Workbook for Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide, 3rd Edition
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Corresponding to the chapters in Mosby’s Textbook for the Home Care Aide, 3rd Edition, this practical workbook helps students review the knowledge required by home care aides and practice the skills they will perform as a home care aide with fun activities, and skills competency checklists. Written by home care experts Joan Birchenall and Eileen Streight, this study tool prepares students for the many situations they may encounter as a home care aide.
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- UPDATED content matches the latest information in Mosby’s Textbook for the Home Care Aide.
- NEW! 93 Skills Competency Checklists are now available on the Evolve companion website.
- Brief Situations in selected workbook chapters help students apply the knowledge they have gained.
- Creative activities make studying fun with games such as crossword puzzles, word-finds, word completions, interpretation of images, and identifying incorrect items in images.
- Activities including matching, completion, and true/false help students understand and remember the material.
- Answers are provided for all questions.
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- UPDATED content matches the latest information in Mosby’s Textbook for the Home Care Aide.
- NEW Evolve companion website includes an audio glossary and skills competency checklists.
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QUESTIONS PART 1: Orientation to Home Care 1. Learning about Home Care 2. The Home Care Industry 3. Developing Effective Communication Skills 4. Understanding Your Client’s Needs 5. Understanding How the Body Works 6. Observing, Reporting, Recording 7. Working With the Ill and Disabled PART 2: Managing the Home Environment 8. Maintaining a Safe Environment 9. Maintaining a Healthy Environment 10. Meeting the Client’s Nutritional Needs PART 3: Home Care Procedures 11. Preventing Infection/Medical Asepsis 12. Body Mechanics 13. Bedmaking 14. Personal Care 15. Elimination 16. Collecting Specimens 17. Measuring Vital Signs 18. Special Procedures PART 4: Meeting The Client’s Special Needs 19. Caring for Older Adults 20. Caring for Mothers, Infants, and Children 21. Caring for Clients with Mental Illness 22. Caring for Clients with Illnesses Requiring Home Care 23. Caring for the Dying Client 24. Emergencies PART 5: Professional Skills 25. Getting a Job and Keeping It
ANSWERS PART 1: Orientation to Home Care 1. Learning about Home Care 2. The Home Care Industry 3. Developing Effective Communication Skills 4. Understanding Your Client’s Needs 5. Understanding How the Body Works 6. Observing, Reporting, Recording 7. Working With the Ill and Disabled PART 2: Managing the Home Environment 8. Maintaining A Safe Environment 9. Maintaining a Healthy Environment 10. Meeting the Client’s Nutritional Needs PART 3: Home Care Procedures 11. Preventing Infection/Medical Asepsis 12. Body Mechanics 13. Bedmaking 14. Personal Care 15. Elimination 16. Collecting Specimens 17. Measuring Vital Signs 18. Special Procedures PART 4: Meeting The Client’s Special Needs 19. Caring for Older Adults 20. Caring for Mothers, Infants, and Children 21. Caring for Clients with Mental Illness 22. Caring for Clients with Illnesses Requiring Home Care 23. Caring for the Dying Client 24. Emergencies PART 5: Professional Skills 25. Getting a Job and Keeping It SKILLS COMPETENCY CHECKLISTS SKILLS COMPETENCY CHECKLISTS RECORD