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Workbook to Accompany Sorrentino's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker

  • 5th Edition - March 27, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Mary J. Wilk, Navdeep Kaur Sekhon, Sheila A. Sorrentino, Leighann Remmert, Relda T. Kelly
  • Language: English

Reinforce your understanding of Sorrentino’s Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker, 5th Edition! Designed to accompany Sorrentino’s bestselling textbook, this workbook helps y… Read more

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Description

Reinforce your understanding of Sorrentino’s Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker, 5th Edition! Designed to accompany Sorrentino’s bestselling textbook, this workbook helps you review and master all of the text’s important concepts, skills, and procedures. Worksheets for the topics in each chapter include multiple-choice questions, true and false questions, matching and labelling exercises, and other activities. Matching the textbook chapter for chapter, this helpful study tool ensures that you are prepared for success in your career as a support worker.

Key features

  • Chapter-by-chapter, tear-out worksheets include a variety of question types to test student comprehension and reinforce their understanding, including:
  • Fill-in-the-blank questions
  • Identification questions
  • Labelling activities
  • Matching questions
  • Multiple-choice questions
  • Multiple-response questions
  • True and False questions

Readership

Support worker, health care aide, resident care aide students in community college, career college and high school programs

Table of contents

1. The Role and Responsibilities of the Support Worker

2. The Canadian Health Care System

3. Workplace Settings

4. Ethics

5. Legislation: The Client’s Rights and Your Rights

6. Health, Wellness, Illness, and Disability

7. Caring About Culture and Diversity

8. Managing Stress

9. Interpersonal Communication

10. Working With Others: Teamwork, Supervision, and Delegation

11. Working With Clients and Their Families

12. Abuse, Bullying, and Harassment Awareness

13. Starting Your Career

14. Body Mechanics

15. Exercise and Activity

16. Rehabilitation and Restorative Care

17. Personal Hygiene

18. Grooming and Dressing

19. Preventing Infection

20. Safety

21. Beds and Bed Making

22. Skin Care and Prevention of Wounds

23. Promoting Client Comfort, Pain Management, and Sleep

24. Measuring Height, Weight, and Vital Signs

25. Medical Terminology

26. Planning, Reporting, and Recording Client Care

27. Nutrition and Fluids

28. Enteral Nutrition and Intravenous Therapy

29. Urinary Elimination

30. Bowel Elimination

31. Growth and Development

32. Body Structure and Function

33. Common Diseases and Disorders

34. Hearing and Vision Disorders

35. Speech and Language Disorders

36. Developmental Disorders and Disabilities

37. Mental Health Disorders

38. Disorientation, Delirium, and Dementia

39. Promoting Oxygenation

40. Heat and Cold Applications

41. Caring for Mothers and Infants

42. Caring for the Young

43. Caring for Older Adults

44. Home Management

45. Medication Management

46. Working in Acute Care

47. End-of-Life Care

Product details

  • Edition: 5
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 14, 2021
  • Language: English

About the authors

MW

Mary J. Wilk

Affiliations and expertise
Retried Professor and Coordinator, PSW Program, Fanshawe College, Canada

NS

Navdeep Kaur Sekhon

Affiliations and expertise
Course Leader, Mental Health and Course Leader, Mental Health Theory, Red River College, Canada

SS

Sheila A. Sorrentino

Affiliations and expertise
Curriculum and Health Care Consultant, USA

LR

Leighann Remmert

Affiliations and expertise
Certified Nursing Assistant Instructor, Williamsville, Illinois, USA

RK

Relda T. Kelly

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, IL; Parish Nurse, Wesley United Methodist Church, Bradley, IL