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eBooks - Communication / Mobility / Rehabilitation - Allied Health Assistance

Fundamentals of Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! (2015) Enjoy the light-hearted, real-life examples, and simple definitions of this popular book, packed with easy-to-follow instructions. Grasp the basics of nursing science and on-the-job skills and gain the confidence you need to succeed. Info on social media and nursing, current practice in wound care, Healthy People 2020 health improvement program, Nutrition content updated, Numerous care plan examples, including common nursing diagnoses, appropriate patient outcomes, and basis for each recommended treatment
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance. (2016) Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance. The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.
The OTA's Guide to Documentation. (2023) The OTA's Guide to Documentation: Writing SOAP Notes, Fifth Edition explains the critical skill of documentation while offering multiple opportunities for OTA students to practice documentation through learning activities, worksheets, and bonus videos.
Rehabilitation Interventions in the Patient with Obesity (2020) Exercises covered could be used across the population. Gathering evidence-based chapters addressing not only the physiological limitations of obese subjects but also state-of-the-art, novel and specific treatment and training modalities suited for these patient. The number of disabled subjects who are also obese is now increasing worldwide. The effective rehabilitative treatment of these patients involves special multidisciplinary considerations.
Skills in Clinical Nursing (2020) Unit 5 – Skin and Wound Care

Online Videos - Communication / Mobility / Rehabilitation - Allied Health Assistance

4 Communication Skills Everyone Needs - 13 mins (2019) This program outlines the four key communication skills needed: lean communication (getting straight to the point), connecting with others (social skills), adaptability (learning to read and relate to different types of people) and texting and using social media professionally.
Active Listening: Connecting with Others (2021) This program explains the importance of active listening and how to use it in a healthcare setting.
Advance CPR decision-making - communication tips and examples (2015) (Department of Health) WA Health training
Assisting with moving a patient in bed (2021) This program demonstrates ways to help move a patient in bed
Client relations - effective communication (2015) Relates to an aged care setting, however contains useful information.
Communication Skills for Nurses (2017) Effective communication is a core skill for nurses and midwives. Your communication skills can help you avoid conflict, support relationships with colleagues, solve problems and create better outcomes and experiences for people you care for.
CUSP: Effective Patient and Family Communication (2015) Effective communication between patients, family members and clinicians can increase understanding of why certain practices are important to follow once the patient leaves the hospital. This CUSP technique improves patient safety, satisfaction, and outcomes of care.
Group therapy in Residential Aged Care Facilities (2021)
How Effective Communication Can Save Lives in Healthcare (2021) Effective communication in healthcare is key to the successful running of daily operations. No matter the role you play, effective communication, or communication in healthcare, or effective communication in nursing, or removing communication barriers in healthcare, will make significant impact in the team communication and smoothens operations. 6 minutes
The Importance of Listening in Healthcare (2016) Nell's TEDx Talk sheds light on patient provider interactions that apply to many specialties but draw lessons from her expertise in midwifery. Listening is critical to all aspects of healthcare and Nell provides answers to how to listen more effectively.
Lifting Safely: Body Mechanics and Lift Planning (2020) Statistics show that care providers in long term care facilities are twice as likely to suffer an on-the-job injury as workers in industry. Adding to the risks is the fact that you are not just lifting items that remain inert as you move them, but human beings, who are often frail. This program shows the body mechanics involved in the process of lifting safely and offers several general rules to keep in mind for any lifting task, particularly tasks involved with assisting residents with their mobility. It presents specific steps one should consider when preparing to do a lift.
Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflict (2010) This program plays out some of the potential conflicts that can occur in an aged care facility, shows the negative responses to disagreements, and then offers practical techniques to better deal with disagreements in a health care setting.
Promoting Mobility in Healthcare: Transfer Techniques (2015) This video is an excellent primer on professional conduct in looking, applying, and then doing the work of a health care professional in a professional manner, focusing on transfer techniques.
Understanding the Nature of Conflict (Aust) (2015) In a health care setting, intricate ethical, moral, and professional obligations make the workplace particularly prone to conflict. Focusing specifically on aged care, this program examines the typical conflicts that can occur at work and the most productive ways to handle them. First, conflict is defined, and situations in which it is more likely to arise as well as indicators of forthcoming disagreements are outlined. Next, the five general styles of conflict are explained and the skills to manage any type of conflict are summarized. Then, behaviors that elicit resistance, such as blaming others and making threats, and those that elicit cooperation, such as making eye contact and displaying empathy, are reviewed

