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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0323498116
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0323498111
• Author:  Sue E. Meiner (Author), Jennifer J. Yeager (Author)

Compassionately care for the aging population with Gerontologic Nursing, 6th Edition, uniquely known for its comprehensive coverage of the most common medical-surgical problems associated with older adults. Organized by body system for easy retrieval of information, it delves into health promotion and both basic and complex gerontologic concepts and issues. This disorder-focused gerontologic nursing text features an enhanced focus on nursing management and care coordination across health care delivery settings. It emphasizes topics such as nutrition, chronic illness, emergency treatment, patient teaching, home care, and end-of-life care ― and includes the latest guidelines for mammograms, colonoscopies, pneumonia, and shingles vaccinations. With the addition of new nursing theories, this edition offers a valuable framework for gerontologic care.

Table contents:

Part I: Introduction to Gerontologic Nursing

1. Overview of Gerontologic Nursing

2. Theories Related to Care of the Older Adult

3. Legal and Ethical Issues

4.  Assessment of the Older Adult

 

Part II: Influences on Health and Illness

5. Cultural Influences

6. Family Influences

7. Socioeconomic and Environmental Influences

8. Health Promotion and Illness/Disability Prevention

 

Part III: Influences on Quality of Life

9. Nutrition

10. Sleep and Activity

11. Safety

12. Sexuality and Aging

13. Pain

14. Infection and Inflammation

 

Part IV: Diagnostic Studies and Pharmacologic Management

15. Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests

16. Drugs and Aging

 

Part V: Nursing Care of Physiologic and Psychologic Disorders

17. Integumentary Function

18. Sensory Function

19. Cardiovascular Function

20. Respiratory Function

21. Gastrointestinal Function

22. Urinary Function

23. Musculoskeletal Function

24. Cognitive and Neurologic Function

25. Endocrine Function

 

Part VI: Health Care Transitions

26. Health Care Delivery Settings and Older Adults

27. Chronic Illness and Rehabilitation

28. Cancer

29. Loss and End-of-Life Issues

 

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