Faculty of Health
Health Care Aide
Health Care Aide
Anatomy 337 eReader
Author(s): Patrick Hills-Meyer, Julie Stamm
Editor(s): Patrick Hills-Meyer, Julie Stamm
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2013
Description: Note: This OpenStax book was imported into Pressbooks on July 22, 2019, to make it easier for instructors to edit, build upon, and remix the content. The OpenStax import process isn’t perfect, so there may be formatting errors in the book that need attention.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook
Includes: 15 H5P activities
Building Bridges: Establishing a Foundation for Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare
Author(s): Andrea Nelson, Katherine Greene, Katie Cavnar
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2024
Description: Building Bridges: Establishing a Foundation for Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on teaching interprofessional collaboration in healthcare to students entering their respective health profession’s program. This book will help students achieve success not only in their educational program, but as they experience various healthcare settings through internships and employment. This resource is targeted for students in healthcare professions.
Formats: Pressbooks webboolk, EPUB, PDF
Includes: 6 H5P activities
Career Cornerstones: Establishing a Foundation for a Career in Healthcare
Author(s): Katherine Greene, Andrea Nelson
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: Career Cornerstones: Establishing a Foundation for a Career in Healthcare is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on career skills required for students entering their respective health profession’s program. This book is designed to help students be successful not only in their health profession’s educational program, but also as they start to intern or work in healthcare settings. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, and Pre-Professional students.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF
Includes: 28 H5P activities
Designing Infographics – A Manual for Health Care Provider Learners and Practitioners
Author(s): Jim Thompson MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP, Gail Macartney RN(NP), PhD, CON(C), Stephanie Welton MSc
Editor(s): Jim Thompson MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP, Gail Macartney RN(NP), PhD, CON(C), Stephanie Welton MSc
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2024
Description: Infographics like handouts, one-pagers or brochures are combinations of text and imagery commonly used in health care to summarize complex information in a story for health care learners, providers, patients or other audiences. Infographics are used in health care higher education both for teaching and learners’ projects. Family Medicine residents, Nurse Practitioner students and other provider learners often make infographics for their scholarly projects. Once in practice, health care providers make infographics for their patients, the facilities they work in, and to disseminate information to the public. Infographics also are effective for mobilizing research findings.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF
Fitness for Paramedics: A Guide for Students at Cambrian College, 2nd Edition
Author(s): Martin Dubuc, Diane Peterson, Dawn Markell, Amanda Shelton, Greater Sudbury Emergency Services
Editor(s): Lynn Kabaroff
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2024
Description: The 2nd edition of this OER textbook explores components of a healthy lifestyle and methods for incorporating these components into daily life. Fitness assessment, exercise program development, nutrition, weight management, goal setting, and stress management are discussed with chapters specific to fitness training for paramedic students.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, PDF, Pressbooks XML, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Includes: 3 H5P activities
Foundations for Assisting in Home Care
Author(s): Kimberly B. McLain
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2016
Description: Home health services are those which are provided within the comforts of the home setting to help people avoid hospitalization or skilled nursing facility placement, while they recover from illness, injury, or disability. Home health care may also be provided to people who suffer from chronic illnesses, those who have cognitive or physical disabilities or those who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. This text provides the background necessary to begin working toward a career in the home care field as either a Home Health Aide or Personal Care Aide, which are two of the fastest growing occupations. This text is also suitable for those who are providing care to loved ones and who would like additional information to best provide that care, or for use within Home Health Aide and Personal Care Aide programs.
