the health care managers guide to continuous quality

The Complete Self-Care Guide to Homeopathy, Herbal Remedies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Feingold, Ellen, PUBLISHER: Homeopathy Center of Delaware, Everything you need to know about essential natural alternatives for good health.

Managing the Health Care Professional

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McConnell, Charles R., PUBLISHER: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Managing the Health Care Professional goes beyond standard management theory to give you a clear picture of the characteristics that make professionals unique as employees and thus deserving of treatment that addresses their professionalism. Under the guidance of best-selling author Charles R. McConnell, this practical, results-oriented, how-to guide identifies specific points of departure in how professionals approach the job, how they relate to their organization and its objectives, and how they respond to a manager's leadership, and other aspects that make them unique.

Meal Preparation and Training: The Health Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Klinger, Judith Lannefeld, PUBLISHER: Slack, This book identifies and examines training techniques for the kitchen. Designed specifically for the therapist or health care professional, techniques demonstrated should be utilized by health care professionals to teach those with physical disabilities or the elderly how to understand and perform tasks in the kitchen successfully. Some issues addressed in the book include kitchen planning, meal planning, nutrition, safety, stress, and more. Materials are provided to help with kitchen and home planning. The book looks at how to deal with clients in their homes, working with children, hospice, and dealing with individuals with physical and cognitive limitations and elderly from a health care professional's perspective. Meal Preparation and Training: The Health Care Professional's Guide is divided into several sections. Part I assesses the situation - the types of patients as well as the caregivers and family - then focuses on specific disabilities and problems including a client with arthritis, chronic pain, etc. Part II is involved with the kitchen and the home, from safety and modifications to transporting items. Part III focuses on equipment, appliances, nutrition, shopping, and includes a guide to teaching recipes. Part IV provides help for the health care professional and caregivers with extensive support materials. These include funding, agencies and organizations, sources for equipment and materials, general references, and forms and plans for making equipment. The forms and plans may be photocopied, enlarged if desired, and are designed for use with clients.

Illustrated Guide to Home Health Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Springhouse Publishing, PUBLISHER: Springhouse Corporation, Home care instructions for patients and their families are explained completely and in simple terms. Large typeface throughout helps readers with impaired vision. Illustrations enhance comprehension. The first section covers the fundamentals of home care, including how to properly handle a hospital bed, feed patients who have difficulty eating, administer medications, provide incontinence care, perform exercises, learn or teach how to use crutches and canes, and more. The second section gives concise instructions for specific procedures, such as oxygen therapy, I.V. therapy, suctioning, tracheostomy care, respiratory therapy, parenteral nutrition, cast care, colostomy care, and more.

Illustrated Guide to Diagnostic Tests

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Springhouse Publishing / Schull, Patricia / Springhouse, PUBLISHER: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, This newly revised edition reflects important changes in technology and the effects of managed care and home health care. New information includes the latest CT and MRI scans; color-tabbed guide to adult, geriatric, and pediatric laboratory test values; 15-page appendix of teaching aids for patient preparation; 12-page, illustrated guide to home testing, including HIV screening, ovulation testing, pregnancy verification, glucose monitoring, and more; illustrated collection techniques for blood and urine samples; and a guide to color-top collection tubes. Included are more than 550 laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures.

Water Quality - Management of a Natural Resource

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Perry, James / Perry / Perry, Jim, PUBLISHER: Wiley-Blackwell, Once a purely technical sub-discipline of hydrology, water quality management is now a social and political discipline, with concerns ranging from ensuring adequate health standards to preserving biological diversity and ecosystem integrity. This book goes beyond the technical manuals and specialty publications to provide support and guidance for the everyday decisions made by water-quality managers. Water Quality: Management of a Natural Resource addresses the rarely touched upon social, biophysical, land-use and policy considerations, which reflect the issues that confront managers and decision-makers. In a series of incisive reviews, experts address key topics in modern water resource management and case studies illustrate the successes and failures of past management efforts. Water Quality: Management of a Natural Resource develops and presents a management view requiring an awareness of: the social context of management, new ecological theories, and how policy is implemented in different situations and countries.

The Juice Lady's Guide to Juicing for Health: Unleashing the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Calbom, Cherie, PUBLISHER: Avery Publishing Group, A practical A-to-Z guide to the prevention and treatment of the most common health disorders. Written by nutritionist and juicing expert Cherie Calbom, "The Juice Ladyas Guide to Juicing for Health, Revised Edition," shows you how to use fresh juice to lose weight, boost energy, and achieve the glow of health. With helpful guidelines for buying and using a juice machine, Cherie also explains how to put that machine to work with delicious recipes and easy-to-understand nutritional programs for more than fifty health conditions. These research-backed programs include the best combinations of fruits and vegetables for each disorder, along with a diet plan and other health tips that can help you fight off disease. This revised edition provides updated health and nutritional information on many conditions, including ADHD, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, and much more. Supporting the nutritional programs with a unique diet plan, special cleansing regimens, and detailed appendices packed with useful information, "The Juice Ladyas Guide to Juicing for Health" gives you a total approach to healthanow, and for the rest of your life.

