Providing Home Care: A Textbook for Home Health Aides

Providing Home Care: A Textbook for Home Health Aides
ISBN-10
1888343680
ISBN-13
9781888343687
Category
Home health aides
Pages
370
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Hartman Publishing Inc
Author
William Leahy

Description

The second edition of Providing Home Care: A Textbook for Home Health Aides, the accompanying workbook, and the instructor?s guide are now available!This book will help your aides master what they need to know to provide excellent, compassionate care to clients with very different needs.This book is organized around learning objectives with colored tabs for easy location of material.The second edition contains new and/or updated information on: HIPPA and protecting a client's privacy MRSA and VRE Care for the client with COPD Cultural sensitivity Hip replacement care Mercury-free thermometers Disinfection and sterilization NEW two-step procedure for taking blood pressure We also condensed and made the anatomy and physiology chapter more basic, added chapter review questions, and updated the design and many of the illustrations.

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