Clinical Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners - Practitioners,

Informationen zum Autor Angela Whelan is a Senior Lecturer, Teaching and Learning Fellow, and Programme Lead, in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at Edge Hill University, UK. Elaine Hughes is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, Deputy Programme Co-ordinator BSc(Hons), and a SOLSTICE Fellow, in the Faculty of Health at Edge Hill University, UK. Klappentext Clinical Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners is an accessible, easy-to-read guide, outlining the fundamental and core skills integral to clinical practice.Fully updated in its second edition, this book is divided into three sections; the first looks at fundamental skills applicable to all staff, such as accountability, communication and record keeping. Section two explores core clinical skills such as respiratory care, pulse, blood glucose management and catheter care. Section three outlines complex clinical skills that require more in-depth training, such as medication and intravenous cannulation.An invaluable resource for healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners, this book will also be of use to newly qualified practitioners, and students in health and social care. Zusammenfassung Clinical Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners is an accessible, easy-to-read guide, outlining the fundamental and core skills integral to clinical practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii Introduction xv Section I: Fundamental skills 1 Accountability 3 Aim of this chapter 3 Regulation and registration 3 Healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners 4 Responsibilities and accountability 5 Delegation 8 Related aspects and terminology 10 Summary 16 References 17 2 Communication in healthcare 19 Aim of this chapter 19 Why good communication is important 19 Definition of communication 20 Communication methods 22 Strategies to improve communication 27 Related aspects and terminology 27 Common problems or communication barriers 29 Skills for the Health Care Certificate 31 Summary 31 References 32 Addendum 33 3 Psychological well-being 34 Aim of this chapter 34 What is meant by psychological care? 34 Psychological assessment in the healthcare setting 35 The importance of psychological care in the healthcare setting 37 Strategies to optimise psychological well-being 41 Pharmacological (drug-related) options 43 Non-pharmacological options 44 Therapeutic sense of self 44 Common problems 45 Summary 46 References 47 4 Documentation and record keeping 49 Aim of this chapter 49 The importance and purpose of documentation in relation to clinical skills 49 Confidentiality in records and documentation 52 Types of documentation 52 Legal aspects relating to documentation 53 Common problems 56 Related aspects and terminology 56 Strategies to improve standards of record keeping 56 Summary 57 References 59 Section II: Core clinical skills 5 Pulse 63 Aim of this chapter 63 What is a pulse? 63 Relevant anatomy and physiology 64 Related aspects and terminology 66 Factors affecting the pulse rate 67 Terminology 68 Automated devices 70 Fetal heartbeat 73 Documentation 75 Common problems 76 Summary 79 References 80 6 Blood pressure monitoring 81 Aim of this chapter 81 What is blood pressure? 81 Reasons for monitoring blood pressure 81 Who requests the test? 81 Who can take a BP reading? 82 What is done with the readings/information? 82 Relevant ...

List of contents

Preface xi
 
Acknowledgements xiii
 
Introduction xv
 
Section I Fundamental skills
 
1. Accountability 3
 
Aim of this chapter 3
 
Regulation and Registration 3
 
Health Care Assistants and Assistant Practitioners 4
 
Responsibilities and Accountability 5
 
Delegation 8
 
Related aspects and terminology 10
 
Summary 16
 
References 17
 
2. Communication in healthcare 19
 
Aim of this chapter 19
 
Defining Communication 20
 
Why good communication is important 19
 
Communication methods 22
 
Strategies to improve communication 27
 
Related aspects and terminology 27
 
Skills for Health Care Certificate 31
 
Summary 31
 
References 32
 
Addendum 33
 
3. Psychological well-being 34
 
Aim of this chapter 34
 
What is meant by psychological care? 34
 
Psychological assessment in the healthcare setting 35
 
The importance of psychological care in the healthcare setting 37
 
Strategies to optimise psychological wellbeing 41
 
Pharmacological (drug-related) options 43
 
Non-pharmacological options 44
 
Therapeutic sense of self 44
 
Common problems 45
 
Summary 46
 
References 47
 
4. Documentation and record keeping 49
 
Aim of this chapter 49
 
The importance and purpose of documentation in relation to clinical skills 49
 
Confidentiality in records and documentation 52
 
Types of documentation 52
 
Legal aspects relating to documentation 53
 
Common problems 56
 
Related aspects and terminology 56
 
Strategies to improve standards of record keeping 56
 
Summary 57
 
References 59
 
Section II Core clinical skills
 
5. Pulse 63
 
Aim of this chapter 63
 
What is a pulse? 63
 
Relevant anatomy and physiology 64
 
Related aspects and terminology 66
 
Factors affecting the pulse rate 67
 
Terminology 68
 
Automated devices 70
 
Fetal heartbeat 73
 
Documentation 75
 
Common problems 76
 
Summary 79
 
References 80
 
6. Blood pressure monitoring 81
 
Aim of this chapter 81
 
What is blood pressure? 81
 
Reasons for monitoring blood pressure 81
 
Who requests the test? 81
 
Who can take a BP reading? 82
 
What is done with the readings/information? 82
 
Relevant anatomy and physiology 82
 
Related aspects and terminology 86
 
Terminology 87
 
Korotkoff's sounds 88
 

Equipment 89
 
Sites for recording blood pressure 93
 
Taking blood pressure 94
 
Documentation 96
 
Common problems 96
 
Summary 102
 
References 103
 
7. Temperature 105
 
Aim of this chapter 105
 
What is temperature? 105
 
Reasons for measuring temperature 105
 
Normal limits 106
 
Relevant anatomy and physiology 107
 
Related aspects and terminology 107
 
Terminology 113
 
Taking a temperature reading 119
 
Route 119
 
Taking a temperature reading 119
 
Documentation 121
 
Common problems 124
 
Summary 125
 
References 128
 
8. Pulse oximetry 130
 
Aim of this chapter 130
 
What is an oxygen saturation reading? 130
 
Who can perform the test? 130
 
Reasons for recording an oxygen saturation level 131
 

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Hughes, Elaine Whelan Hughes, A Whelan, Angela Whelan, Angela (Faculty of Health Whelan, Angela Hughes Whelan
• Assisted by: Hughes (Editor), Hughes (Editor), Elaine Hughes (Editor), Hughes Elaine (Editor), Angel Whelan (Editor), Angela Whelan (Editor), Whelan Angela (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2016
• EAN: 9781118256411
• ISBN: 978-1-118-25641-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Krankenpflege, Nursing, Health & Social Care, Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen, Einführungen in die Krankenpflege, Introductions to Nursing