Community Health Nursing: Advocacy for Population Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clark, Mary Jo Dummer, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Now more than ever-locally, nationally, globally-society is in need of community health services. This book emphasizes the application of community health nursing as it relates to specific populations, settings, and community health problems. Theoretically and scientifically sound, as well as practical and applicable, this resource is a thorough introduction to the specialty. Unit I sets the stage for practice by describing the context in which community health nursing occurs. Unit II examines community health nursing as a specialized area of practice, exploring its population focus and the attributes and features making it unique. Unit III presents common processes used in community health nursing. Unit IV examines community health nursing care provided to special population groups. Unit V presents community health nursing practice in specialized settings. Finally, Unit VI focuses on community health nursing practice related to common population health problems. For nurse generalists-who need to function in any setting, providing care to individuals, families, communities, and population groups. Acquista Ora

The Hair Bible: A Complete Guide to Health and Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kingsley, Philip, PUBLISHER: Aurum Press, Providing a complete guide to preserving and enhancing the health and appearance of hair, this guide explains how to identify hair type and select shampoos and conditioners to match it; how to avoid the dangers inherent in potentially damaging processes, such as dying, permanent waving, coloring, and bleaching; and the use of brushes, curlers, and pins. Everyday problems such as split ends and dandruff are addressed as are less common problems that may be the result of allergies, ill health, or climate. There are chapters on babies' and children's hair, and issues that may arise in pregnancy or old age are covered. Whether hair is viewed as a crowning glory, a problem that just won't go away, or something that's going away all too fast, this book provides answers to just about any hair question.

Medical Astrology: A Guide to Planetary Pathology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hill, Judith A., PUBLISHER: Stellium Press, A complete detailed guide to ancient and classical medical astrology. Includes diagnosis, surgery dates, onset patterns, antidotes, death transits, the four elements and the three modes, effects of planets and lunar nodes in all signs. The Planetary Health Chart and nine key points of health assessment. Few books ever written in this field are as useful to the student.

Energy 101: The Key to Understanding Holistic Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meryl, Jan, PUBLISHER: Booklocker.com, Jan Meryl presents information received from spirit guides in thousands of psychic channeled readings about how and why blocks to health andhappiness reside in the human energy field, but can be cleared. This is a must read for health care professionals and patients.

Residential Choices and Experiences of Older Adults:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Krout, John A. / Wethington, Elaine, PUBLISHER: Springer Publishing Company, Based on the "Pathways to Life Quality" longitudinal research study, this book explores the ways in which older adults' residential choices impact their health and well-being. The study examines the factors associated with life quality for persons living on their own in the local community, as well as those in various housing arrangements such as a continuing care retirement facility, adult home, income-subsidized housing, and senior apartments. Topics include plans and adjustment to moving; role identities; social relationships, participation, and integration; health and activity patterns; and coping with life events.

Charting Made Incredibly Easy!

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Springhouse, PUBLISHER: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Now nurses can chart the Incredibly Easy way with this remarkable reference. They'll find easy-to-follow directions for charting thoroughly and accurately in all clinical situations. And they'll learn to improve speed and efficiency, reduce legal risks, and meet requirements for licensing, accreditation, and reimbursement. Contents include charting basics: understanding charting, the nursing process, plans of care, and charting systems; charting in contemporary health care: acute care, home health care, longterm care, and rehabilitation; and special topics: enhancing charting, avoiding legal pitfalls, and documenting procedures.

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Medicare Part D

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Epstein, Lita, PUBLISHER: Alpha Books, A prescription for the right health care. Although Medicare Part D, the federal program to subsidize the cost of prescription drugs, went into effect in January , beneficiaries are still confused by it. With "The Pocket Idiot's Guide(tm) to Medicare Part D," readers have all the information they need to pick the plan that's right for them in one handy book that takes them through the process step by step, including what's covered, who's eligible, and understanding costs. *Complements "The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Social Security and Medicare, Second Edition," also by Lita Epstein *Includes screenshots of the Medicare online tool to help readers choose the right plan *Beneficial to seniors, their families, and pharmacists

Everyday Wellness

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Beidler, Marilyn S., PUBLISHER: La Jolla Health Coach, Written by a professional health coach with a lifelong passion for healing, Everyday Wellness is a fun, easy-to-read guide to nutrition, fitness, and stress management. It covers a wide range of subjects, from cleansing internally to cultivating gratitude, from nontoxic beauty products to heart-healthy fats. No matter where you are on your journey to health, you'll find a wise and inspirational guide in Everyday Wellness. About the Author As a health coach, Marilyn Beidler helps people from all walks of life to achieve optimal health. She lives in San Diego, California.

