Essential Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners

This fully updated and revised edition of Essential Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners is a practical and comprehensive text designed to equip you with the necessary clinical skills for your profession. This book:

¿ equips you with the knowledge to provide the safest and most effective patient care possible;

¿ provides evidence-based guidelines to ensure best practice that is matched to the National Occupational Standards and the Care Certificate;

¿ includes new chapters on administering injections, ear irrigation and examining the feet of people with diabetes, and an entirely rewritten chapter on protocols;

¿ addresses the evolving role of the healthcare assistant and training opportunities;

¿ supplies comprehensive coverage of both primary and secondary care settings, with an emphasis on primary care;

¿ covers accountability, communication skills, confidentiality and reflection; and