Consisting of 12 chapters, this text takes you from gaining an understanding of what home care is and the tasks involved, through better understanding the physical and psychological needs of people, along with the influence of culture on behaviors, values, and healthcare practices. This text provides an in-depth exploration of the physical and psychological changes which occur throughout the lifespan, with a special emphasis on understanding the unique needs of children, the elderly, and those with mental health issues, and developmental and physical disabilities. Chapters dedicated to the basics of nutrition, budgeting, and first aid provision are included. Specific methods for providing personal and homecare, along with videos to demonstrate tasks complete this text.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, PDF, Pressbooks XML
Introduction to Healthcare Professions
Authors: Anita Hedlund; Brandon Censon MPH, CPH, RRT-NPS, CPFT, CPT; Christine Malone, EdD; Karen Piette, MHS, CMA; Katie Baker; and Kristen Hosey
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2024
Description: Introduction to Healthcare Professions aims to act as a guide to community technical college students navigating the healthcare world for the first time. Our approach is meant to provide context to a diverse and dynamic field. We hope that learners will feel empowered to make the leap into a specific path or specialty based on the careers we have outlined.
Formats: PDF, Pressbooks webbook, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions
Author(s): Andrea Nelson, Katherine Greene
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2021
Description: Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, and Pre-Professional students.
Formats: Pressbooks webbooks
Includes: 127 H5P activities
Oregon EMS Psychomotor Skills Lab Manual
Author(s): Chris Hamper, BS, NRP, Carmen Curtz, Paramedic, BS, Holly A. Edwins, Paramedic, B.S., Jamie Kennel, PhD, MAS, NRP
Editor(s): Michele Claassen, Paramedic, Kristin Whitman, MLIS MACI
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2025
Description:
As you are aware, EMTs must be prepared for an array of possible emergencies while on duty. This text is a tool for you and your students that includes instructions and recommended number of repetitions to obtain proficiency in every skill associated with the EMT Scope of Practice. The text is written based on Oregon EMT Scope of Practice; however, it can be utilized in any state the instructor deems appropriate.
We encourage you to utilize this text in its entirety, and only adjust as needed to fit your teaching style, program, and the needs of your students. The use of the text and each individual section is at the discretion of the lead instructor.
You may use this recommended skill numbers in each section to track student progress on skills. Completion of the text in its entirety will provide you and your students with the confidence that they are prepared to meet minimum competency requirements.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, PDF, Pressbooks XML, Common Cartridge (Web Links), Common Cartridge (LTI Links)
Personal Care Assistant
Author(s): Jacquelyn McKnight
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2024
Description: This open educational resource was written for individuals who are providing personal care to clients or loved ones in a long-term care centre or home-care setting. This resource is divided into six separate “books” that correspond to the six micro-credential courses in the Personal Care Assistant programs that are offered by Sault College or Cambrian College.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook
Includes: 41 H5P activities
Personal Care Skills for Health Care Assistants – 2nd Edition
Author(s): Tracy M. Christianson, RN, BSN, MN, DHEd, CCNE, Kimberley Morris, RN, BN, MN
Editor(s): Danielle Collins, Barbara Johnston
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: The OER is founded on best-practices related to the competencies and skills for health care assistant (HCA) students, specifically in HCA programs following the British Columbia Provincial curriculum – Health Care Assistant Program Provincial Curriculum 2023. However, the content covered within this textbook can be applied to most HCA program curriculum and offers students the opportunity to acquire personal care and assistance skills within the parameters of the HCA role. The content helps the student learn the theoretical principles and concepts along with understanding the steps of practical skills required to maintain and promote the comfort, safety and independence of individuals in community and facility contexts.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, PDF, XHTML, Pressbooks XML, WordPress XML, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Includes: 41 H5P activities
Professional Communication Skills for Health Studies
Author(s): Andrea Chute, Sharon Johnston, Brandi Pawliuk
Editor(s): Deb Troendle Scott
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: Professional Communication Skills for Health Studies is a comprehensive and practical textbook designed to equip individuals in health studies with the essential skills and strategies necessary for effective communication in their professional setting. This engaging and accessible resource provides a solid foundation for novice and experienced professionals to enhance their communication proficiency and succeed in their careers. This adapted, reformatted, and remixed edition is produced by MacEwan Open Books Publishing through the Centre for Teaching and Learning’s Teaching Impact Fund.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, PDF, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Includes: 53 H5P activities
