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, ...
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 ...
Mary Ann Anderson's personal, easy-to-read style has made her books staples of LPN/LVN programs. In the new fourth edition of her engaging "Caring for Older Adults Holistically", she gives her text a complete overhaul to more comprehensively address the needs of a burgeoning population of elderly who require a wide range of care from LPN/LVNs. All ...
"Gerontologic Nursing" is best known for its comprehensive coverage of health promotion and basic and complex gerontologic concepts and issues, as well as the most common medical-surgical problems associated with the older adult. The book follows a body systems organization similar to a medical-surgical nursing text. Each chapter follows a ...
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.
"Gerontological Nursing Healthy Aging" provides thorough coverage of promoting healthy aging when caring for older adults. The intent throughout the book is to facilitate the healthiest adaptation possible for any older adult, regardless of the situation and disease process. The majority of the book is devoted to discussing the significant ...
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 ...
Incontinence is a significant health and social problem, not only generally in the aging population, but especially among nursing home residents. Unmanageable incontinence is frequently the trigger for families to arrange for nursing facility placement of a loved one. In facilities, however, the primary management technique is diapering, which is ...
"Caring for the Older Adult: A Health Promotion Perspective" is a concise, straightforward textbook for student nurses, which covers the essentials of gerontologic nursing from a strong health promotion perspective. The nature of normal aging as well as disorders common to the elderly are discussed. Promotion of both physical and psychological ...
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.
Older adults afflicted with progressive, eventually fatal, chronic illness have care needs and personal priorities that tend to focus on living well despite the disease. At this phase of life, the wish is for symptom relief, maintenance of activities, concern for family, and preparation for death and bereavement. When progressive disability marks ...
"Pocket Guide to Gerontologic Assessment" is a practical reference, particularly suitable for the clinical setting. This comprehensive guide, completely revised and updated, includes assessment of the older person's physical and psychosocial functions. The second edition expands the areas of psychoscial assessment, patient and family teaching, and ...
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