Occupational Therapy in Acute Care, 3rd Edition
Edited by Helene Smith-Gabai, PhD, OT/L, BCPR, and Suzanne E. Holm, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, FAOTA
Acute care occupational therapy practitioners are essential in preparing patients for discharge, optimizing their function and independence, and helping them resume cherished roles and routines. The challenge of acute care practice is looking beyond a specific medical condition and seeing the whole person. Working within a medical setting also requires an understanding of medical conditions and how illness or injury affects occupational performance. Occupational Therapy in Acute Care, 3rd Edition, is designed to offer a comprehensive guide for occupational therapy practitioners working in acute care, equipping them to address safety and independence with daily routines and roles so patients may return to society and experience improved quality of life.
This new edition updates and expands content, integrating the latest evidence-based practices. New to this edition are chapters on occupational therapy in the emergency department, sleep, social determinants of health, home modifications, case management, readmission prevention, novice practitioners in acute care, and fieldwork.
Highlights—
· Part I. Foundations of Occupational Therapy in Acute Care—occupational therapy’s role, evidence-based practice, patient evaluation, standardized assessments, ethics
· Part II. Understanding the Acute Care Environment—scope of services and interprofessional teams, patient safety and fall prevention, early rehabilitation, role in the emergency department, common diagnostic tests, lab values, pharmacology, hospital equipment
· Part III. Body Systems—hematologic, cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, nervous, endocrine, gastrointestinal, genitourinary systems
· Part IV. Conditions and Disorders—orthopedics and musculoskeletal disorders, autoimmune and infectious diseases, cancer care, trauma, dizziness, bariatrics, cognitive impairment and altered mental status, burns, dysphagia, transplantation, low vision, safe patient handling, pain management, sleep, energy conservation, PAMs, orthotics
· Part V. Working With Clients in Acute Care—patient experience, social determinants of health, discharge planning, home modifications, case management, readmission prevention, novice role, fieldwork