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Title From nursing assistant to patient care technician : new roles, new knowledge, new skills / [edited by] Donna J. Brust, Joyce A. Foster
Published Philadelphia : Saunders, 1997

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Contents Unit 1. Working Effectively with Other Staff. Ch. 1. Changing World - Changing Work: Thriving in the New World of Work / Joyce A. Foster. Ch. 2. Leadership, Teamwork, and the Role of the Patient Care Technician / Kathleen J. Fischer and Catherine Ricciuti -- Unit 2. Advanced Care for Common Concerns. Ch. 3. Basic Concepts / Anne Findeis. Ch. 4. Interpersonal Relationships and Communication / Jean A. Just -- Unit 3. Patient Care Technician Role in Body System Disorders. Ch. 5. The Nervous System / Mara Ferris and Laurie Miller. Ch. 6. The Respiratory System / Shirley Fields McCoy. Ch. 7. The Cardiovascular System / Susan Jenkins Galloway. Ch. 8. The Renal Urinary System / Michelle M. Budzinski-Braunscheidel. Ch. 9. The Gastrointestinal System / Claire R. Esselman. Ch. 10. The Endocrine System / Susan M. Bejciy-Spring. Ch. 11. The Musculoskeletal System / Nancy R. Nelson. Ch. 12. The Integumentary System / Donna J. Brust. Ch. 13. Challenges of the Cancer Patient / Francie Wolgin
Unit 4. Special Health Care Situations. Ch. 14. Self-Concept, Body Image, and Sexuality in Health Care / Linda Terry Godson. Ch. 15. Organizing Your Work Assignment / Dorothy H. Mundy and Janice M. Crabill. Ch. 16. Emergency Care / Sandra L. Walden and Ella Schulz. Ch. 17. Assisting with Sterile Procedures / Karen Boliek. Ch. 18. Computerization of Health Care / Joyce A. Becker -- Unit 5. Cross-Training Options for the Multiskilled Partner. Ch. 19. Clerical Skills / Sherry Speer and Shelley Uncapher. Ch. 20. Electrocardiogram / Juanita J. McDonough. Ch. 21. Venipuncture and Point of Care Testing / Mildred Perlia, Esther E. Jones and Loretta Piombo Benton -- Appendix 1. Tri-Council for Nursing Statement on Assistive Personnel to the Registered Nurse -- Appendix 2. Common Abbreviations Used in Health Care
Notes Includes index
Subject Nurses' aides.
Nursing Assistants.
Nursing Care.
Author Brust, Donna J.
Foster, Joyce A.
LC no. 96028910
ISBN 0721660460