings along with step-by-step procedures for skills performed by home care aides. Updated and expanded in this edition are chapters on meeting the client’s nutritional needs and on getting and keeping a job. Written by home care experts Joan Birchenall and Eileen Streight, this textbook prepares you for the many types of situations you may encounter as a home care aide.

Workbook for Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide

3rd Edition
October 4, 2012
Joan M. Birchenall + 1 more
English

Use this workbook to review the knowledge required by home care aides and practice the procedures you’ll be performing as a home care aide! Corresponding to the chapters in Mosby’s Textbook for the Home Care Aide, 3rd Edition, this practical study tool helps you understand and apply the material with fun activities and a step-by-step checklist for each procedure in the textbook. Written by home care experts Joan Birchenall and Eileen Streight, this workbook prepares you for the many situations you may encounter as a home care aide.

Community/Public Health Nursing Practice

5th Edition
October 1, 2012
Frances A. Maurer + 1 more
English

Focusing on practical, need-to-know information, Community/Public Health Nursing Practice helps you learn how to apply the nursing process at the community and family level. It features an engaging, easy-to-understand writing style, as well as assessment tools, detailed case studies, and clinical examples that demonstrate how key concepts apply to real-world practice. Additional resources on the companion Evolve website expand and enhance content within the text.

Essential Nursing Skills

4th Edition
August 3, 2012
Maggie Nicol + 5 more
English

As a nursing student you learn lots of nursing theory and research – but how do you translate this into practice and apply it to the skills you need? Where do you start? What steps should be carried out and in what order? What should you do afterwards? Essential Nursing Skills answers these questions for over 130 clinical skills. Each one is explained from start to finish, using a step-by-step approach, with clear illustrations and colour photographs to enhance understanding. Small enough to carry with you and specifically designed and written to aid learning, this book is invaluable for nurses across all fields.

A Nurse's Survival Guide to the Ward

3rd Edition
July 24, 2012
Ann Richards + 1 more
English

The new edition of this highly popular book is an indispensable guide to daily procedures and problems for nurses starting work on the ward or returning to practice. It provides guidance in a variety of areas including: how to organise your job and yourself; how to assess patients; clinical information on a wide range of conditions; important principles, procedures and investigations; how to administer drugs safely; and what to do in an emergency. As well as information on how to do the job, the importance of communication and nursing care issues is emphasised. Background information is also given on underlying legal, health and safety issues.

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