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DENTISTRY AND DENTAL HYGIENE

Patient Assessment Tutorials: A Step-By-Step Procedures Guide For The Dental Hygienist Third Edition Jill S. Nield-Gehrig, RDH, MA Asheville-BuncombeTechnicalCommunityCollege, Asheville, NC

January 2013 / Spiralbound / 8.375 x 10.875 / Approx. 752 pp. 978-1-4511-3148-2

HEALTH PROFESSIONS f f Fictitious Patient Cases A–E promote the student’s application of chapter information to patient care, much in the same way needed when caring for a real patient. f f Quick Questions feature at the end of each module provides a quick review of chapter content. DESCRIPTION Our leading textbook The ability to accurately assess patients is vital to the practice of Dental Hygiene— a complete and accurate assessment is the starting point to providing thorough patient care. Patient AssessmentTutorials takes you through the process of patient assessment, and provides you with information on both the actual physical assessment as well as effective patient communication. The highly visual, step-by-step style teaches you vital assessment processes quickly and thoroughly. f f Peak Procedures. Step-by-step instructions are provided for each patient assessment procedure. f f Ready References provide rapid access to important information on each assessment topic. f f The Human Element . This module feature focuses on the “people part” of patient assessment. f f List of Internet Sites for Information Gathering. f f English-to-Spanish Phrase Lists. As the Spanish-speaking population increases, clinicians encounter growing numbers of Spanish-speaking patients in dental clinics and offices. FEATURES f f Module Overview and Outline.

ANCILLARIES Instructor resources include: f f PowerPoint Presentations f f Lesson Plans f f Image Bank f f WebCT/Blackboard-ready materials. f f Guidelines f f 10 Practical Focus Patient resources f f 36 Role Playing Exercises for use in the classroom f f 6 Patient Case Studies f f Answers to Quick Questions (in text) f f Active Learning Cases for each Chapter. f f Students also have access to the Morita CBCT Viewer (Cone Beam Computerized Tomography). f f Skill Check. The Module Skill Evaluation procedure checklists allow a student to self- evaluate his or her strengths and limitations in performing the assessment procedure and to identify additional learning needs. f f Suggestions for communication role-plays are provided on the Instructor Resource CD for this textbook. Communication checklists in the modules allow students to practice and self-evaluate their communication skills and to identify areas for improvement. f f Comprehensive Fictitious Patient Cases F– K. Module 17 of the book is comprised of comprehensive patient cases.

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