Advanced Skills for Health Care Providers - Softcover

Acello, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1418001333 ISBN 13: 9781418001339

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2006

Synopsis

This book was written to prepare the nursing assistant or patient care technician to provide advanced patient care procedures. The book includes content on sterile procedures, including preparing and working with a sterile field, using sterile technique, and performing sterile dressing changes, wet to dry dressings. Venipuncture technique is covered in several chapters as well as intravenous procedures and many other advanced skills. The importance of reporting information and observations to the licensed supervisor is emphasized throughout the book. To this end, most chapters contain special text boxes listing observations to be reported and recorded. Added highlights within the text narrative include safety and infection control alerts, and age related information; information that is important to the student and in keeping with the latest health care trends.

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Acello has worked in long-term care for more than four decades. Currently a nurse consultant and educator, she owns a school for nursing assistants, where she helped to write and develop mandatory state curricula for nurse aides and EMTs. She has also written and contributed to dozens of textbooks, instructor guides, quick reference guides, and supplemental instructional materials for health care personnel. Formerly a practicing nurse, Ms. Acello was also a director of nursing and a long-term care facility consultant. Her interests and expertise include clinical geriatrics, resident safety, pain assessment and management, restraints, pressure ulcers, and infection control. She is particularly committed to improving working conditions, education, and professionalism for personnel in the long-term care industry.

Review:

Chapter 1 Health Care Delivery Chapter 2 Observation, Documentation, and Reporting to the RN Chapter 3 Infection Control Chapter 4 Surgical Asepsis Chapter 5 Wound Care Chapter 6 Phlebotomy Chapter 7 Intravenous Therapy Chapter 8 Urinary and Bowel Elimination Chapter 9 Enteral Nutrition Chapter 10 Specimen Collection Chapter 11 Perioperative Care Chapter 12 Heat and Cold Applications Chapter 13 Caring for Patients with Special Needs Chapter 14 Advanced Respiratory Procedures Chapter 15 Endotracheal Tube and Tracheostomy Care Chapter 16 Cardiac Care Skills Chapter 17 Emergency Procedures

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1418001333
• ISBN 13: 9781418001339
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 416