Download or read book Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician Elsevier eBook on VST Retail Access Card written by Kimberly Townsend Little and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approx. 684 pages More than 100 step-by-step skills and procedures cover the information found on the Nursing Assistant and Patient Care Technician certification exams. Practice Scenarios present realistic case studies with questions to help you practice critical thinking and apply concepts to the practice setting. Delegation and Documentation boxes cover the information needed from the nurse before a procedure and what information should be recorded after the procedure. Illness and Injury Prevention boxes highlight important safety issues. Chapter review questions test your understanding of important content. Chapter summaries emphasize key points to remember. Chapter objectives and key terms outline the important concepts and essential terminology in each chapter. NEW! A chapter on medication administration is added to this edition. NEW! New content is included on NG and gastric tubes, oral suctioning, incentive spirometry, use of a bladder scanner, and inserting peripheral IVs. NEW! Updated guidelines include CPR and dietary guidelines.

Download or read book Workbook for Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician Elsevier eBook on VST Retail Access Card written by Kimberly Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use this workbook to review and practice the skills performed by patient care technicians! The essential companion to Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician, 2nd Edition, this study guide uses a variety of exercises, activities, and review questions to help you get the most out of your textbook. Procedure checklists help you practice and gain confidence with the skills in the text, and critical thinking activities let you apply content to practice. It's the study tool you need to prepare for Patient Care Technician or Nursing Assistant Certification exams! Variety of exercises includes matching, multiple-choice, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions to reinforce and enhance your understanding. Critical thinking activities help you develop clinical judgment and prepare for practice. Procedure checklists make it easier to practice patient care skills. NEW exercises cover the textbook's new chapter on medication administration. NEW review content is included on NG and gastric tubes, oral suctioning, incentive spirometry, use of a bladder scanner, and inserting peripheral IVs.

Download or read book Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician E Book written by Kimberly Townsend Little and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2022-06-19 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the skills you need to succeed as a patient care technician! Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician, 2nd Edition provides a solid foundation in healthcare principles and in the procedures performed by PCTs and other health professionals. Coverage of skills includes patient hygiene, infection control, taking vital signs, moving and positioning of patients, blood and specimen collecting and testing, ECG placement and monitoring, care of the surgical patient, care of older adults, and more. Clear, step-by-step instructions help you learn each procedure, and may also be used as skills checklists. Written by nursing educator Kimberly Townsend Little, this text prepares students for success on Patient Care Technician or Nursing Assistant Certification exams. More than 100 step-by-step skills and procedures cover the information found on the Nursing Assistant and Patient Care Technician certification exams. Practice Scenarios present realistic case studies with questions to help you practice critical thinking and apply concepts to the practice setting. Delegation and Documentation boxes cover the information needed from the nurse before a procedure and what information should be recorded after the procedure. Illness and Injury Prevention boxes highlight important safety issues. Chapter review questions test your understanding of important content. Chapter summaries emphasize key points to remember. Chapter objectives and key terms outline the important concepts and essential terminology in each chapter. NEW! A chapter on medication administration is added to this edition. NEW! New content is included on NG and gastric tubes, oral suctioning, incentive spirometry, use of a bladder scanner, and inserting peripheral IVs. NEW! Updated guidelines include CPR and dietary guidelines.

Download or read book Workbook for Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician E Book written by Kimberly Townsend Little and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW exercises cover the textbook’s new chapter on medication administration. NEW review content is included on NG and gastric tubes, oral suctioning, incentive spirometry, use of a bladder scanner, and inserting peripheral IVs.

Download or read book Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician written by Kimberly Townsend and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Workbook for Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician written by Kimberly Townsend and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workbook reinforces students' understanding of textbook content with numerous exercises, activities, and practice questions. Multiple-choice questions help reinforce content from each chapter. Ordered response questions emphasize proper procedure steps. Critical thinking exercises present a case study to help students apply concepts to practice. The practice exam helps students prepare for certification examination. Over 75 checklists - one for every procedure in the text - assist in mastering the skills necessary for safe patient care. Comprehensive chapter-by-chapter companion to the textbook. Over 75 procedure checklists allow self-evaluation of skill mastery for safe patient care. Wide variety of exercises enhance learning, including multiple-choice and ordered response questions, true/false, short answer, and critical thinking exercises. Practice tests allows students to prepare for certification exams.

