Advanced Health And Social Care

This student textbook matches the mandatory units and key skills of the GNVQ in Health and Social Care qualification, advanced level. This revised edition contains information on key areas. Chapters and sub-chapters match the headings in the AVCE specifications, to ensure students find their way easily through the book. Every chapter contains case studies about real organizations, so that students can see how the theory they are learning is used every day in the real world.

This resource pack contains photocopiable sheets, reinforcement activities, OHT masters, and guidelines for expected responses to case studies for the mandatory units and key skills of the GNVQ in Health and Social Care qualification, advanced level.

This edition, prepared to meet the 2000 specifications, offers a fully illustrated text supported by activities.

Including information on quality management and promoting health and wellbeing, this text also covers other relevant issues in the field.

Take the next step in health assessment by building your skills in diagnostic and clinical reasoning! Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 7th Edition goes beyond the basic physical examination to help you learn to accurately evaluate common conditions. Organized by patient symptoms or complaints, the book follows a systematic approach beginning with a chief concern rather than a specific diagnosis or disease entity, then guides you step-by-step through a diagnostic reasoning process to lead to a clinical diagnosis. This edition includes new chapters on veterans’ health and on contemporary approaches in primary care settings, as well as updated content on issues such as race, ethnicity, and gender identity. Written by a team of advanced practitioners led by Joyce E. Dains, this AJN award-winning text helps you learn to think like an expert clinician.

This is the only book written for NVQ Level 4 Care and Foundation Degrees in Health and Social Care. It provides complete coverage of both the NVQ 4 Care core units and the Foundation Degree in Care guidelines. Topics are illustrated with case studies featuring real life examples followed by in-depth and searching questions. Further research sections extend the reader's knowledge and understanding of the subject. Evidence collection boxes encourage and enable candidates to collect the evidence required for their portfolio.

Exactly matched to the OCR specifications, this Student Book covers all the units of the Double Award.