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Top Patient Care Books


Hey guys! Welcome to Greyscaletheories.  Patient care is not just a subject, but a passion. No amount of words can summarize the care that must be given to a patient, as each individual have their own needs based on their condition. Well... we have tried our best to bring a summary of the good references that can enhance your knowledge and bring out the care taker in you!

 

1. Care of the patient in diagnostic radiography by D. Noreen Chesney

Learn the technical and interpersonal skills you need to care for radiography patients! This book provides step-by-step instructions for a wide range of patient procedures and imaging modalities. To ensure safe and effective patient care, key concepts are demonstrated visually and always applied to clinical practice.

This text emphasizes important skills such as patient assessment, infection control, patient transfer, and bedside radiography



 

2. Patient Care in Radiography: With an Introduction to Medical Imaging by Ruth Ann Ehrlich, Dawn M Coakes

 

This book has Coverage of patient care and procedural skills help you provide safe, high-quality patient care along with technical proficiency. Step-by-step procedures are shown in photo essays, and are demonstrated with more than 400 full-color illustrations.

Also provides Case studies focusing on medicolegal terms, standards, and applications, helping you build the problem-solving skills needed to deal with situations you will encounter in the clinical setting. Chapter outlines, objectives, key terms, summaries, review questions, and critical thinking exercises focus on the key information in each chapter and help you assess your grasp of the material. Coverage of infection control helps you prevent the spread of diseases.

Special Imaging Modalities chapter provides an overview of patient care for a wide range of imaging methods. contrast products and post-image manipulation techniques include the newest material on Cone beam utilization, MR imaging, image-guided therapy, and kV imaging. images highlight many patient procedures, showing exactly how to care for patients.


 

 

3. Torres' Patient Care in Imaging Technology by Andrea Guillen Dutton, Terri Ann Linn-Watson, Lillian S. Torres.

Torres' Patient Care in Imaging Technology is trusted to develop the knowledge and skills that enable students to become safe and sensitive practitioners in every aspect of patient care. The text is designed to present key concepts effectively or beginning students as well as more advanced students and practitioners who want to improve their skills in patient care and imaging technology.

Torres' Patient Care in Imaging Technology is a highly visual, focused, comprehensive text that presents key concepts, current trends, and advances in imaging technology and patient care in an engaging manner. The new edition includes an introductory chapter on radiography and contains expanded coverage of HIPAA and diversity.

Two new features: Cultural Considerations boxes and Case Studies with critical thinking questions, build on the text's emphasis on helping students develop the skills needed to think critically and react appropriately in an actual clinical setting. The student-friendly writing style and logical organization allow instructors to cover the essentials of patient care in a limited amount of time. An illustration- and feature-rich approach enhances learning for students of multiple learning styles.



 


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