Download or read book Workbook for Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician written by Kimberly Townsend Little WHNP-BC CNE and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Patient Care Technician Textbook Theory Practical Fundamentals written by OPRET Education www.opreteducation.com and published by OPRET Education www.opreteducation.com. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patient Care Technician Textbook: Theory & Practical Fundamentals is sold as a bundle set of 3 books Patient Care + Phlebotomy Textbook + EKG Textbook. Since patient care technician are not nursing assistants, they need advance level skills to perform a function of a patient care technician, phlebotomy technician and ekg technician. This Bundle set also assists the candidates in preparing for the following cetification exams Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant Certified Phlebotomy Technician Certified EKG Technician Certified Cardiac Monitor Telemetry Technician Certified Cardiac Arrhythmia Technician Patient Care Technician Section/Volume The patient care technician textbook consist of contents such as introduction to patient care, infection control and legal issues in healthcare, Introduction to human anatomy and medical terminology, physical assessment and examination, patient mobility and range of motion, therapeutic exercise and patient positioning, assistive devices and gait, orthotics and prosthetics, patient transfer techniques and wheelchair management, wound care and various special topics such as draping techniques, ostomy care, nutrition and meal etc. Apart from the above-mentioned content, the book has over 50 clinical skills for patient care technicians. This book also features 3 practice exams; each practice exam has 100 questions. The student will have 300 questions to solve at the end of the book, plus there is an end of chapter review questions as well, which can be completed by the student after every chapter. This book may be adopted by schools that are already offering the patient care technician program or plan to offer the program in future. The key component of the textbook is an easy to understand language that can be understood by the candidate while reading the content of the textbook. This will make the concepts of the book much more understandable. The book also features various pictures and illustrations to make the concepts of learning easy. Phlebotomy Technician Section/Volume The textbook is written for individuals pursuing a career as a phlebotomy technician. The textbook for phlebotomy technician consists of various chapters that includes: Introduction to phlebotomy, Infection control, and standard precautions, introduction to human anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, phlebotomy equipment and supplies, phlebotomy procedure and phlebotomy essentials. The book has been broken down into several sections to make the process of learning easy for leaners. The book has end of chapter review questions. In addition to this, the textbook has 6 practice exams, 50 questions each with the answers at the end of the book. EKG Volume/Section This textbook is focused on contents such as anatomy and physiology of the heart, infection control and standard precautions, legal issues in healthcare, medical terminology, concept of EKG, EKG interpretation, EKG application essentials, EKG procedure and picture application for various type of EKGs. The Interpretation section of the EKG consists of interpretations of 1. Normal Sinus Rhythm 2. Sinus Bradycardia 3. Sinus Tachycardia 4. Sinus Arrhythmia 5. Sino-Atrial Block 6. Sinus Pause/Sinus Arrest 1. Premature Atrial Contraction 2. Wandering Atrial Pacemaker 3. Atrial Flutter 4. Atrial Fibrillation 5. Supraventricular Tachycardia 6. Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia1. Premature Junction Contraction 2. Junctional Rhythm 3.Junctional Escape Beat 4. Accelerated Junctional Rhythm 5. Junctional Tachycardia1. Idio-ventricular Rhythm 2. Accelerated Idio-ventricular rhythm 3. Ventricular Fibrillation 4. Premature Ventricular Contraction 5. Ventricular Escape Beat 6. Torsades de Pointes 7. Asystole 8. Ventricular Tachycardia1. First Degree Block 2. Second Degree Type 1 Block 3. Second Degree Type 2 Block 4. Third Degree Block 5. Bundle Branch Block1. Right Axis Deviation 2. Left Axis Deviation 3. Extreme Axis Deviation1. Right & Left Atrial Hypertrophy 2. Right & Left Ventricular Hypertrophy1. Lateral Wall (STEMI) 2. Inferior Wall (STEMI) 3. Anterior Wall (STEMI) 4. Septal Wall (STEMI) 5. Antero-Lateral (STEMI) 6.Inferior-Lateral (STEMI) 1. Single Chamber: Atrial 2. Single Chamber: Ventricular 3. Dual Chamber: Atrial & Ventricular The procedure section of the textbook consist of: 3 Lead EKG Placement, 5 Lead EKG Placement, 7 Lead EKG Placement, 15 Lead EKG Placement 12 Lead EKG Placement, Dextrocardiac 12 Lead Placement, 12 Lead EKG Placement, 12 Lead EKG Placement for EKG Stress Testing This volume of EKG textbook consist for various illustrations and pictures to make the process of learning easy and understandable.

