(eBook PDF) Mobility in Context Principles of Patient Care Skills 2nd Edition

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product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780803658172
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0803658172
• Author: Charity Johansson (Author), Susan Chinworth PT PhD (Author)
  Maximize patient care skills
  Rely on this state-of-the-art, multimedia resource to help you navigate confidently in both common and complex clinical situations. Mastering patient care skills will ground you in fundamental rehabilitation principles; help you establish a culture of patient-centered care; and teach you to foster habits of clinical problem solving and critical thinking. You’ll also learn how to help your patients progress toward greater mobility and independence. Over 750 full-color photographs and illustrations make every concept crystal clear.

table of contents:

Establishing the Bar: An Introduction The Fundamentals of Progressive Mobility

I. Moving the Bar: Preparing Yourself for Patient-Clinician Interaction

1. Establishing the Therapeutic Alliance

2. The Mechanics of Movement

3. Special Environments

II. Moving the Bar: Initiating Mobility

4. Keeping It Clean: Maintaining Cleanliness in the Clinical Environment

5. Assessing Physiological Status: Vital Signs

6. Draping for Minimum Exposure and Maximum Dignity

7. Positioning Your Patient for Mobility

8. Transferring Dependent Patients: Safe Patient Handling and Mobility

III. Moving the Bar: Engaging the Patient in Early Functional Mobility

9. Maintaining Capacity for Mobility Through Range of Motion

10. Bed Mobility

11. Manual Lateral Transfers: Seated and Pivot

12. Vertical Transfers: Floor to Chair and Chair to Plinth

IV. Moving the Bar: Locomotion

13. Seated Mobility: Sitting But Not Sitting Still–Fitting and Propelling a Wheelchair

14. Navigating the Challenges of Ambulating

15. Implementing Device-Specific GaitGlossary

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