| Contents |
pt. 1: Orientation to home care -- Learning about home care -- The home care industry -- Developing effective communication skills -- Understanding your client's needs -- Understanding how the body works -- Observing, reporting, and recording -- Working with the ill and disabled -- pt. 2: Managing the home environment -- Maintaining a safe environment -- Maintaining a healthy environment -- Meeting the client's nutritional needs -- pt. 3: Home care procedures -- Preventing infection/medical asepsis -- Body mechanics -- Bedmaking -- Personal care -- Elimination -- Collecting specimens -- Measuring vital signs -- Special procedures -- pt. 4: Meeting the client's special needs -- Caring for older adults -- Caring for mothers, infants, and children -- Caring for clients with mental illness -- Caring for clients with illness requiring home care -- Caring for the dying client -- Emergencies -- pt. 5: Professional skills -- Getting a job and keeping it. |
