Full Description
GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING, 3/e is a comprehensive, research-based, and up-to-date guide to nursing care for older adults in all settings. It brings together essential information about normal and pathological changes associated with aging; healthy aging; common diseases of aging; and key psychosocial, cultural, and public health issues. Reflecting today's emphasis on evidence-based practice and appropriate delivery of scarce healthcare resources, this text presents new best practices and QSEN standards throughout, promoting more effective assessment, diagnosis, planning, and outcome evaluation. The text's multidisciplinary approaches help nurses "add life to years," not just extend life. Its coverage of acute and chronic diseases includes nursing implications, atypical presentation, functional implications, pharmacology, evaluation, etiology, risk factors, and complications; the text also includes a full chapter on multisystem diseases. This book supports safe, effective, and appropriate practice in the home, hospitals, long-term care, and hospice settings.
Contents
Unit I1. Principles of Gerontology2. Gerontological Nursing Issues3. Principles of GeriatricsUnit II: Challenges of Aging and the Cornerstones of Excellence in Nursing Care4. Cultural Diversity5. Nutrition and Aging6. Pharmacology and Older Adults7. Psychological and Cognitive Function8. Sleep and the Older Adult9. Pain Management10. Violence and Elder Mistreatment11. Care of the DyingUnit III: Physiological Basis of Practice12. The Integument13. The Mouth and Oral Cavity14. Sensation: Hearing, Vision, Taste, Touch, and Smell15. The Cardiovascular System16. The Respiratory System17. The Genitourinary and Renal Systems18. The Musculoskeletal System19. The Endocrine System20. The Gastrointestinal System21. The Hematologic System22. The Neurologic System23. The Immune System24. Multisystem Problems: Caring for Frail Elders with ComorbiditiesAppendix A: NANDA-Approved Nursing DiagnosisAppendix B: Answers to Critical Thinking QuestionsIndex
