{"product_id":"essential-knowledge-and-skills-for-healthcare-assistants-and-assistant-practitioners-9781138093560","title":"Essential Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fully updated and revised edition of \u003cem\u003eEssential Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners\u003c\/em\u003e is a practical and comprehensive text designed to equip you with the necessary clinical skills for your profession. This book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e equips you with the knowledge to provide the safest and most effective patient care possible;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e provides evidence-based guidelines to ensure best practice that is matched to the National Occupational Standards and the Care Certificate;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e includes new chapters on administering injections, ear irrigation and examining the feet of people with diabetes, and an entirely rewritten chapter on protocols;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e addresses the evolving role of the healthcare assistant and training opportunities;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e supplies comprehensive coverage of both primary and secondary care settings, with an emphasis on primary care;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e covers accountability, communication skills, confidentiality and reflection; and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e uses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword Introduction \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection I: All Change \u003c\/strong\u003e1. The Evolving Role of the Healthcare Assistant \u003cstrong\u003eSection II: Some Useful Stuff \u003c\/strong\u003e2. Understanding Reflective Practice 3. Accountability and Delegation 4. Using Protocols 5. Communicating with Patients 6. Simple Assertiveness Skills 7. Confidentiality, Consent and Record-keeping 8. Health Promotion: The Key Messages 9. Keeping It Clean: Hand Decontamination 10. Chaperoning \u003cstrong\u003eSection III: Core Skills \u003c\/strong\u003e11. Physiological Measurements 12. Understanding and Measuring Blood Pressure Accurately 13. Understanding the Heart: How to Perform the Electrocardiograph (ECG) 14. Venepuncture and Capillary Blood Testing: Best Practice 15. Kidney Function and Urine: Performing Accurate Urinalysis \u003cstrong\u003eSection IV: More Advanced Skills \u003c\/strong\u003e16. Examining the Feet of People With Diabetes 17. The Skin and the Healing Process: Basic Wound Care 18. Understanding Lung Function and Disease: Performing Accurate Lung Function Testing 19. The Role of the HCA in Administering Immunisations and the B12 Injection 20. Ear Examination and Irrigation \u003cem\u003eGlossary References Index\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019456708951,"sku":"9781138093560","price":32.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138093560.jpg?v=1750780330","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/essential-knowledge-and-skills-for-healthcare-assistants-and-assistant-practitioners-9781138093560","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}