Caring for Your Own: Nursing the Ill at Home

By Darla Neidrick

A guide to caring for the ill (especially the aged) at home, written for those with little or no medical background. Provides the basic medical knowledge and general nursing skills in order to administer care properly and safely. Includes an important chapter, ''When to Notify Your Physician'', that discusses what signs and symptoms to watch for and when to call the doctor. Covers practical information on bathing, diet, exercise, medication, and dealing with the dying. An indispensable manual for those caring for the elderly at home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471637025
• ISBN13: 9780471637028
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 2.0"