cover image - Evolve Resources for Sorrentino's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker, 5th Edition
ISBN: 9780323809085
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 05-18-2021
Page Count: 1200
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $34.99

Evolve Resources for Sorrentino's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker, 5th Edition

by Mary J. Wilk, RN, GNC(C), BA, BScN, MN

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cover image - Evolve Resources for Sorrentino's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker, 5th Edition
ISBN: 9780323809085
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 05-18-2021
Page Count: 1200
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $34.99

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Learn to provide personal care and professional support in a variety of health care settings! Sorrentino’s Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker, 5th Edition helps you build the skills you need to succeed as a personal support worker. With 93 illustrated, step-by-step procedures, Sorrentino’s is the #1 book used by students in support worker programs across Canada.

  • 1. The Role and Responsibilities of the Support Worker
    2. The Canadian Health Care System
    3. Workplace Settings
    4. Ethics
    5. Legislation: The Client’s Rights and Your Rights
    6. Health, Wellness, Illness, and Disability
    7. Caring About Culture and Diversity
    8. Managing Stress
    9. Interpersonal Communication
    10. Working With Others: Teamwork, Supervision, and Delegation
    11. Working With Clients and Their Families
    12. Abuse, Bullying, and Harassment Awareness
    13. Starting Your Career
    14. Body Mechanics
    15. Exercise and Activity
    16. Rehabilitation and Restorative Care
    17. Personal Hygiene
    18. Grooming and Dressing
    19. Preventing Infection
    20. Safety
    21. Beds and Bed Making
    22. Skin Care and Prevention of Wounds
    23. Promoting Client Comfort, Pain Management, and Sleep
    24. Measuring Height, Weight, and Vital Signs
    25. Medical Terminology
    26. Planning, Reporting, and Recording Client Care
    27. Nutrition and Fluids
    28. Enteral Nutrition and Intravenous Therapy
    29. Urinary Elimination
    30. Bowel Elimination
    31. Growth and Development
    32. Body Structure and Function
    33. Common Diseases and Disorders
    34. Hearing and Vision Disorders
    35. Speech and Language Disorders
    36. Developmental Disorders and Disabilities
    37. Mental Health Disorders
    38. Disorientation, Delirium, and Dementia
    39. Promoting Oxygenation
    40. Heat and Cold Applications
    41. Caring for Mothers and Infants
    42. Caring for the Young
    43. Caring for Older Adults
    44. Home Management
    45. Medication Management
    46. Working in Acute Care
    47. End-of-Life Care
    Appendix
    Glossary
    References
    Index
  • Mary J. Wilk, RN, GNC(C), BA, BScN, MN, Retried Professor and Coordinator, PSW Program, Fanshawe College

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