Kate Fitzgerald has had leukemia since she was 2 years old, and her family conceived their next child, Anna, in hopes that her genetic makeup could be used to help Kate stay alive. Now Kate is 16, and Anna 13. Kate is getting worse, and Anna's parents want her to donate a kidney as one last chance for her sister. After years of surgery, trauma, ...
This best-selling, ability-based text, with a complete learning package, has been thoroughly updated and expanded to provide comprehensive coverage of the theory and skills required for working as a nursing assistant in acute care, long-term care, or home health care setting. The inviting, four-colour design, with screened procedures, additional ...
The text builds from a history of the field, through research methods, and then on to contemporary issues (living with chronic illness, behaviours affecting health and more). This book should be of interest to undergraduates of health psychology.
Jerome Groopman shares what he has learned from 30 years of practicing medicine about hope and how it functions in sick people--and how difficult it is for a doctor to walk the line between optimism and false hope. The patients he writes about range from the hopeless to those in severe denial, and include himself as he writes about his own ...
This text provides an in-depth look at how experiences associated with death, dying, and bereavement shape and are shaped by human life and culture. The authors integrate classical and contemporary material, present task-based approaches for individual and family coping, and offer practical guidelines for constructive communication, all of which ...
Reflecting contemporary practice, this text explains the general roles and responsibilities of the nursing assistant, showing how these roles correspond to the performance of procedures and interaction with other health care professionals. This edition includes new chapters on comfort, rest and sleep; personal care and grooming; and persons and ...
With one of the most well known and lovely opening sentences in all of children's literature ("In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines"), MADELINE is an unforgettable picture book about a truly unforgettable character. This story, the first in a series of books about Madeline, introduces ...
Ideal for shorter, more focused courses, this concise text provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential for becoming a nursing assistant. It clearly and logically presents the responsibilities of the nursing assistant in a readable, highly visual format that appeals to learners of all levels.
The vibrant Judy studies the human body in her third grade class, and takes a turn as a nurse, doctor, classroom zucchini surgeon, and tonsillitis-suffering patient. Of course she must take the "Hippo oath" and "swear to the Hippo guy" to do her "doctor best." Judy's usual sense of humor and unique ways of expressing herself are much in evidence, ...
Advice for helping children ages 3 to 19 through the crisis of a parent's serious illness. Covers such topics as what to tell a child about the illness; how children of different ages react; how to recognize early-warning signs of stress in artwork, play, and sleep patterns, eating habits and schoolwork; when and where to get professional help; ...
In an intimate, inspirational book, the author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Peace, Love & Healing provides readers with healthy ways to respond to life's challenges and difficulties, answers the questions he is most commonly asked, and addresses the most common concerns we all have about illness and survival.
For courses in basic skills training for long-term care nurse assistants. Written by nurses currently practicing and teaching in the long-term care field, this basic skills text focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to do the day-to-day job of a certified nursing assistant in a long-term care facility. It meets curriculum as required by ...
Borrowing from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's beautiful sonnet, popular inspirational author McDaniel presents a collection of stories that introduces three young couples who believe in the strength and power of love.
This full-color text is popular with both students and teachers alike because it's concise, and practical. The second edition reflects the most recent practice requirements including the latest Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines, OSHA mandates regarding infection control, as well as OBRA training requirements and updates. It also includes ...
This book provides comprehensive coverage of basic patient care skills for all health care workers. KEY TOPCIS: " Such skills as patient positioning and transfer, range of motion exercises, vital signs and aseptic techniques are emphasized. A new format with clearly organized objectives, case studies and review questions add to the step-by-step ...
For undergraduate courses in Sociology of Health and Illness, Medical Sociology, Medical Anthropology, Urban Studies, Social Medicine, and Nursing. This text presents a critical, holistic interpretation of health, illness, and human bodies that emphasizes power as a key social-structural factor in health and in societal responses to illness. It ...
A workbook to help children deal with feelings about serious illness. An excellent resource for helping children learn the basic concepts of illness and various age-appropriate ways of coping with someone else's illness.
This book for homeowners, builders, and architects outlines a master plan for creating a healthy house from the ground up. Beginning with a warning about "sick building syndrome," the authors discuss the possible sources for indoor pollution, such as pesticides, electromagnetic fields, and mold. From the early stages of building (such as clearing ...
With a new Foreword by Jeffrey Frank The most poignant of all De Vries's novels, The Blood of the Lamb is also the most autobiographical. It follows the life of Don Wanderhop from his childhood in an immigrant Calvinist family living in Chicago in the 1950s through the loss of a brother, his faith, his wife, and finally his daughter - a tragedy ...
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