Clinical skills for healthcare assistants / Paula Ingram and Irene Lavery.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.Description: viii, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780470510711 (pbk.) :
- 0470510714 (pbk.) :
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- RT84 .C65 2009
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610.730698 HEA Healthcare support : a textbook for healthcare assistants / | 610.730698 HOW The care assistant's handbook. | 610.730698 ING Clinical skills for healthcare assistants / | 610.730698 ING Clinical skills for healthcare assistants / | 610.730698 MCM Care of the older person : a handbook for care assistants / | 610.730698 ODO Holistic care of the older person / | 610.730698 PEA Fundamentals of care : a textbook for health and social care assistants / |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Accountability issues and role development -- Communication in healthcare -- Psychological care -- Documentation and record keeping -- Pulse -- Blood pressure monitoring -- Thermometry -- Pulse oximetry -- Respiratory care -- Urinalysis and faecal occult blood -- Urinary catheterisation and catheter care -- Venepuncture -- Blood glucose monitoring -- Fluid balance and intravenous (IV) management -- Medication -- Peripheral intravenous (IV) cannulation -- Recording a 12 lead ECG (electrocardiogram).
This title discusses fundamental skills; accountability and role development; communication in healthcare; psychological care and finally documentation and record keeping.
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