cover image - Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780443281341
Copyright: 2027
Publication Date: 09-02-2026
Page Count: 456
Imprint: Elsevier
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Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 7th Edition

by Kathleen F. Jett, PhD, GNP-BC, DPNAP and Theris A. Touhy, DNP, CNS, DPNAP

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780443281341
Copyright: 2027
Publication Date: 09-02-2026
Page Count: 456
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $73.99

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Discover a wellness-based, holistic approach to the care of older adults! Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging, 7th Edition, helps you provide compassionate care and promote healthy outcomes along a continuum of health and wellness. Evidence-based guidelines help you respond to the physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and cognitive health challenges unique to older adults, and case studies help you develop sound clinical judgment skills. New content in this edition includes COVID-19 updates, QR codes linking to references, and the national objectives in Healthy People 2030. Edited by a team of gerontological nursing experts led by Kathleen F. Jett, this concise text provides a solid foundation in every aspect of healthy aging.
    • NEW! Updated COVID-19 information includes its ramifications on the elderly population
    • NEW! QR codes provide instant access to references
    • NEW! Discussion of the objectives identified in Healthy People 2030 relates these goals to older adults
    • Focus on health and wellness includes evidence-based information and healthy aging strategies
    • Information on the most common geriatric health disorders includes those with unique implications in the older population
    • Discussion of disease processes is placed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support, and responsibilities
    • Core competencies from the AACN and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing are integrated throughout the book
    • Easy-to-use information on nursing techniques and communication appears with the associated disorders, symptoms, and situations
    • Evidence-Based Practice boxes summarize research findings that confirm effective practices or identify practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects
    • NCSBN model of clinical judgment guides you through decision-making by using the framework developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing
    • Coverage of age, cultural, and gender differences highlights these important considerations in caring for older adults
    • Key concepts, learning activities, and discussion questions are included at the end of every chapter
  • SECTION 1 Foundations of Healthy Aging
    1 Aging and Wellness in a Global Community
    The Years Ahead
    How Old Is Old?
    Moving Toward Healthy Aging
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging

    2 Biological Theories and Physical Changes With Aging
    Biological Theories of Aging
    Integument and Muscles
    Cardiovascular and Respiratory
    Renal and Urogenital
    Gastrointestinal
    Neurological and Endocrine Systems
    Sensory: Vision and Hearing
    Immune

    3 Gerontological Nursing and Health Promotion
    History of Gerontological Nursing and Current Needs
    Gerontological Nursing Preparation, Practice, and Research
    Gerontological Nursing Roles
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging

    4 Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care
    Community Care
    Nursing Facilities (Nursing Homes)
    Long-Term Care and the U.S. Health Care System
    Transitions Across the Continuum
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Transitional Care

    5 Providing Cross-Cultural Care to Reduce Health Disparities
    Culture
    Diversity
    Health Disparities and Inequities
    Moving Toward Cultural Proficiency
    Cultural Knowledge
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
    Integrating Concepts

    6 Promoting Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Cognitive Health
    Psychological Theories of Aging
    Spirituality and Aging
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Spiritual Health
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Cognitive Health

    7 Economic and Legal Issues Affecting Clinical Judgment
    Late-Life Income
    Health Care Insurance Plans in Later Life
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
    Legal Issues in Gerontological Nursing
    Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to Capacity

    SECTION 2 Foundations of Gerontological Nursing
    8 Recognizing Cues in Gerontological Nursing
    Recognizing Cues and Clinical Judgement
    Cues to Cognitive Abilities
    Cues to Mood
    Cues to Functional Ability
    Guides to Collecting Comprehensive Data

    9 Promoting Safe Medication Use
    Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
    Medication-Related Problems and Older Adults
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging and Safe Medication Use

    10 Addressing Nutritional Health in Late Life
    Nutritional Health
    Obesity
    Malnutrition (Undernutrition)
    Factors Affecting Nutritional Health
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Nutritional Health

    11 Promotion of Hydration and Oral Health
    Hydration and Dehydration
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Dehydration
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Oral Health

    12 Promoting Healthy Rest, Sleep, and Activity
    Rest and Sleep
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Sleep
    Activity
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Physical Activity

    13 Preventive Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk and Injuries
    Falls
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Fall Prevention
    Restraints and Side Rails

    14 Promoting Safe Environments
    Home Safety
    Vulnerability to Environmental Temperatures
    Vulnerability to Natural Disasters
    Gun Safety
    Transportation Safety
    Emerging Technologies to Enhance Safety of Older Adults
    Aging in Place

    15 Promoting Relief From Pain
    Acute and Persistent Pain
    Barriers to Providing Comfort to Older Adults in Pain
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Pain

    SECTION 3 Promoting Health in Chronic Illness
    16 Living With Chronic Illness
    Chronic Illness
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Chronic Illness
    Theoretical Frameworks for Chronic Illness

    17 Common Skin Disorders
    Skin
    Common Skin Problems
    Pressure Injuries (PIs)
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Pressure Injuries
    Skin Cancers

    18 Enhancing Hearing and Vision
    Visual Impairment (VI)
    Diseases And Disorders of the Eye
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Vision
    Hearing Impairment
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Hearing

    19 Common Gastrointestinal and Urological Disorders
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Bladder Health
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: UI
    Urinary Tract Infections
    Bowel Elimination
    Fecal Incontinence

    20 Endocrine Disorders
    Diabetes
    Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Diabetes
    Thyroid Disease
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Thyroid Disease

    21 Bone and Joint Problems
    Osteoporosis
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Osteoporosis
    Arthritis

    22 Respiratory Disorders
    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    Pneumonia
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Respiratory Disorders

    23 Cardiovascular Disorders and Stroke
    Cardiovascular Disease
    Stroke
    Using Clinical Judgement to Promote Healthy Aging

    24 Neurocognitive Disorders
    Delirium
    Alzheimer’s Disease
    Lewy Body Dementia
    Parkinson’s Disease
    Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
    Evaluating Outcomes

    25 Psychiatric Disorders
    Aging, Stress, and Coping
    Factors Influencing Mental Health Care
    Clinical Judgement to Promote Healthy Aging: Depression
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Suicide Risk
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Anxiety
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Psychotic Symptoms
    Using Clinical Judgement to Promote Healthy Aging: Bipolar Disorder
    Using Clinical Jugement to Promote Healthy Aging: Substance Use Disorders
    Other Substance Abuse Concerns

    SECTION 4 Caring for Older Adults and Their Caregivers
    26 Promoting Healthy Relationships, Roles, and Transitions
    Relationships in Later Life
    Intimacy
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Sexual Health
    Retirement
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Retirement

    27 Promoting Caregiver Health
    Caregiving
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Caregiving
    Elder Mistreatment
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging: Elder Mistreatment

    28 Loss, Death, and Palliative Care
    Grief Work
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
    Dying, Death, and Palliative Care
    Using Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging While Dying

    Index
  • Kathleen F. Jett, PhD, GNP-BC, DPNAP, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, Department of Aging and Geriatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Research Consultant, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida, USA and Theris A. Touhy, DNP, CNS, DPNAP, Emeritus Professor, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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