Synopses & Reviews
* Principles and protocols by expert editors and contributors from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
* Essential diagnostic strategies and treatment protocols for common health and functional problems among the elderly
* Treatment procedures
* Unique chapter on palliative care and advance directives
Practical, logically organized, and complete, this reference brings you the best geriatric practice guidelines from a top nursing school team.
* The ideal text for up-to-date coverage of evaluation, treatment, and care for the growing population of aged adults
* Perfect for students and practitioners who want expert guidelines, strategies, protocols, and principles for working with older adults
* Inside: essential coverage of care for the elderly, with page after page of useful guidance on diagnosis, treatment, standards, management, special concerns, judgment calls, and more, organized by body system
The best guide to caring for the elderly, Advanced Practice Nursing with Older Adults is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date text in the field. This book features:
* Practical, expert guidelines for all aspects of nursing care for older adults
* Unique coverage of pain management, care for the dying, palliative care, and advance directives
* Hands-on help with evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular, respiratory, genitourinary, GI, thyroid, gynecological, musculoskeletal, and CNS disorders, as well as diabetes mellitus
* In-depth guidance on problems such as proneness to falls, sensory deficits, pressure injuries, and elder abuse and neglect
* Practical help managing patients' pain
* Patient handouts
Synopsis
Written by an author team from a top-ranked nursing program, this ground-breaking new text, presents state of the art guidelines for geriatric care for the advance practice nursing student. Practical, logically organized, and complete, this text features;
* Expert guidelines, strategies, protocols, and principles for working with older adults
* Essential coverage of diagnosis, treatment standards, management, special concerns, judgment calls, and more, organized by body system
* Unique coverage of pain management, care for the dying, palliative care, and advance directives
* Hands-on help with evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular, respiratory, genitourinary, GI, thyroid, gynecological, musculoskeletal, and CNS disorders, as well as diabetes mellitus
* In-depth guidance on problems such as falls, sensory deficits, pressure injuries, and elder abuse and neglect
Comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date, this text is sure to become an essential component of your nurse practitioner curriculum.
Table of Contents
PART I ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING WITH OLDER ADULTS
Chapter 1. Advanced Practice Nurses in Care of Older Adults
Chapter 2. Principles Guiding Care of Older Adults
PART II EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS
Chapter 3. Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults
Chapter 4. Respiratory Problems in Older Adults
Chapter 5. Genitourinary Problems
Chapter 6. Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 7. Thyroid Disorders
Chapter 8. Delirium and Depression
Chapter 9. Stroke and Dizziness
Chapter 10. Dementia
Chapter 11. Gastrointestinal Problems
Chapter 12. Gynecological Problems of Postmenopausal Women
Chapter 13. Musculoskeletal Problems
PART III FUNCTIONAL AND CLINICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH FRAILTY
Chapter 14. Falls
Chapter 15. Sensory Impairments
Chapter 16. Nutritional Problems
Chapter 17. Pressure Injury and Ulceration
Chapter 18. Elder Abuse and Neglect
Chapter 19. Pain
Chapter 20. Palliative Care