- Focus on health and wellness provides the evidence-based information and strategies needed to promote healthy aging.
- Key concepts, learning activities, and discussion questions in every chapter emphasize the information needed to enhance care.
- Recommended competencies from the AACN and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing are integrated throughout.
- Discussion of disease processes is placed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support, and responsibilities.
- Easy-to-use information on nursing techniques and communication appears with the associated disorders, symptoms, and situations.
- Tips for Best Practice and Resources for Best Practice boxes provide insight into proven methods of nursing care.
- Discussions of nursing and interprofessional actions help students learn to enhance wellness, maintain optimal function, and prevent unnecessary disability.
- Coverage of age, cultural, racial, and gender differences highlights these important considerations in caring for older adults.
Gain the nursing skills you need to provide wellness-based care for older adults! Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging, 6th Edition uses a holistic approach to describe compassionate care along a continuum of wellness. Designed to promote healthy aging regardless of the patient's situation or disorder, this text provides best-practice guidelines in covering physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and cognitive health. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX®-style case studies, updates on measuring clinical judgment, expanded coverage of core competencies, and more. Written by gerontological nursing experts Theris Touhy and Kathleen Jett, this concise text provides a solid foundation in every aspect of healthy aging.
Key Features
- Focus on health and wellness provides the evidence-based information and strategies needed to promote healthy aging.
- Key concepts, learning activities, and discussion questions in every chapter emphasize the information needed to enhance care.
- Recommended competencies from the AACN and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing are integrated throughout.
- Discussion of disease processes is placed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support, and responsibilities.
- Easy-to-use information on nursing techniques and communication appears with the associated disorders, symptoms, and situations.
- Tips for Best Practice and Resources for Best Practice boxes provide insight into proven methods of nursing care.
- Discussions of nursing and interprofessional actions help students learn to enhance wellness, maintain optimal function, and prevent unnecessary disability.
- Coverage of age, cultural, racial, and gender differences highlights these important considerations in caring for older adults.
| ISBN | 9780323751643 |
|---|---|
| Product Format | Book |
| Publication Date | 2021 |
| Author Information | By Theris A. Touhy, DNP, CNS, DPNAP, Emeritus Professor, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida and Kathleen F Jett, PhD, GNP-BC, DPNAP, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, Department of Aging and Geriatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Research Consultant, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida |
| Table of Content | SECTION 1: Foundations of Healthy Aging 1. Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging 2. Introduction to Healthy Aging 3. Making Clinical Judgments in the Cross-Cultural Setting with Older Adults 4. Biological Theories and Age-Related Cues 5. Clinical Judgment to Promote Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Cognitive Health SECTION 2: Foundations of Gerontological Nursing 6. Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care 7. Economic and Legal Issues Affecting Clinical Judgment SECTION 3: Fundamentals of Caring 8. Recognizing and Analyzing Cues in Gerontological Nursing 9. Clinical Judgment to Promote Safe Medication Use 10. Clinical Judgment to Promote Nutritional Health 11. Clinical Judgment to Promote Hydration and Oral Health 12. Clinical Judgment to Promote Bowel and Bladder Health 13. Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Rest, Sleep, and Activity Patterns 14. Clinical Judgment to Promote to Promote Healthy Skin 15. Clinical Judgment to Promote Reduce Fall Risk and Injuries 16. Clinical Judgment to Promote Safe Environments SECTION 4: Promoting Health in Chronic Illness 17. Living with Chronic Illness 18. Clinical Judgment to Promote Relief from Pain 19. Clinical Judgment to Enhance Hearing and Vision 20. Metabolic Disorders 21. Bone and Joint Problems 22. Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disorders 23. Neurological Disorders 24. Clinical Judgment to Promote Mental Health SECTION 5: Caring for Elders and Their Caregivers 25. Clinical Judgment in Care of Individuals with Neurocognitive Disorders 26. Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Relationships, Roles, and Transitions 27. Clinical Judgment to Promote Caregiver Health 28. Loss, Death, and Palliative Care Index |
| Publication Date | 28-05-2021 |
| Stock Status | In Stock |
| deltacomm1code | Books |
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