Google Hacks or Diversified Health Occupations

Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information

Author: Rael Dornfest

Now that new features and services such as Google Maps, Google Talk, and Google Desktop have been added to the expanding Google universe, we've made the third edition of this bestseller into an infinitely more useful book for this powerful search engine. You'll not only find dozens of hacks for new Google services, but plenty of updated tips, tricks and scripts for hacking the old ones.

Everyone knows that Google lets you search billions of web pages. But few people realize that Google also gives you hundreds of cool ways to organize and play with information.

Since we released the last edition of this bestselling book, Google has added many new features and services to its expanding universe: Google Earth, Google Talk, Google Maps, Google Blog Search, Video Search, Music Search, Google Base, Google Reader, and Google Desktop among them. We've found ways to get these new services to do even more.

The expanded third edition of Google Hacks is a brand-new and infinitely more useful book for this powerful search engine. You'll not only find dozens of hacks for the new Google services, but plenty of updated tips, tricks and scripts for hacking the old ones. Now you can make a Google Earth movie, visualize your web site traffic with Google Analytics, post pictures to your blog with Picasa, or access Gmail in your favorite email client. Industrial strength and real-world tested, this new collection enables you to mine a ton of information within Google's reach. And have a lot of fun while doing it:

• Search Google over IM with a Google Talk bot
• Build a customized Google Map and add it to your own web site
• Cover your searching tracks and take back your browsing privacy
• Turn any Google query into an RSS feed that you can monitor in Google Reader or the newsreader of your choice
• Keep tabs on blogs in new, useful ways
• Turn Gmail into an external hard drive for Windows, Mac, or Linux
• Beef up your web pages with search, ads, news feeds, and more
• Program Google with the Google API and language of your choice

For those of you concerned about Google as an emerging Big Brother, this new edition also offers advice and concrete tips for protecting your privacy. Get into the world of Google and bend it to your will!

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Diversified Health Occupations

Author: Louise M Simmers

Diversified Health Occupations, 6th edition provides the health occupations student with the basic entry level knowledge required for a variety of health occupations. The sixth edition provides updated information on CPR, standard precautions and OBRA regulations. Additional emphasis has been placed on dealing with cultural diversity, technological advances, and legal responsibilities. Medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, communication skills and professional standards and appearance are covered as well.

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New edition of a text in which Simmers, M.Ed., R.N. provides basic entry-level knowledge and skills required for a variety of health occupations. Part 1 covers basic concepts such as health care systems, careers, personal qualities of a health care worker, legal and ethical responsibilities, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, human growth and development, cultural diversity, geriatric care, nutrition and diets, computers, promotion of safety, infection control, vital signs, first aid, and preparing for the world of work. Part 2 discusses skills needed by various kinds of assistants including dental, laboratory, medical, nursing, physical therapy, and business and accounting. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	How to Use Text
	Acknowledgments
Pt. 1	Basic Health Care Concepts and Skills
Unit 1	Health Care Systems	2
Unit 2	Careers in Health Care	25
Unit 3	Personal Qualities of a Health Care Worker	60
Unit 4	Legal and Ethical Reponsibilities	74
Unit 5	Medical Terminology	87
Unit 6	Anatomy and Physiology	102
Unit 7	Human Growth and Development	188
Unit 8	Cultural Diversity	215
Unit 9	Geriatric Care	233
Unit 10	Nutrition and Diets	252
Unit 11	Computers in Health Care	267
Unit 12	Promotion of Safety	282
Unit 13	Infection Control	297
Unit 14	Vital Signs	348
Unit 15	First Aid	378
Unit 16	Preparing for the World of Work	445
Pt. 2	Special Health Care Skills	466
Unit 17	Dental Assistant Skills	468
Unit 18	Laboratory Assistant Skills	550
Unit 19	Medical Assistant Skills	616
Unit 20	Nurse Assistant Skills	669
Unit 21	Physical Therapy Skills	799
Unit 22	Business and Accounting Skills	834
App. A	Vocational Student Organizations	883
App. B	Metric Conversion Charts	887
App. C	24-Hour Clock (Military Time) Conversion Chart	889
	Glossary	890
	Index	911