The Fifth Edition of this popular text continues to present - in a clear, concise manner - essential information on nursing care of the elderly. This edition offers updated content and an emphasis on holistic approaches to care. A 'Point to Ponder' feature has been added, challenging students to examine how their own views and experiences ...
Now in its Fifth Edition, this text provides a comprehensive and wellness-oriented approach to the theory and practice of gerontologic nursing. Organized around the author's unique 'functional consequences theory' of gerontologic nursing, the book explores 'normal' age-related changes and risk factors that often interfere with optimal health and ...
The second edition of Patricia Tabloski's Gerontological Nursing is a comprehensive, research-based book that will guide nursing students in their care of older patients. The book presents information related to normal and pathological changes of aging, with an emphasis on the critical information that nurses need for assessment, diagnosis, ...
Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care, Second Edition is a comprehensive and student-accessible text that offers a holistic and inter-disciplinary approach to caring for the elderly. The framework for the text is built around the Core Competencies set forth by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the John A. Hartford ...
This text uses Maslow's "hierarchy of needs" as the conceptual foundation for care of the ageing client. Maslow's theory states that human beings' needs are arranged in a hierarchy: the lower ones being the need for food and shelter, and the higher ones being the need for self-esteem and "self-actualization". The basic crux of the theory is that ...
BASIC GERIATRIC NURSING presents the theories and concepts of aging, the physiologic and psychosocial changes and problems associated with the process, and appropriate nursing interventions. It includes care plans that detail NANDA diagnoses and expected outcomes. Nursing interventions are grouped according to health care settings. Several new ...
With a strong focus on health and wellness, this gerontological nursing text offers you a holistic perspective to caring for older adults. Designed to facilitate the healthiest adaptation possible, this text identifies potential problems that may occur and the means to address complications, alleviate discomfort, and help older adults lead healthy ...
This work contains sample care plans, which are titled by medical diagnosis and organized by body system. Each plan includes NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses, with an empahsis on patient goals. If offers medical diagnoses, etiology, assessment criteria and physical examination criteria.
This clear and easy-to-read new text is focused on the specific information needs of the LPN/LVN student. Basic concepts of gerontology and roles of the nurse are thoroughly covered, including ethical and legal issues and special communication considerations for the elderly. Two full chapters introduce communication skills and management skills ...
The protocols in this thoroughly updated edition address key clinical conditions and circumstances likely to be encountered by a hospital nurse caring for older adults. They represent "best practices" for acute care of the elderly as developed by nursing experts around the country as part of the Hartford Foundation's Nurses Improving Care to the ...
This work aims to teach readers how to distinguish the normal signs and symptoms of ageing from those caused by disease, what to do if a patient's condition is deteriorating, how to prevent falls and meet safety needs and how to manage common emergencies and drug dosages for the elderly.
Write better, more complete care plans and improve the special care provided to older adults by exploring the insights and up-to-date, practical information that fills this hands-on reference. Investigate 60 disorders, organized by body system, covering both acute and chronic health problems, and learn the proper interventions through clear ...
A text for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, presenting a broad view of the needs of older adults through a continuum of care and in all settings. Material is divided into eight units on major issues of aging, theories of aging, health promotion, geriatric health care, long-term care, com
A clinical resource for advanced practice nurses and students who provide primary care to older adults. Focused on common disorders seen in adults from both the medical and nursing perspectives, it addresses nursing diagnoses and patient education, and provides various approaches for assessment. The reference also contains chapters on the ...
This clinical reference provides key information about the diagnosis and treatment of conditions in the older adult. Its concise, accessible format is ideal for use in active, clinical situations. An emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach reinforces the nurse practitioner's role in health care delivery through their collaboration with other ...
"Gerontologic Nursing" provides comprehensive coverage of health promotion, basic and complex gerontologic concepts and issues, as well as the most common medical-surgical problems associated with the older adult. Its macro-organization closely resembles a medical-surgical text. Divided into 7 parts, each chapter follows a consistent pedagogical ...
The Second Edition of this A-to-Z guide covers a wide range of areas of concern pertaining to the growing geriatric population. Completely reviewed, updated and expanded, it includes more than 150 illustrations and charts. This text invites readers to investigate more than 200 disorders and age-oriented issues, such as lab value changes, sexuality ...
The new edition of this text has been streamlined to fit more easily into crowded nursing curricula, while maintaining the breadth of coverage that made the 1st edition such a popular book. Leading experts in the field contributed to the book.
This book is designed to help clinicians, administrators, students, and families attain the goal of restraint-free care of the elderly. Written by leading experts in the field, the book contains specific strategies for understanding behavior, making constructive changes in the individual's environment, and managing the risk of falls and ...
The Clinical Companion to Accompany Gerontology: Nursing Care of the Older Adult is a practical and convenient pocket sized reference guide for assessment and care of the older individual. This text is designed for use in a clinical setting and serves as a ready reference for assessment skills, physical examination and communication techniques.
"Matteson & McConnell's Gerontological Nursing, 3rd Edition" provides comprehensive, research-based information on nursing care of older adults. Beginning with the basics, the text uses a systems approach to describe the aging process from wellness to illness. It also describes physiological and psychological aspects of aging in detail, as well as ...
"Essentials of Healthy Aging" provides thorough coverage and understanding of promoting healthy ageing when caring for older adults. It covers the relationship between the student and the elder with respect to care; basic skills for promoting a health lifestyle; dealing with families in the home and in the hospital; common chronic conditions in ...
This book addresses the needs of the undergraduate nurse by presenting a series of classic case studies in nursing, in the adult and elderly population. Each case follows a standardised layout for ease of reference and includes photographs or clear line diagrams where appropriate, to illustrate key points. Each case is also accompanied by timed, ...
Clearly written, accessible, and comprehensive, The Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant Training Manual is the ideal tool for training nursing facility and home health care staff. Thirty-four easy-to-follow modules include descriptions of all of the important procedures nursing assistants need to master. Sensitively written modules on caring for ...
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