Mosby's textbook for the home care aide. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Textbook for the home care aide
• Further Information: Note: Joan Birchenall, Eileen Streight.
• Other Names: Birchenall, Joan M; Streight, Mary Eileen
• Contents: Learning about home care -- The home care industry -- Developing effective communication skills -- Understanding your client's needs -- Understanding how the body works -- Observing, reporting, and recording -- Working with ill and disabled clients -- Maintaining a safe environment -- Maintaining a healthy environment -- Meeting the client's nutritional needs -- Preventing infection/medical asepsis -- Body mechanics -- Bedmaking -- Personal care -- Elimination -- Collecting specimens -- Measuring vital signs -- Special procedures -- Caring for older adults -- Caring for mothers, infants, and children -- Caring for clients with mental illness -- Caring for clients with illnesses requiring home care -- Caring for the client at the end of life -- Emergencies -- Getting a job and keeping it.
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Mo : Elsevier/Mosby
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 516 pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 610.73; Home care services -- United States; Home health aides -- United States; Home Care Services; Home Health Aides; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL -- Atlases; MEDICAL -- Essays; MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice; MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Osteopathy; Home care services; Home health aides; United States; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323292948; 0323292941
• Related ISBNs: 9780323084338; 0323084338
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.