Books - Allied Health Assistance

Communication. 4th edition (2020) Guide to clear and effective communication in a multidisciplinary healthcare setting. Divided into four sections, challenges the reader to reflect upon their personal communication style and habits; introduces strategies and skills to enhance future practice, and encourages the development of confidence through activities, scenarios and case studies. A focus on digital communication - includes overviews and tips on navigating professional and personal electronic media Individual and group activities throughout to encourage skill development, reflection and awareness of self and others.
Communication Skills for the Healthcare Professional (2020) Communication Skills for the Healthcare Professional, Enhanced Second Edition is a practical guide that covers essential verbal and nonverbal communication skills you need to become a strong communicator.
Communication Skills in Health and Social Care (2019) Our ability to communicate is a key part of everyday life and is an essential skill, particularly when communicating with vulnerable people in a health and social care setting. Easy-to-use dictionary format, this practical guide will help understand and apply the principles of effective communication. New entries covering social media, mindfulness, several tricky topics. Skills to ensure you are engaging with the Professional Capabilities Framework.
A Comprehensive guide to rehabilitation of the older patient (2021) This book will help all health professionals involved in the rehabilitation of older people to provide their patients with the highest possible quality of life and autonomy
Interpersonal Relationships (2020) Excellent book discussing communication skills for nurses
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016) Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling
Patient and Person: Interpersonal skills in nursing. 7th Edition (2021) The book includes empathy, dealing with challenging behaviours, advocating for a patient and admitting a patient. Nurses will learn to build trusting relationships and support patients in their health journey. Narratives and stories to explain practical application of theoretical concepts. Forty-two learning activities to enable students to understand the content and practise skills in a focused manner. Person-centred approach throughout. Online scenario-based videos to demonstrate the use of specific skills. Renewed emphasis about the importance of reflection in culture care. Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Patient and Person, 7e, included in all print purchases.

Websites - Communication / Mobility / Rehabilitation - Allied Health Assistance

Ahpra & National Boards - Code of conduct The code describes the professional behaviour and conduct National Boards expect from registered health practitioners. By defining these expectations, the code supports good patient care and the delivery of services within an ethical framework, helping to keep the public safe.
Communication at Clinical Handover (ACSQH) Processes for structured clinical handover are used to effectively communicate about the health care of patients.
Communication Skills: A Guide to Practice for Healthcare Professionals Effective communication is a skill all healthcare professionals need, but one that not all are naturally good at. In a single day, healthcare workers can speak to people of varying educational, cultural and social backgrounds and they must do so in an effective, caring and professional manner.
Communication Skills for Nurses Effective communication is a core skill for nurses and midwives. Your communication skills can help you avoid conflict, support relationships with colleagues, solve problems and create better outcomes and experiences for people you care for.
Community Tool Box. Group Facilitation and Problem-Solving Includes information on conducting effective meetings, developing facilitation skills, capturing what people say and techniques for leading group discussions
Conflict Resolution Network (2020) "Our vision is to create a conflict-resolving community in a culture of peace and social justice."
Impaired Physical Mobility The nursing diagnosis Impaired Physical Mobility is defined as the limitation in independent, purposeful physical movement of the body or of one or more extremities. Use this guide for your impaired physical mobility care plan.
Maintaining and Improving Mobility We need to understand our patient’s prior level of mobility, independence in self-care and usual living situation if we are to implement appropriate and effective mobility and self-care interventions. For example, if a patient's mobility restrictions affected their ability to remain socially connected and manage their own affairs, we should develop a plan with them to rectify this.
Professional Codes & Guidelines (NMWB) Professional standards define the practice and behaviour of nurses and midwives and include: codes of conduct, standards for practice, and codes of ethics.
Rehabilitative Care (2020) Rehabilitation aims to restore function across physical, psychological, social and vocational domains. Allied health professionals play essential roles in delivering cost-effective rehabilitation services.
Sharing the true Stories - Indigenous Communication The research project (Sharing the True Stories: Improving Communication between health staff and their Aboriginal patients) was funded by the Co-operative Research Centre for Tropical and Aboriginal Health.