Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care AideElsevier Health Sciences, 2003 M01 1 - 555 pages Providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to becoming a home care aide, this engaging text features a colorful design, a clear writing style, and an abundant use of photos, drawings, boxes, and tables. An ideal learning tool, this new edition introduces scenarios with a cast of four aides and a supervisor to help bring the text to life and to provide realistic examples of what the student can expect to encounter in practice. Preparing students to become valuable members of the home care team, this practical text highlights key considerations and reminders, as well as what to observe, report, and record. An attractive, full color design and a spacious, logical layout make the text easy to follow.Hundreds of full color photos and drawings visually present key ideas and clearly demonstrate procedure steps.Objectives and Key Terms help students focus on essential information to better prepare them to understand each chapter's content.Scenarios provide realistic examples of the types of situations that aides are likely to encounter in the home care environment.Procedures provide step-by-step, easy-to-understand instructions on performing important skills and tasks.Chapter summaries help students review key points presented in the chapter. Highlighted information on observing, recording, and reporting stresses the importance of these responsibilities.Key considerations and reminders are highlighted to emphasize their importance in proper job performance.A Cast of Characters, including a supervisor and four home care aides, is introduced and used in scenarios throughout the text, providing realistic and engaging examples of what to expect in practice.A new chapter, Learning About Home Care, introduces students to the subject and helps prepare them for what they can expect from their home care aide program. |
Contents
Home Care Procedures | 3 |
Procedure 119 | 11 |
WORKING WITH THE ILL AND DISABLED | 102 |
Support Systems | 112 |
MAINTAINING A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT | 132 |
Maintaining an Uncluttered Environment | 138 |
APPLYING A GOWN AND REMOVING A CONTAMINATED GOWN | 141 |
Controlling Household Pests | 145 |
Bathing | 259 |
Grooming | 271 |
Procedure 1414 | 278 |
Range of Motion Exercises | 280 |
ELIMINATION | 286 |
Procedure 153 | 295 |
Bowel Elimination | 302 |
Standard Universal Precautions and Medical Asepsis | 309 |
Disposable moistureresistant gown from | 151 |
PROCEDURE | 171 |
PART 3 | 173 |
Figure 1121 Pull gown from shoulder with neck | 177 |
Procedure 141 | 194 |
13 | 204 |
Procedure 1212 | 220 |
Procedure 133 | 228 |
BEDMAKING | 236 |
Making the Bed | 242 |
PERSONAL CARE | 251 |
Procedure 161 | 312 |
Procedure 177 | 313 |
Procedure 181 | 351 |
Applying a Hot or Cold Pack | 357 |
Meeting the Clients Special Needs | 373 |
Procedure 201 | 404 |
Procedure 207 | 416 |
EMERGENCIES | 494 |
GLOSSARY | 535 |
Other editions - View all
Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide Joan M. Birchenall,Joan M Birchenall, RN Med No preview available - 2005 |
Common terms and phrases
adjustable hospital bed agency apply asepsis Assist client baby bath bathroom bedpan blood pressure body fluids caregiver catheter cause changes Chapter clean client and family clothing communication container dentures diet dietary fiber disease disinfected Disposable gloves dressing emesis basin family members feces Figure Food Guide Pyramid heat Help client home care aide illness infant infection intake Keep laundry legs linens Materials Needed mattress meal medications microorganisms milk mouth muscles notify your supervisor nurse Obtain materials listed older adults oral hygiene oxygen pain perform perineum person physical pillows Place plastic position prevent privacy close door Procedure Provide privacy close pull shades record Remove respirations Rinse safety shut drapes sitz bath skin specimen sputum standard universal sure client temperature thermometer tissue toilet top sheet towel tubing urinary urine vital signs vitamins Wash your hands washcloth
References to this book
Home Health Aide: Guidelines for Care A Handbook for Care Giving at Home Tina M. Marrelli Limited preview - 2007 |