Evolve Resources for Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging, 7th Edition

• Focus on health and wellness throughout the book • Disease processes are discussed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support, and responsibilities. • Addresses important neurologic issues affecting older adults • Critical communication information and techniques appear with their relevant associated disorders, symptoms, and situations for ease of use • Incorporates healthy aging strategies throughout the text • Suggested responses to the book’s Activities and Discussion Questions will be available to instructors on Evolve • Incorporates the core competencies identified by the AACN and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing • Careful attention to age, cultural, and gender differences are integrated throughout • Evidence-Based Practice boxes summarize research findings that confirm effective practices or identify practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects. • Activities and discussion questions at the end of every chapter

1. Aging and Wellness in a Global Community
2. Biological Theories and Physical Changes with Aging
3. Gerontological Nursing and Health Promotion
4. Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care
5. Providing Cross-Cultural Care to Reduce Health Disparities
6. Promoting Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Cognitive Health
7. Economic and Legal Issues Affecting Clinical Judgment
8. Recognizing Cues in Gerontological Nursing
9. Promoting Safe Medication Use
10. Addressing Nutritional Health in Late Life
11. Promotion of Hydration and Oral Health
12. Promoting Healthy Rest, Sleep, and Activity
13. Preventive Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk and Injuries
14. Promoting Safe Environments
15. Promoting Relief from Pain
16. Living with Chronic Illness
17. Common Skin Disorders
18. Enhancing Hearing and Vision
19. Common Gastrointestinal and Urological Disorders
20. Endocrine Disorders
21. Bone and Joint Problems
22. Respiratory Disorders
23. Cardiovascular Disorders and Stroke
24. Neurocognitive Disorders
25. Psychiatric Disorders
26. Promoting Healthy Relationships, Roles, and Transitions
27. Promoting Caregiver Health
28. Loss, Death, and Palliative Care

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