Download or read book Skills for the Patient Care Technician written by Susan King Strasinger and published by F A Davis Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let Skills for the Patient Care Technician show you how to position yourself for a successful career in the healthcare delivery system. This unique text provides entry-level healthcare workers with a comprehensive tool to become multiskilled. All areas are covered - phlebotomy; the medical laboratory; ECGs; and respiratory basic radiography and basic nursing skills. Also included is an introduction to the healthcare delivery system, and coverage of safety, infection control, and quality assurance.

Download or read book Medical Surgical Nursing Elsevier eBook on VitalSource Retail Access Card written by Donna D. Ignatavicius and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consistent use of interprofessional terminology promotes interprofessional collaboration through the use of a common healthcare language, instead of using isolated nursing-specific diagnostic language. UNIQUE! Enhanced conceptual approach to learning integrates nursing concepts and exemplars, providing a foundation in professional nursing concepts and health and illness concepts, and showing their application in each chapter. Unparalleled emphasis on clinical reasoning and clinical judgment helps you develop these vital skills when applying concepts to clinical situations. Emphasis on QSEN and patient safety focuses on safety and evidence-based practice with Nursing Safety Priority boxes, including Drug Alert, Critical Rescue, and Action Alert boxes. Direct, easy-to-read writing style features concise sentences and straightforward vocabulary. Emphasis on health promotion and community-based care reflects the reality that most adult health care takes place in environments outside of high-acuity (hospital) settings. NEW! Strengthened conceptual approach with data-driven Concept and Exemplar selections adds the concepts of pain, inflammation, and infection, and presents Exemplar disorders with a full nursing-process format and extra depth to help prepare you for the Next Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN). NEW and UNIQUE! Enhanced focus on clinical judgment and systems thinking ensures alignment with the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Model and emphasizes the six cognitive skills you'll need for effective clinical judgment, for the NGN, and for safe clinical practice. NEW and UNIQUE! Emphasis on NGN preparation includes chapter-opening Learning Outcomes and chapter-ending Get Ready for the NCLEX Examination! sections, plus NCLEX Examination Challenge questions and new chapter-ending Mastery Questions, with an answer key in the back of the book and on the companion Evolve website. UNIQUE! Interprofessional collaborative approach to care views medical and nursing management through the lens of the nursing process and the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Model and aligns with the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. NEW! Emphasis on need-to-know content provides a solid foundation for beginning nurse generalists, including only the most important patient problems for each medical condition, with streamlined chapters and concise coverage of nursing skills for preoperative and postoperative care. NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the latest national and international evidence-based guidelines and protocols. NEW! Improved learning resources on Evolve are thoroughly updated and closely integrated with the textbook. NEW! Interprofessional Collaboration boxes highlight how the nurse collaborates with other members of the healthcare team. NEW! Ethical/Legal Considerations boxes address dilemmas that medical-surgical nurses face related to technological changes and socioeconomic disparities. NEW! Increased emphasis on home care, health promotion, and community-based care reflects the ongoing shift of care from hospitals to the home environment. NEW! Updated illustrations include new anatomy and physiology images, procedure images, and disorder photos. NEW! Updated drug tables are designed for quick reference and the use of drug trade names is eliminated for better alignment with the NGN. NEW! Coverage of opioid use disorder is updated to reflect the opioid crisis in the U.S. NEW! Content on personal safety and preparedness for mass casualty events has been expanded to equip you for the realities of healthcare today. NEW! Key terms and definitions at the beginning of each chapter give you advance familiarity with essential terminology. NEW! Revised Key Points align closely with Learning Outcomes and each includes a QSEN or Clinical Nursing Concept "tag" to maximize your study efficiency.

