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Health Care Assistant: VCC Library Titles

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eBooks

Principles of Health: Pain Management by Salem Press (Editor)
Call Number: Available online
ISBN: 9781642653878
Publication Date: 2020
This May Hurt a Bit: Reinventing Canada's Health Care System by Stephen Skyvington; Brian Day (Foreword by)
Call Number: Available online.
ISBN: 9781459742444
Publication Date: 2019
Health Communication for Health Care Professionals : An applied approach by Michael P. Pagano
Call Number: Available Online
ISBN: 9780826124418
Publication Date: 2017
Health Literacy and Palliative Care by Joe Alper (Editor); Roundtable on Health Literacy; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Health and Medicine Division; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Call Number: Available Online
ISBN: 9780309380362
Publication Date: 2016
Person-Centred Thinking with Older People by Helen Sanderson; Helen Bown; Gill Bailey; David Brindle (Foreword by); Dorothy Runnicles (Foreword by)
Call Number: Available online.
ISBN: 9781849056120
Publication Date: 2015
Health promotion practice by Liza Cragg & Will Nutland
Call Number: Available Online
ISBN: 9780335264063
Publication Date: 2015
2nd ed.
Activities for Older People in Care Homes by Sarah Crockett
Call Number: Available Online
ISBN: 9781849054294
Publication Date: 2013
The Palliative Approach: A resource for healthcare workers by Erica, Cameron-Taylor
Call Number: Available Online
ISBN: 9781905539673
Publication Date: 2012
Soap and Water and Common Sense :the definitive guide to viruses, bacteria, parasites and disease by Bonnie Henry
Call Number: Available online
ISBN: 9780887849374
Publication Date: 2012, c2009.

Streaming Videos

Home Health aide and personal care assistant
Proper Transfer Techniques for the Health Care Professional
Produced in 2011by Nevco Educational Video.
Home Health Care Aide—Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight
Produced in 2019 by Cambridge Educational.

BCcampus Open Textbooks

Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care
Published in 2015 and available as an open textbook. Authored by G.R. Doyle and J.A. McCutcheon.
Nursing Care at the End of Life: What Every Clinician Should Know
Published in 2015 and available as an open textbook. Author, Susan E. Lowry.
Vital Sign Measurement Across the Lifespan
1st. Canadian. ed.
Health Case Studies: Toward Closing the Healthcare Communication Gap
Presents eight cases studies with patient narrative. Authors, Glynda Rees, Rob Kruger and Jane Morrison.
Anatomy & Physiology (Openstax College)
Published in 2013 and available as an open textbook.

Books at the Library

Basic Infection Control for Health Care Professionals by Michael Kennamer
Call Number: RA 969 K46 2021
ISBN: 9781337912297
Publication Date: 2021
Behind the Scenes of Healthcare by Hesston Johnson
Call Number: RA 971.35 J64 2020
ISBN: 9781951527389
Publication Date: 2020
Lippincott textbook for nursing assistants : a humanistic approach to caregiving by Pamela J. Carter
Call Number: RT 84 C37 2020
ISBN: 1975126211
Publication Date: 2020
The Nursing Assistant: acute, subacute and long term care by Jolynn Pulliam, Meg Holloway.
Call Number: RT 84 N86 2020
ISBN: 9780134846651
Publication Date: 2020
Essential Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners by Zoe Rawles
ISBN: 9781138093560
Publication Date: 2019
How to Be an Even Better Listener by Robert G. Mundle
Call Number: R 726.8 M86 2019
ISBN: 9781785924545
Publication Date: 2019
Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants by Sheila A. Sorrentino; Leighann Remmert
Call Number: RT 84 S667 2019
ISBN: 9780323523929
Publication Date: 2019
Administrative Medical Assisting by Linda L. French
Call Number: R 728.8 F74 2018
ISBN: 9781305859173
Publication Date: 2018
The Complete Medical Assistant by Janet Sesser; Deb Westervelt
Call Number: R 697 A4 S47 2018
ISBN: 9781451194715
Publication Date: 2018
Comprehensive Medical Assisting by Wilburta Lindh; Carol D. Tamparo; Cindy Correa; Barbara Dahl; Julie Morris
Call Number: R 697 A4 D45 2018
ISBN: 9781305964792
Publication Date: 2018
Leadership by Louise Jones; Clare L. Bennett
Call Number: RA 971 J66 2018
ISBN: 9781908625472
Publication Date: 2018
Understanding Human Behavior : a Guide for Health Care Professionals by Mary Milliken
Call Number: R 727.3 H66 2018
ISBN: 1305959884
Publication Date: 2018

Care for the Dying

Caring for the Family Caregiver by Elaine Wittenberg; Joy Goldsmith; Sandra L. Ragan; Terri Ann Parnell
Call Number: R 726.8 W58 2021
ISBN: 9780190055233
Publication Date: 2021
Present through the end: A caring companion's guide for accompanying the dying by Kristen DeLeo
Call Number: Available Online
ISBN: 9780834842335
Publication Date: 2019
Touch therapy for the critically chronically and terminally ill by David E. Dowdy
Call Number: R 726.8 D69 2017
ISBN: 9780998193397
Publication Date: 2017

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Subjects: Business, Career & Job Hunting, Community and Career Education (CACE), Health, Indigenous People, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, LGBTQ+, Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) & Math

Long term care

Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care Nursing Assistants by Clare Kostelnick
ISBN: 9780323530736
Publication Date: 2019
Practical Nutrition and Hydration for Dementia Friendly Mealtimes by Lee Martin
ISBN: 9781849057004
Publication Date: 2019
Embracing Touch in Dementia Care by Luke Tanner; Danuta Lipinska (Foreword by)
Call Number: RC 523 T36 2017
ISBN: 9781785921094
Publication Date: 2017
Challenging Behaviour in Care of the Elderly by Bo Hejlskov Elvén; Charlotte Agger; Iben Ljungmann
Call Number: RC 553 C64 E48 2017
ISBN: 9781785922152
Publication Date: 2017

Aging

Aging well: Solutions to the most pressing global challenges of aging

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