Introduction to Health Occupations: Today's Health Care Worker - Hardcover

Badasch, Shirley A.; Chesebro, Doreen S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130457450 ISBN 13: 9780130457455

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2004

Synopsis

Textbook provides an overview of a variety of allied health professions and explores the tasks and procedures for each occupation. Includes enhanced visual learning, communication, multicultural competence, and familiarity with new technology. For beginning health career students. Includes CD-ROM with additional exercises. Previous edition: c2000.

About this title

From the Publisher:

PART ONE introduces the health care system and careers, anotomy & physiology, human development. Also includes career guidance and leadership development. PART TWO is an extensive survey of a number of entry-level health occupations and the tasks skills those positions require.

From the Back Cover:

Providing both basic core knowledge as well as an overview of many health care professions, Introduction to Health Occupations is an ideal resource for students preparing for entry-level health occupation positions. A striking four-color design supports and enhances sound pedagogy covering precautions, OSHA, CLIA, HEDIS, disaster preparedness and AIDS. Features new to the sixth edition further strengthen instruction with exercises that include enhanced visual learning, team building, communication, multicultural competence and familiarity with new technology.

Features Include:

• A Student CD-ROM with additional exercises and practice opportunities
• Corresponding Companion Website - www.prenhall.com/badasch - that offers further exercises as well as links to related resources
• New - "Learn by Doing" component at the end of each unit that increase hands-on opportunities
• New - procedure opening rationales that add clarity
• New - enhanced documentation exposure with charting examples for the procedures
• "Thinking Critically" segment in the chapter review that reinforces material
• New - group role-playing and participatory practice and activities
• Creation of a solid job-readiness file with the Portfolio Connection
• Clear chapter beginning and unit objectives as well as thorough end-of-chapter exercises and self-evaluation

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0130457450
• ISBN 13: 9780130457455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 738