Central Processing Technician: Books & Articles

Learn to master the wide range of information and skills needed by today's health care workers with Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Patient Care Technicians. While its comprehensive coverage of patient care is appropriate for all types of health care workers, this all-new text is specifically designed to prepare students and professionals for the topics they will face on the Patient Care Technician or the Nursing Assistant certification exams. Coverage includes working within the healthcare team, ethics, laws, communication, understanding patients, culture, patient rights, body structure and function, and growth and development. Procedure units cover safety, infection control, moving and transfers, vital signs, patient assessment, care, comfort, hygiene, and grooming, nutrition and fluids, elimination and respiration skills, and care of the surgical patient.

This comprehensive review for the health professions entrance exam can help candidates enter the program of their choice and have their best career opportunities. Offering job security and dozens of specialties (more than 10 million jobs and growing!), a career in the allied health occupations is an excellent field to enter, even in a down economy. But first, candidates have to excel on the APHAT or AHAT* exam if they want to get into the school of their choice-and ultimately, get the job of their choice. Health Occupations Entrance Exam provides candidates with a study program proven to get results as well as unparalleled academic preparation.

Learn the basics of medical terminology with Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 8th Edition! Based on Davi-Ellen Chabner's proven learning method, this streamlined text omits time-consuming, nonessential information and helps you quickly build a working medical vocabulary of the most frequently encountered prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Medical terms are introduced in the context of human anatomy and physiology so you understand exact meaning, and case studies, vignettes, and activities demonstrate how they're used in practice. With writing and interacting with medical terminology on almost every page, you'll learn the content by doing the work. In addition, an Evolve companion website reinforces understanding with medical animations, word games, and flash cards. Easy to read and understandable language allows you, regardless of medical background, to quickly grasp and retain medical terminology. Self-teaching text/workbook approach reinforces learning every step of the way with labeling diagrams, pronunciation tests, and review sheets throughout the book.