The first edition of Client Teaching Guides for Home Health Care was enthusiastically embraced by home health nurses everywhere, lauded for its simple, clear, easy-to-use format. Now extensively revised and expanded, the second edition includes 188 outlines for the entire range of conditions a home health nurse encounters in daily practice. Concise, precise, and factual, these outlines contain a huge amount of information in a simple, easy-reference form. The teaching guides can be used to educate clients about their conditions and then photocopied to use as documentation for insurance companies, saving hours of time and effort.Each guide defines the disease or procedure and outlines steps for managing and preventing complications. The goals of client teaching are spelled out with detailed information on what clients and caregivers must know about prevention, symptoms, anatomy and physiology, self-care, complications, and more. Resources for the client and family and complete references round out this comprehensive collection. Practical and user-friendly, Client Teaching Guides for Home Health Care, Second Edition is an excellent investment in quality home care.

Meyers, Donna, RN, BSN

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