Download or read book Potter Perry s Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills Procedures Elsevier eBook on VitalSource Retail Access Card written by Patricia A. Potter and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative content is based on and matches Perry, Potter, Ostendorf & Laplante's Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 10th Edition, making this book ideal as a quick, handy skills reference for information in the core text. A-to-Z organization of skills makes it easy to find information quickly, with each skill beginning on a new page. Clear, step-by-step instructions include the purpose for performing each skill, guidelines to help in delegating tasks to assistive personnel, lists of required equipment, and full-color photographs and drawings. Concise two-column format for skills includes rationales for each step, providing the "what" and the "why" for performing the steps of each skill. Unexpected Outcomes / Related Interventions provide troubleshooting information for common problems that may develop when performing a skill and also recommend appropriate actions. Safety Alerts within the skills highlight important information for patient safety and effective performance of the skill. Special Considerations address teaching, home care settings, and pediatric and geriatric patients, describing the risks or accommodations needed when caring for patients in these populations. Gloving logo within the skills steps identifies circumstances in which clean gloves should be worn or gloves should be changed before proceeding to the next step of the skill. Documentation guidelines provide bulleted lists of what should be reported and recorded in the patient records. Convenient pocket-size format includes a back-cover flap for bookmarking and spiral binding, allowing the book to lay flat and stay open on the page being referenced. NEW! New skills are added and all skills throughout the book are updated to match the latest evidence-based practice, guidelines, and standards - ensuring safe, effective performance of skills.

Download or read book Concept Based Clinical Nursing Skills E Book written by Loren Nell Melton Stein and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2023-02-27 with total page 2637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW! End-of-chapter Next Generation NCLEX® types of questions challenge you to apply critical thinking and clinical judgment. NEW! AACN Essentials language and competencies are incorporated into every chapter and included in case study questions.

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Download or read book Skills for the Patient Care Technician written by Susan K. Strasinger and published by . This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique textbook provides entry-level health care employees with a comprehensive tool to become multiskilled.

Download or read book Wilkins Clinical Assessment in Respiratory Care Elsevier eBook on VitalSource Retail Access Card written by Albert J. Heuer and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approx. 484 pages Comprehensive approach addresses all of the most important aspects and topics of assessment, so you can learn to assess patients effectively. Case studies provide real-life clinical scenarios challenging you to interpret data and make accurate patient assessments. Questions to Ask boxes identify the questions practitioners should ask patients (e.g., coughing, sputum, shortness of breath) or questions to ask themselves (e.g., lung sounds they are hearing, blood pressure, respiratory rate) when confronted with certain pathologies. Learning objectives, key terms, and chapter outlines begin each chapter and introduce the content to be mastered. Assessment questions in each chapter are aligned to the learning objectives and reflect the NBRC Exam format, with answers located on the Evolve companion website. Key Points at the end of each chapter emphasize the topics identified in the learning objectives, providing easy review. Simply Stated boxes highlight and summarize key points to help you understand important concepts. NEW! Updated content throughout the text reflects the latest evidence-based practices and clinical developments, including infection control measures, imaging techniques, assessment of critically ill patients, and the increased reliance on telehealth and electronic health records. NEW! Updated and revised content aligns with the latest NBRC credentialing exam matrix. NEW! Take-Home points are included for each chapter, plus cases as well as questions and answers for students to use in testing and applying their knowledge.