Migration and the Globalisation of Health Care The Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: John Connell, PUBLISHER: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, NA

A Guide to Raising Llamas: Care, Showing, Breeding, Packing,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Birutta, Gale, PUBLISHER: Storey Publishing, A comprehensive handbook covering behavior, training, facilities, showing, health care, first aid, breeding, birthing, and marketing.

Healthcare Teams: Building Continuous Quality Improvement

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mears, Peter, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Healthcare Teams: Building Continuous Quality Improvement provides a thorough understanding of team building in a healthcare environment. Important topics such as what it means to be a member of a team, empowerment and how teams contribute to continuous quality improvement are covered. A special section of the manual also provides the reader with essential information on key quality concepts. Numerous exercises are specifically tailored for situations encountered in healthcare. Participants take turns as leaders and observers. The observer records the interactions which occur in solving an exercise and reports findings to the team at the end of the exercise. These findings are analyzed by the team, thus creating an atmosphere whereby teams learn how to learn. Participants are exposed to a diversity of problems through numerous healthcare-related exercises. Team concepts such as empowerment, cohesiveness, handling difficult members, and team effectiveness are explained, exercises are provided to help participants learn more about these concepts while building their team skills.

Supervision in Clinical Practice: A Practitioner's Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Scaife, Joyce, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Supervision is of increasing significance in the practice of mental health professionals, especially since the advent of voluntary and mandatory registration, managed care and clinical governance. Little, however, has been written to address the practical and theoretical needs and questions of those involved. In Supervision in the Mental Health Professions, Joyce Scaife, along with her guest contributors, draws on over two decades of experience to illustrate ways of thinking about and doing supervision. Using practical examples, she explores often-encountered dilemmas, including: * How can supervisors facilitate learning? * What are the ethical bases of supervision? * What helps to create a good working alliance? This comprehensive, practical and indispensable text is vital reading for supervisors and supervisees involved in mental health care, including clinical psychology, counselling, psychotherapy, counselling psychology, psychiatry, nursing and social work.

The Companion to Homeopathy: The Practitioner's Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Griffith, Colin / Castro, Miranda, PUBLISHER: Watkins Publishing, Homeopathy--helping the body to heal itself--is an extraordinarily powerful and increasingly popular health care system. While orthodox medicine focuses on the physical body, homeopathy treats the whole person, taking into account personal history, environmental factors, and any hereditary vulnerabilities to particular illnesses or conditions. Written by highly-respected practitioner and lecturer Colin Griffith, this comprehensive guide to homeopathy is a superbly informative resource, with answers to common questions, examples and case histories, and an examination of controversial issues, such as immunization, mind-altering drugs, and karma. Griffith also addresses many of the myths that have come to overshadow the true practice of, and benefits from, homeopathy.

A Sociology of Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wainwright, David, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), A Sociology of Health offers an authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the key issues, perspectives, and debates within the field of medical sociology. The book aids readers' understanding of how sociological approaches are crucial to understanding the impact that health and illness have on the behavior, attitudes, beliefs, and practices, of an increasingly health-aware population.

Hospital Handbook on Multiculturalism and Religion

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kirkwood, Neville A., PUBLISHER: Morehouse Publishing, In our religiously pluralistic society, clergy, medical and nursing staffs in modern hospitals are confronted with caring for people with varied beliefs and customs. Since the overall care of a patient, and not just the surgeries performed or medicines given, affect an individual's recovery, it is vitally important to be familiar with cultural and religious understandings and expectations around hygiene, pastoral care, autopsies, transfusions, and even the practices associated with death itself. A Hospital Handbook on Multiculturalism and Religion is a succinct guide to the care of patients from a variety of faith perspectives: Christian, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhist, B'hai, and others. Each chapter examines not only the customs themselves, but the significance of certain rites and attitudes, supplying health care workers and chaplains with the information they need to provide the best care possible.

The Monocle Guide

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Health Network Innovations: How 20 Communities Are Improving

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bogue, Richard J. / Hall, Claude H., Jr., PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, For leaders and change makers in health and human services delivery, "Health Network Innovations" offers a behind-the-scenes look at the strategies and methods that 20 pioneers have used to establish strong networks of community care.

Making Money in Child Care Photography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fontes, Rick, PUBLISHER: Lulu.com, A comprehensive, complete guide to Child Care Photography based on thirty years of hands-on experience. This manual allows you to avoid the common mistakes made by many who enter into this field without a guide. It is a jump start to your success.

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