Suggested Reference List
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The Suggested Reference List shows the actual books from where the exam questions were written. This list is updated periodically throughout the year. This is not meant to be a required reading list, nor should it be considered all-inclusive, but it can assist you in your exam preparation.
This text suggests multiple evaluation approaches and insights that can be used to change the difficult to the possible and eventually to the probable.
Prepare for Wellcoaches certification and your career as a health and wellness coach with Coaching Psychology Manual, 2e.
Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law and Ethics, Fourth Edition, examines the most important legal and ethical issues in healthcare and presents essential information that will help you learn to identify and tackle potential legal problems.
Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction.
Decision Making near the End of Life provides a comprehensive overview of the recent developments that have impacted decision-making processes within the field of end-of-life care.
Considered the classic source by means of the authors' proven learning experiences from the field, as well as its excellent balance of theory and application, this text prepares social work students for effective ethical practice
Focusing on some of the fundamental issues facing the heath care system today, this book delivers simple, objective coverage of key topics including cost, access, quality, financing, manpower, and public health
Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive and practical guide for care managers that addresses the multiple needs of aging adults and their families.
Health Care Quality Management offers an introduction to the field and practice of quality management and reveals the best practices and strategies health care organizations can adopt to improve patient outcomes and program quality.
Low health literacy is a critical issue among adults, with over one third found to have difficulty understanding such basic information as that found on prescription bottles
Health Literacy From A to Z, Second Edition is included in the 2015 edition of the essential collection of Doody's Core Titles.
Health Program Planning and Evaluation, Fourth Edition carefully walks the reader through the process for developing, implementing, and evaluating successful community health promotion programs
Written in a clear, informative, and informal style, INTERVIEWING FOR SOLUTIONS features a unique solutions-oriented approach to basic interviewing in the helping professions.
This edition in the Institute of Medicine Quality Chasm series discusses the key aspects of the work environment for nurses and reviews the potential improvements in working conditions that are likely to have an impact on patient safety
This text maintains its AONE competencies, and features the most up-to-date, evidence-based blend of practice and theory related to the issues that impact nursing management and leadership today.
This handbook provides a comprehensive resource for all people involved with catastrophic impairments who need to solve complex medical care problems.
Pediatric Life Care Planning and Case Management provides a comprehensive and unique reference that goes beyond the clinical discussion to include legal and financial aspects, life expectancy data, and assistive technology.
This leading text details what it means to be a professional nurse ― the history, values and standards, and commitment to life-long learning.
Paperback: 565 pages Publisher: Rehabilitation Nursing Fndtn; 6 edition (November 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1884278019 ISBN-13: 978-1884278013
The book provides a solid foundation on the components and importance of quality, while incorporating techniques to continuously improve and transform a healthcare system.
Now in its sixth edition, this best-selling textbook continues to be the most comprehensive and diverse text available on the psychosocial aspects of disability.
The Strengths Model demonstrates an evidence-based approach to helping people with a psychiatric disability identify and achieve meaningful and important life goals.
To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequence--but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes. After all, to err is human.
The Code of Professional Conduct for Case Managers consists of Principles, Rules of Conduct, and Standards for Professional Conduct, as well as the CCMC Procedures for Processing Complaints.
This guide provides those directly or indirectly involved in case management with information about best practices, descriptions of key terms, essential skills, and tools that fulfill the current CMSA standards & requirements.
Focusing on practical, need-to-know information, Community/Public Health Nursing Practice helps you learn how to apply the nursing process at the community and family level.
Delivering Health Care in America is the most current and comprehensive overview of the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system--from its historical origins and resources, to its individual services, cost, and quality.
As the most widely-used textbook on managed care, this text provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the key strategic, tactical, and operational aspects of managed health care and health insurance.
Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System, Fourth Edition is a clear and concise distillation of the major topics covered in the best-selling Delivering Health Care in America by the same authors.
This edition of one of the premier references for geriatric nurses in hospital, long-term, and community settings delivers current guidelines,real-life case studies, and evidence-based protocols developed by master educators and practitioners.
This book/workbook is a step-by-step guide through the case management process, from intake and assessment to referrals and termination.
The most internationally-cited resource in the arena of multicultural counseling.
Health Care Ethics brings together the insights of a diverse panel of leading experts in the fields of bioethics, long-term care, and health administration, among others.
Health Insurance and Managed Care: What They Are and How They Work (formerly titled Managed Care: What It Is and How It Works) is a concise introduction to the foundations of the American managed health care system.
This health literacy textbook provides an overview of health literacy, discusses the magnitude of the issue, and explains implications of low health literacy.
Introduction to Health Care Quality explores the issues of quality management in today's health care environment, and provides clear guidance on new and perennial challenges in the field.
Managing and Evaluating Healthcare Intervention Programs has become the premier textbook for actuaries and other healthcare professionals interested in the financial performance of healthcare interventions.
This text is intended to teach students, counselors and other medical professionals working with the chronically ill and disabled how to better understand the manifestations of common chronic illnesses and the disabilities among their clients.
Medical, Psychosocial and Vocational Aspects of Disability Paperback – 2009
This reference represents the first modern guide designed to provide students and practitioners with a grounded and practical tutorial on the key functions of a case manager serving adults with severe mental illness.
This bestselling work for professionals and students is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating change.
Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety
Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care
2004
Publisher: The National Academies Press
Aimed at students and practitioners in health care settings, this text, conveys the key concepts of concepts of population health management and strategies for creating a culture of health and wellness in the context of health care reform.
Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors
Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series
2007
Publisher: The National Academies Press
Health Care USA, Ninth Edition offers students of health administration, public health, medicine, and related fields a wide-ranging overview of America's health care system.
Revised, updated, expanded edition of essential textbook for healthcare leaders, case managers, nurses, social workers, and other professionals.
Understanding Patient Safety is “must read” for those seeking to master the clinical, organizational, and systems issues of patient safety.
Guided by his long experience as a wellness coach, Dr. Arloski blends the wisdom of the wellness field with the proven processes of the coaching profession to bring us an easy-to-use training tool.