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Basic Geriatric Nursing

ISBN: 9780815183921 | 0815183925
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div
Pub. Date: 9/1/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
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. New features include a chapter on meeting the safety needs of the elderly, worksheets with answers for each chapter, a new format, andnew Instructor's Manual. * Revised and updated material throughout reflects changes in practice and new government regulations and policies. * Includes a new evaluation step of the nursing process in the Care Plans. * Includes new chapter on Meeting Safety Needs of the Elderly. * Includes new worksheets for each chapter in a perforated section at the end of the book with answers provided. * Features a summary at the end of each chapter to highlight key points. * Presents a new design and additional photographs. * Includes new Instructor's Resource Manual includes chapter outlines and a testbank of over 200 multiple choice questions.
Part I OVERVIEW OF AGING3(70)
1 Trends and Issues
3(23)
2 Theories of Aging
26(4)
... MORE
3 Physiologic Changes
30(43)
Part II BASIC SKILLS FOR GERONTOLOGIC NURSING73(72)
4 Health Promotion and Health Maintenance
73(12)
5 Communicating with Older Adults
85(7)
6 Nutrition and Fluid Balance
92(16)
7 Medications and Older Adults
108(14)
8 Health Assessment of the Elderly
122(23)
Part III PHYSICAL CARE OF THE ELDERLY145(100)
9 Meeting Safety Needs of the Elderly
145(10)
10 Meeting Nutritional and Fluid Needs
155(16)
11 Care of Aging Skin and Mucous Membranes
171(21)
12 Elimination
192(17)
13 Activity and Exercise
209(26)
14 Sleep and Rest
235(10)
Part IV PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE OF THE ELDERLY245(68)
15 Cognition and Perception
245(21)
16 Self-Perception and Self-Concept
266(13)
17 Roles and Relationships
279(11)
18 Coping and Stress
290(11)
19 Values and Beliefs
301(7)
20 Sexuality and Aging
308(5)
APPENDIXES313(10)
A Laboratory Value for the Elderly313(6)
B Resources319(4)
STUDENT ACTIVITIES323(44)
STUDENT ACTIVITIES ANSWERS367

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