Nursing Practice in Long-Term Care - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Donna D. Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF, FAADN

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ISBN: 9780443349874

Page Count: 256

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Prepare your students with the skills needed to provide nursing care in long-term settings! Concise and easy to read, Nursing Practice in Long-Term Care: A Practical Clinical Judgment Approach provides students with a solid foundation in the specialized, rapidly growing area of LTC nursing practice. Coverage ranges from the essentials of assessment and health promotion to the care of geriatric, rehabilitation, and younger adult residents. Also addressed are key topics such as medication use, acute conditions, and health emergencies commonly encountered in long-term nursing care. Written by bestselling nursing author Donna D. Ignatavicius, this text fills a critical gap in the nursing curriculum relating to long-term care.

Key Features
- Coverage of specialized knowledge and attitudes prepares nursing students for practice in long-term care (LTC) facilities, increasingly the first place of employment for new RN and LPN/LVN graduates
- Didactic content addresses the care of populations in LTC, including both rehabilitation and younger residents, as well as clinical practice in various LTC settings
- Concise, easy-to-read coverage is visually appealing and grounded in the latest research on the emerging specialized area of LTC nursing practice
- Learning features include Chapter at a Glance and Key Terms at the beginning of each chapter, along with Key Points and Review Questions for the Next Generation NCLEX^® Examination at the end of each chapter
- Practical learning aids in the book include Clinical Judgment Tips boxes and Evidence-Based Practice boxes, as well as many summary tables and illustrations
- Student resources on the Evolve website include additional review questions for the Next Generation (NGN) Examination
- Instructor resources on Evolve include PowerPoint^® lecture slides and a test bank
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Contents

1. Introduction to Long-Term Care Nursing
2. Assessment of the Resident in Long Term Care
3. Health Protection and Promotion in Long Term Care
4. Common Geriatric Syndromes in Long Term Care
5. Medication Use in Long Term Care
6. Acute Conditions and Health Emergencies in Long Term Care
7. Rehabilitation in Long Term Care
8. Special Needs of the Younger Resident in Long Term Care
Authors

Donna D. Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF, FAADN, Speaker and Curriculum Consultant for Academic Nursing Programs; Founder, Boot Camp for Nurse Educators; President, DI Associates, Inc. Littleton, Colorado, USA
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