Patient Care

Recalling remarkable cases - and people - from a career launched in the first days of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Paul Seward leads us in his memoir through suspenseful diagnoses and explorations of anatomy. Within the conditions of great stress and rapid decision-making that are routine in the ER, Dr. Seward tells us that medical staff must be more than technicians of the body: They must be restorers of the human.

Linda J.Mancinelli is a hospice and palliative care nurse. She has devoted more than 30 years to the care of terminally ill patients and their families. She believes educating the public on end of life care is a much needed subject. To that end, she has spoken to civic organizations, service clubs and local community colleges about hospice care. Her philosophy maintains that every dying person, is entitled to die with dignity and the best pain and symptom management possible. Likewise, that their families feel supported and knowledgeable in the care of their loved ones, as they take that ...

This guide is tailored to help you succeed on the NHA-CPCT/A exam, focusing on the key areas of patient care. It covers roles and responsibilities, basic and advanced patient care techniques, infection control, and patient safety. The guide also provides insights into effective communication, medical terminology, phlebotomy, EKG, and emergency procedures. Legal and ethical considerations, quality assurance, and career development are thoroughly addressed. This resource ensures comprehensive preparation for the exam and a successful career as a Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant.

The world's leading safety experts share practical day-to-day solutions that combine the latest tools and technologies in healthcare today with the best safety practices from high-risk yet high-reliability industries, such as aviation, nuclear power, and the United States military. Using these field-tested methods, you can develop new leadership initiatives, educate workers on the universal skills that can save lives, organize and train safety action teams, implement reliability management systems, and create long-term, transformational change.  

More people have died in disease epidemics than in wars or other disasters, but the process of identifying these diseases and determining how they spread is often a terrifying gamble. Epidemiologists have been ignored, mocked, or silenced all while trying to protect the population and identify “patient zero”—the first person to have contracted the disease, and a key piece in solving the epidemic puzzle. Patient Zero tracks the gripping tales of eight epidemics and pandemics—how they started, how they spread, and the fight to stop them.

Being able to communicate effectively and fend off potential medical mishaps is a must. The purpose of this audiobook is to (1) provide you with the tools you need to actively engage in your overall health care, (2) address your concerns in finding and receiving high quality care, and (3) educate you on both a basic and advanced level.

Patient Care Technician Exam Review will test your knowledge to increase your chances of passing your exam on the first attempt, after you have read the Patient Care Technician manual.

Medical Spanish in Action for Busy Healthcare Providers is a practical communication guide for healthcare professionals who work with Spanish-speaking patients. Designed for doctors, nurses, medical assistants, pharmacists, EMTs, and other frontline professionals, this audiobook focuses on the real conversations used in clinical settings every day. Instead of complicated grammar lessons, you will learn clear, useful Spanish phrases that help you communicate quickly, confidently, and compassionately with patients.

From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the...

In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol, one of the nation's top physicians, examines what he calls medicine's "Gutenberg moment". Much as the printing press liberated knowledge from the control of an elite class, new technology is poised to democratize medicine. In this new era, patients will control their data and be emancipated from a paternalistic medical regime in which "the doctor knows best."

Many of those who have chosen the medical profession are no stranger to the paranormal. Ghosts walk the hallways of hospitals both old and new, haunting the wards and operating rooms. Join Richard Estep, paramedic, paranormal investigator, and cast members of TV's Haunted Case Files and Haunted Hospitals, as he talks to EMTs, nurses, medical professionals, and patients alike, documenting their most intense and chilling encounters with ghosts and spirits.

Disease detectives put it all on the line ...to find Patient Zero. Through all the coughing, choking and misery of a killer virus on the loose, can public health officials defeat Chinese secrecy, U.S. drug company interests, and a criminal coverup to stop the disease in its tracks? Or will they be too late? Enjoy acclaimed thriller author Fritz Galt's close-up, clinical look at an unfolding disaster, with a Chinese city in crisis, relationships lost, international criminal justice in action, and a medical community’s desperate search for Patient Zero. “This novel sparkles.” – author...

After her husband’s death, Martha Dunn has thrown herself into her work as the town’s midwife, doing everything she can to keep her people alive while keeping her own heart safe. Although she has sworn never to love again, she’s ready to sacrifice herself to a ruthless rancher if it means protecting her people. When a bleeding man shows up at her door, she realizes her carefully guarded heart may finally open, whether she is ready or not. Jed Callahan was once an outlaw with nothing left to believe in. Now he rides west, chasing a redemption he’s not sure he deserves. But when he ...

Conquer the CMSRN Exam: Your Guide to Certified Medical-Surgical Nurse Certification from MSNCB provides a clear and focused overview designed to help medical-surgical nurses prepare for certification. This concise guide is not intended to cover every possible exam topic in exhaustive detail. Instead, it highlights core nursing concepts, essential patient care priorities, and key knowledge areas that frequently appear on the CMSRN exam. Readers will find chapters dedicated to cardiovascular care, respiratory assessment, gastrointestinal management, fluid and electrolyte balance, ...

Doctors are taught how to cure people. But they don’t always know how to care for them. Hardly anyone is happy with American healthcare these days. Patients are getting sicker and going bankrupt from medical bills. Doctors are burning out and making dangerous mistakes. Both parties blame our...

Still Not Safe is the story of the rise of the patient - safety movement - and how an "epidemic" of medical errors was derived from a reality that didn't support such a characterization. Physician Robert Wears and organizational theorist Kathleen Sutcliffe trace the origins of patient safety to the emergence of market trends that challenged the place of doctors in the larger medical ecosystem.

Stop the yelling, lose the guilt, and become a calmer, happier parent. Drawing on evidence-based practices, here is an insight-packed and tip-filled plan for how to stop the parental meltdowns. Its compassionate, pragmatic approach will help listeners feel less ashamed and more empowered to get their, ahem, act together instead of losing it.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shift comes a frank look at navigating the world of healthcare as a cancer nurse becomes a patient and experiences the system from the other side.​ Despite her training and years of experience as an oncology and hospice nurse, Brown finds it...

Have you ever had a conversation in a healthcare setting and come away from it thinking… Say, WHAT?! In Communication in Healthcare, Respect, and Teamwork, Dr. Anne-Marie Morse seeks to eliminate those “say, what?!” moments and improve clarity in communication between healthcare partners and patients.

Crash: Stories From the Emergency Room is a gripping anthology series that takes readers inside the hectic world of emergency room medicine through the eyes of different doctors, nurses, hospital staff, and paramedics. Each book contains a collection of stories told from their unique perspectives as they cope with the controlled chaos and high stakes of trying to save lives. The stories range from high-adrenaline rescues following accidents and disasters to quieter but equally emotional moments dealing with terminal illness and end-of-life care. While some recount dramatic cases that pushed...