Competencies and Roles in Gerontological Nursing section focuses on the process that nurses, especially clinical nurse specialists, use to impact gerontological nursing care.
Nursing care plans provide the practitioner with nursing care scenarios applied to clinical practice.
Expanded content on functional assessment, including addressing communication issues, both verbal and non-verbal, alerts the reader to vital issues that may affect the patient's plan of care.
Color insert visually complements material on the integumentary section as it illustrates some of the major integumentary conditions affecting the gerontologic population.
Reflections boxes written by experts across different nursing fields share personal experiences related to the chapters' content.
Toward Better Health boxes provide key considerations for promoting healthy lifestyles.
Assessment boxes emphasize specific physical tests and observations to make when assessing a patient.
Age-Related Changes boxes detail the ways in which particular body systems are affected by the aging process.
New chapters on End of Life Care, Evidence-Based Practice, and Assisted Living Care give the reader a more comprehensive look at gerontological nursing care.
Adrianne Dill Linton, BSN, MN, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Texas San Antonio School of Nursing. and Helen Lach, PhD, RN, CS, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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