Sorrentino, Sheila A.
Mosby's Canadian textbook for the support worker / Canadian textbook for the support worker Sheila A. Sorrentino ; Canadian consultants: Judith Bowyer and Kathleen Kennedy. - First Canadian edition - Toronto : Elsevier Canada, c2004. - xxv, 859 pages : color illustrations ;
Adaptation of author's Mosby's textbook for nursing assistants, 5th ed.
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
Contents: 1. The role of the support worker -- 2. The Canadian health care system -- 3. Workplace settings -- 4. Health, wellness, illness, and disability -- 5. Working with others: teamwork, supervision, and delegation -- 6. Working with clients and their families -- 7. Client care: planning, processes, reporting, and recording -- 8. Managing stress, time and problems -- 9. Ethics -- 10. Legislation: the client's rights and your rights -- 11. Caring about culture -- 12. Interpersonal communication -- 13. Body structure and function -- 14. Growth and development -- 15. Caring for older adults -- 16. Safety -- 17. Restraint alternatives and safe restraint use -- 18. Preventing infection -- 19. Abuse -- 20. The client's environment: promoting well-being, comfort and rest -- 21. Body mechanics: moving, positioning and transferring the client -- 22. Exercise and activity -- 23. Home management -- 24. Beds and bedmaking -- 25. Basic nutrition and fluids -- 26. Enternal nutrition and IV therapy -- 27. Personal hygiene -- 28. Grooming and dressing -- 29. Urinary elimination -- 30. Bowel elimination -- 31. Common diseases and conditions -- 32. Rehabilitation and restorative care -- 33. Mental health disorders -- 34. Confusion and dementia -- 35. Speech and language disorders -- 36. Hearing and vision problems -- 37. Caring for mothers, infants and children -- 38. Developmental disabilities -- 39. Assisting with medications -- 40. Measuring height, weight and vital signs -- 41. Wound care -- 42. Heath and cold applications -- 43. Oxygen needs -- 44. Assisting with the physical examination -- 45. The patient having surgery -- 46. Caring for a client who is dying -- 47. Basic emergency care -- 48. Medical terminology -- 49. Your job search.
English
9780920513460 [paperback]
2012538794
Nurses' aides--Textbooks.
Nurses' aides--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Care of the sick--Textbooks.
Mosby's Canadian textbook for the support worker / Canadian textbook for the support worker Sheila A. Sorrentino ; Canadian consultants: Judith Bowyer and Kathleen Kennedy. - First Canadian edition - Toronto : Elsevier Canada, c2004. - xxv, 859 pages : color illustrations ;
Adaptation of author's Mosby's textbook for nursing assistants, 5th ed.
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
Contents: 1. The role of the support worker -- 2. The Canadian health care system -- 3. Workplace settings -- 4. Health, wellness, illness, and disability -- 5. Working with others: teamwork, supervision, and delegation -- 6. Working with clients and their families -- 7. Client care: planning, processes, reporting, and recording -- 8. Managing stress, time and problems -- 9. Ethics -- 10. Legislation: the client's rights and your rights -- 11. Caring about culture -- 12. Interpersonal communication -- 13. Body structure and function -- 14. Growth and development -- 15. Caring for older adults -- 16. Safety -- 17. Restraint alternatives and safe restraint use -- 18. Preventing infection -- 19. Abuse -- 20. The client's environment: promoting well-being, comfort and rest -- 21. Body mechanics: moving, positioning and transferring the client -- 22. Exercise and activity -- 23. Home management -- 24. Beds and bedmaking -- 25. Basic nutrition and fluids -- 26. Enternal nutrition and IV therapy -- 27. Personal hygiene -- 28. Grooming and dressing -- 29. Urinary elimination -- 30. Bowel elimination -- 31. Common diseases and conditions -- 32. Rehabilitation and restorative care -- 33. Mental health disorders -- 34. Confusion and dementia -- 35. Speech and language disorders -- 36. Hearing and vision problems -- 37. Caring for mothers, infants and children -- 38. Developmental disabilities -- 39. Assisting with medications -- 40. Measuring height, weight and vital signs -- 41. Wound care -- 42. Heath and cold applications -- 43. Oxygen needs -- 44. Assisting with the physical examination -- 45. The patient having surgery -- 46. Caring for a client who is dying -- 47. Basic emergency care -- 48. Medical terminology -- 49. Your job search.
English
9780920513460 [paperback]
2012538794
Nurses' aides--Textbooks.
Nurses' aides--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Care of the sick--Textbooks.