<P>This fully updated and revised edition of <EM>Essential Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners</EM> is a practical and comprehensive text designed to equip you with the necessary clinical skills for your profession. This book: </P><P> </P><P>¿ equips you with the knowledge to provide the safest and most effective patient care possible;</P><P>¿ provides evidence-based guidelines to ensure best practice that is matched to the National Occupational Standards and the Care Certificate;</P><P>¿ includes new chapters on administering injections, ear irrigation and examining the feet of people with diabetes, and an entirely rewritten chapter on protocols;</P><P>¿ addresses the evolving role of the healthcare assistant and training opportunities;</P><P>¿ supplies comprehensive coverage of both primary and secondary care settings, with an emphasis on primary care;</P><P>¿ covers accountability, communication skills, confidentiality and reflection; and</P><P