Sorrentino's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker | 5 Edition

Details about Sorrentino's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker:

• Comprehensive coverage guides you through all of the information and skills needed by today’s support worker.
• Reader-friendly writing style makes it easy to understand the material.
• Chapter review questions test your comprehension of the learning objectives listed at the beginning of each chapter.
• DIPPS icons highlight the principles of support work: respecting and promoting the client’s Dignity, Independence, Individualized Care, Preferences, Privacy, and Safety. 
• Focus on Canada’s multicultural population includes current health care statistics and demographics, including content on Canada’s Indigenous population.
• Procedure boxes include steps and rationales describing how and why a procedure is performed.
• Providing Compassionate Care boxes highlight the caring aspect of the support worker role. 
• Case Study boxes apply concepts discussed in the text to real-life examples of support workers and clients. 
• Focus on Children and Focus on Older Adults boxes provide age-specific information about the needs, considerations, and special circumstances of children and older adults.
• Focus on Long-Term Care boxes highlight information vital to providing competent care in the long-term care setting. 
• Focus on Home Care boxes highlight information necessary for safe functioning in the home setting.
• Supporting boxes present client scenarios and discuss how PSWs make decisions and solve problems.
• Think About Safety boxes provide clear, concise, easy-to-follow advice on how to provide safe care to clients of all ages.
• Respecting Diversity boxes cover the influence of culture on health and illness practices and the importance of cultural sensitivity in support work.
• Critical Thinking in Practice sections at the end of each chapter present a realistic, practice-based challenge.
• Working in Acute Care chapter discusses this ever-expanding role of the support worker and describes how to perform delegated acts, including advanced tasks and problem-solving, the importance of consulting the client’s care plan, and working closely with one’s supervisor for guidance.
• Body Structure and Function and Common Diseases and Conditions chapters provide a solid foundation in anatomy and physiology, physical changes related to aging, and disease processes. 
• Mental Health Disorders and Disorientation, Delirium, and Dementia chapters reflect the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition).