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 ...
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 ...
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 expanded, up-to-the-minute, fully-revised edition of the bestselling guide to prescription pills offers charts, lists, diagrams, an extensive cross-referencing index, and lifesaving information on all the latest medication available today.
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 ...
Designed for professionals working with the elderly, this text provides comprehensive coverage of the ageing process and its effects on mental health. It sets out the nature and problems of old age, including the problems of older people in their families, and explores some of the common emotional problems and psychiatric disorders which can ...
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 ...
Written by an internationally renowed authority in geriatric psychiatry, this text discusses the most common emotional problems affecting the elderly: memory loss, depression, anxiety, sleeping problems, alcohol and drug abuse, and others. Each problem is addressed in a consistent format highlighting: the nature and scope of the problem 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.
This reference is a compilation of care plans for the most commonly encountered clinical problems a nurse is likely to encounter while working with older adults. Written by practicing nurses for students and practitioners, this book serves as both a valuable reference and learning resource.
Praise for the First Edition 'Bob G Knight not only provides an avenue for therapists to get up-to-date in this field, but he even considers the future...This book is indeed a major contribution to the developing trend that psychotherapists who work with older adults need to become competent as geropsychotherapists!' - Contemporary Psychology Now ...
A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical TechniqueFew mental health professionals are adequately trained to meet the unique needs of the 65-plus age-group. Written by experts - and in some cases pioneers - in the field, Treating the Elderly is filled with the most up-to-date information needed for developing the skills necessary to ...
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 ...
This all-new title follows the successful format of Mosby's other comprehensive review texts, providing both outline review of content and questions with answers and rationales for all options. Based on the Test Plan for the National Council of State Board of Nursing's Certification Exam for Practical Nurses in Long-Term Care, this text serves as ...
This New Edition of the AJN Book of the Year features an in-depth discussion of clinical problems and syndromes commonly seen in the older population. Relevant, up-to-date theory and research findings - from nursing and other disciplines - enable nurses to provide the best care for older adults in a variety of health care settings.
Written by noted authorities in geriatric psychiatry, this volume is a clinically oriented guide to the diagnostic workup and treatment of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders in elderly patients. The book describes in detail the neurologic and neuropsychiatric patient assessment and the use of all treatment modalities, both ...
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 ...
"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 ...
Clinica;l Neurology of Aging is a comprehensive text and reference work that covers the scientific foundations and also offers much practical clinical advice on the diagnosis and management of neurological disorders in the aged. The book is divided into six sections: Scientific Basis of Geriatric Neurology, Clinical Examination and Diagnostic ...
This pocket guide is an ideal quick-reference to the essentials of care of older patients. Topics include practical tips, drug information and specific tools and instruments needed. Nursing Students and Nursing Professionals.
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