Introduction to Health Care & Careers

Introduction to Health Care & Careers provides students beginning their health care education with the fundamentals they need to develop their personal and professional skills, understand their chosen profession, and succeed in the world of health care. It meets the growing market demand for a book that gives the best of both worlds—skill development and career choice information. The text begins with today’s health care system, health care economics, and law and ethics, providing important context for the personal, professional, and workplace skills that follow. From there, students move on to an overview of careers in health care and detailed profiles of the most in-demand professions. The book closes with brief chapters on anatomy and physiology to prepare students for the rest of their health care education. With its student friendly approach, Introduction to Health Care & Careers is the essential resource for introductory health care courses, striking the perfect balance between skill development and up-to-date career choice information–everything health care students need to succeed. Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access, a digital-only access code, that unlocks an interactive eBook, Anatomy & Physiology Review Module with Heart & Lung Sounds, Additional Heart & Lung Sounds, Competency Evaluation Forms, Study Guide, Spanish-English Audio Glossary, Videos, Animations, and Study Aids. Chapter Objectives promote learning by encouraging students to engage with the material. Key Terms lists define key concepts within the chapter and include pronunciations for the most challenging words. Chapter Wrap-Ups offer both further opportunity for study and self-assessment. CheckPoints throughout the chapters pose questions to reinforce and review each chapter’s content. On Location boxes are brief scenarios followed by open-ended questions to prompt students to think critically about they what they’re learning. Newsreel features highlight current trends and research information, emphasizing for students the constant growth and development of health care knowledge. Career Ladders tables show at-a-glance educational requirements, projected job growth, and average salaries. Health Care Specialty boxes focus on a particular profession, giving a definition and highlights of the job. Extra! Extra! boxes feature pertinent and fascinating facts about the human body. Zoom In features offer insider tips about key aspects of patient care or other on-the-job practices as well as key information about working in health care. Spotlight on Skills outline typical tasks of health care workers in a variety of professions, showing students a snapshot of what it’s like to provide care in the real world. Procedures are step-by-step illustrated, how-to descriptions of basic tasks required in many health professions, such as taking oral temperature and handwashing, that also include rationales for each step. © 2012 | 572 pages Read more