Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, Fifth Edition 5th – Digital Instant Dowload.

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0826171664
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0826171665
• Author: Marie Boltz, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN

The new fifth edition of one of the premier references for geriatric nurses in hospital, long-term, and community settings, delivers current guidelines, real-life case studies, and evidence-based protocols developed by master educators and practitioners. With a focus on improving quality of care, cost-effectiveness, and outcome, the fifth edition is updated to provide the most current information about care of common clinical conditions and issues in older adults.

Several new expert contributors present current guidelines about hip fractures, frailty, perioperative and postoperative care, palliative care, and senior-friendly emergency departments. Additionally, chapters have been reorganized to enhance logical flow of content and easy information retrieval.

Table contents:

PART I. INCORPORATING EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE

1. Developing and Evaluating Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Systematic Approach

2. Measuring Performance and Improving Quality

PART II. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

3. Age-Related Changes in Health

4. Health Care Decision Making

5. Sensory Changes

6. Assessing Cognitive Function

7. Assessment of Physical Function

8. Oral Health Care

9. Managing Oral Hydration
10. Nutrition

11. Family Caregiving

12. Issues Regarding Sexuality

13. Mistreatment Detection

PART III. CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS

14. Preventing Functional Decline in the Acute Care Setting

15. Late-Life Depression

16. Dementia: A Neurocognitive Disorder

17. Delirium: Prevention, Early Recognition, and Treatment

18. Pain Management

19. Preventing Falls in Acute Care

20. Reducing Adverse Drug Events

Title tag:

1. Essential Guide to Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols | 5th Edition
2. Discover Best Practices with Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols | Fifth Edition
3. 5th Edition: Implement Best Practices using Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols