My Pocket Mentor: A Health Care Professional's Guide to Success / Edition 1

by Sandra Gaviola

Overview

My Pocket Mentor: A Health Care Professional's Guide to Success is written by a group of educators whose goal is to mentor learners throughout the educational process and well beyond the classroom. The book presents information on a number of practical elements such as public speaking, professional appearance and behavior, and interviewing the patient that supports personal and professional development. This resource is ideal for any allied health or nursing program to give learners all the tools they need to make the transition from student to health care professional.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901401835087
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	04/22/2004
Series:	Career Success for Health Science Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Sandra Gaviola, RRT. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and is a respiratory care practitioner and is employed by Select Specialty of Johnstown, Pennsylvania and by RT Temps Allied Health Staffing.

Table of Contents

	Preface	v
	Acknowledgments	ix
	Contributors	xi
	About the Author	xiii
Chapter 1	A Personal and Professional Transformation	1
Chapter 2	An Instructor's Good Advice	25
Chapter 3	Write a Technical Paper? When Is It Due?	49
Chapter 4	Those Role Models	71
Chapter 5	Public Speaking? No Problem!	91
Chapter 6	Enthusiasm--Something Higher Than Ourselves	109
Chapter 7	Professional Appearance and Behavior	135
Chapter 8	Interviewing the Patient	155
Chapter 9	What About My Health?	169
Chapter 10	Where Are My Earnings Going?	193
Appendix	Common Proofreader Marks	219
	Index	221