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 lives. Disease processes are discussed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support, and nursing responsibilities to help you gain an understanding of your clients’ experience.
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<li>Focus on health and wellness establishes a positive perspective to aging. </li>
<li>Careful attention to age, cultural, and gender differences are integrated throughout to help you understand these important considerations when caring for older adults. </li>
<li>Healthy aging strategies maximize the healthiest behaviors of clients with dementia and their caregivers. </li>
<li>Consistent chapter organization includes learning objectives, research, and study questions/activities to make information easy to find and use. </li>
<li>Incorporates assessment guidelines throughout provide useful tools for practice. </li>
<li>End-of-chapter activities and discussion questions help you expand your knowledge and understanding of the content. </li>
<li>Resource lists provide you with additional means to explore ways to care for the older adult. </li>
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<li>Incorporates the core competencies identified by the AACN and the Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing.</li>
<li>Healthy People 2010 boxes assist you in integrating knowledge about healthy aging considerations. </li>
<li>Evidence-Based Practice boxes summarize research findings that confirm effective practices or identify practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects. </li>
<li>Expanded sexuality-related content includes older adults living with AIDS and STDs. </li>
<li>Genetics section reflects the emergence of the role of genetics in gerontological assessment. </li>
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Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging

Medical Books

Theris A. Touhy

Kathleen F. Jett

Nursing

Mosby

Ebersole & Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging - Elsevieron Vitalsource

Designated a Doody's Core Title! Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2006 by Choice "Those who are interested in the care of older individuals will find this book thoughtful, exciting, and useful. . . Highly recommended." --Choice Learn the history of the development of geriatric nursing as a specialty, as well as the current state of geriatric nursing, from the stories of pioneers in this field. Through the history of those who laid the foundations for the profession to the geriatric nurse leaders who continue the specialty today, see first-hand how geriatric nursing began, evolved, and continues to flourish. Covering the scope of the specialty:How to become a geriatric nurse Geriatric nursing organizations and publications Standards of practice Certification and licensure Future directionsThis text provides both inspirational stories of nursing and practical information on how you can find resources, develop ideas, and access research in order to become a successful geriatric nurse.

Geriatric Nursing: Growth of a Specialty (Springer Series in Geriatric Nursing)

Science & Math

Priscilla Ebersole

Evolution

Springer Publishing Company

Equip yourself with the skills to meet the needs of an aging Canadian population. Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging in Canada, Second Edition is a concise, gerontological nursing text that follows a wellness-based, holistic approach to older adult care. Featuring the most up-to-date CGNA guidelines, this new edition identifies potential problems and gives you the means to address complications, alleviate discomfort, and assist older adults to help them lead healthy lives. Plus, it contains a variety of learning features that focus your attention on statistics, legislation, practice guidelines, standards of care, and examples relevant to Canadian practice.

Ebersole and Hess Gerontologic

Veronique Boscart

Lynn McCleary

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