Occupational Therapy Assistant

The latest edition of Madeleine Leininger's book, Culture Care Diversity & Universality: A Worldwide Nursing Theory, Second Edition remains the primary and most comprehensive source on the Culture Care Theory with the Sunrise Enabler and the Ethnonursing Research Method. Several classic chapters have been retained, some chapters have been completely updated, and many new chapters have been added for the 21st century. This definitive book on the Culture Care Theory and ethnonursing method contains extensive new research on diverse cultures. Nurses and other health professionals will continue to find Culture Care Diversity & Universality a most reliable guide for providing culturally congruent, competent, and safe care in a growing multicultural world.

"This text teaches the SOAP notes format reimbursable by Medicare Part B and other third-party payers. Other topics include a review of spelling and grammar, an overview of the initial evaluation process delineating the roles of the occupational therapist and the occupational therapy assistant, tips for clinical reasoning, and guidelines for selecting appropriate interventions. Templates allow beginning students to practice formatting SOAP notes, and a detachable summary sheet can be pulled out and carried to clinical sites as a reminder of the necessary contents for a SOAP note. Multiple worksheets are provided for practice in developing observation skills, clinical reasoning, documentation skills, and a repertoire of professional language. All worksheets are also available online with answers included to enable independent study."--Back cover.

"Building on the enormous popularity of her two previous texts on diagnosis and case formulation, this important work from Nancy McWilliams completes the trilogy by addressing in detail the art and science of psychodynamic treatment. McWilliams distills the essential principles of clinical practice, including effective listening and talking; transference and counter-transference; emotional safety; and an empathic, attuned attitude toward the patient. Drawing from her years of experience as a clinician and supervisor, the author presents sophisticated clinical information in a candid, down-to-earth style, making this an essential psychoanalytic work and training text for therapists." "This work will welcomed by novice psychodynamic therapists as well as experienced therapists from a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds. It is ideal for use as a text in clinically oriented courses in psychology, counseling, psychiatry, social work, and nursing."--BOOK JACKET.

"Developed by Karen Jacobs, EdD, OTR/L, CPE, FAOTA, this handy reference provides many of the terms, concepts, and conditions that are specific to occupational therapy practice and are essential to a student or practicing clinician's knowledge. Words are presented with easy-to-understand definitions and contexts in order to ensure clarification of complex or confusing terms." "This resource, unique to occupational therapy, addresses terms from the most common to the most misunderstood. It provides up-to-date and comprehensive information including definitions presented in Uniform Terminology for Occupational Therapy (3rd ed.), the Braille Alphabet, an introduction to sign language, and suggested readings."--BOOK JACKET.

Illness came calling when Richard M. Cohen was twenty-five years old. He was a young television news producer with expectations of a limitless future, and his foreboding that his health was not quite right turned into the harsh reality that something was very wrong when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. For thirty years Cohen has done battle with MS, only to be ambushed by two bouts of colon cancer at the end of the millennium. And yet, he has written a hopeful book about celebrating life and coping with chronic illness. "Welcome to my world," writes Cohen, "where I carry around dreams, a few diseases, and the determination to live life my way. This book is my daily conversation with myself, a chronicle of the struggles in that exotic place just north of the neck. At the moment, my attitude checks out well. I do believe I'm winning." Autobiographical at its roots, reportorial, and expansive, Blindsided explores the effects of illness on raising three children and on his relationship with his wife, Meredith Vieira (host of ABC's The View and the syndicated Who Wants To Be A Millionaire). Cohen tackles the nature of denial and resilience, the ins and outs of the struggle for emotional health, and the redemptive effects of a loving family. And while he may not have chosen to live with illness, illness did choose him. Written with grace, humor, and lyrical prose, Blindsided presents a life brimming over with accomplishment and joy in adversity.