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    Career Cornerstones: Establishing a Foundation for a Career in Healthcare

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    Andrea M Nelson, University of West Florida

    Katherine Greene, University of West Florida

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    Publisher: University of West Florida Pressbooks

    Language: English

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    Reviewed by Karen Steinhoff, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Bay Community College on 6/3/24

    The authors provide a solid foundations for entry level healthcare professionals. This will help students entering their clinical internships, prepare them for future employment and set them up with the basic skills and understanding to find... read more

    Reviewed by Amy Dore, Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver on 3/14/24

    This text provides an overview of a wide range of topics that are essential for those who are starting their career in health care administration. The table of contents itself indicates that the book covers topics that are often challenging to... read more

    Reviewed by Melinda Oxenford, Assistant Professor, Clarke University on 1/3/24

    This text gives an introduction that is broad enough to cover multiple careers in healthcare while also touching on the importance of crucial characteristics such as professionalism, ethics, and communication. read more

    Reviewed by Bob Goldenberg, Adjunct Faculty, Rogue Community College on 12/12/23

    For perspective or active healthcare workers and providers, this is a meticulously written study of finding and maintaining a career in all aspects of allied healthcare. read more

    Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • Acknowledgements
    • Chapter 1: Scholarly Research Skills
    • Chapter 2: Academic Writing and Integrity
    • Chapter 3: Healthcare Careers
    • Chapter 4: Job Skills
    • Chapter 5: Ethics 
    • Chapter 6: Professionalism
    • Chapter 7: Commnication in Healthcare
    • Chapter 8: Life Management 
    • Appendix A: Tables
    • Appendix B: Image Credits
    • Appendix C: Offline Copies of Test Yourself Quizzes

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    About the Book

    Welcome to Career Cornerstones: Establishing a Foundation for a Career in Healthcare. This book was created 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.

    About the Contributors

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    Andrea M. Nelson, PT, DPT, CLT, GCS Emeritus, University of West Florida

    Katherine Greene, MPH, University of West Florida

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