| Description |
xxi, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Unit 1. Foundations of Care for the Elderly Client. Ch. 1. The Aging Experience / Elaine Tagliareni and Verle Waters. Ch. 2. Promoting Wellness / Mary Lou Long. Ch. 3. The Management Role of the Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse / Mary Ann Anderson. Ch. 4. The Use of the Nursing Process and Nursing Diagnosis in the Care of the Older Adult / Kathleen R. Culliton. Ch. 5. Legal and Ethical Considerations Regarding the Elderly / Mary Ann Anderson. Ch. 6. Environments of Care / Mary McCarthy Slater and Kathleen R. Culliton -- Unit 2. Clinical Practice. Ch. 7. Common Medical Diagnoses / Mary Ann Johnson. Ch. 8. Physiological Assessment / Kay Martin Grott and Kathleen R. Culliton. Ch. 9. Common Clinical Problems: Physiological / Vivian J. Koroknay. Ch. 10. Psychological Assessment / Jeanne Robertson Samler. Ch. 11. Common Clinical Problems: Psychological / Colleen Brill. Ch. 12. Restorative Care / Rose Therese Bahr and Kathleen R. Culliton |
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Ch. 13. Pharmacology and its Significance for Elderly Clients / Pamela Hugie. Ch. 14. Laboratory Values and the Elderly / Yvonne A. Sehy -- App. A. Living Will Instruction Guide -- App. B. Answers to Chapter Study Questions |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Aging -- Physiology.
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Geriatric nursing.
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Older people -- Medical care.
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Nursing -- Practical
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Geriatric Nursing.
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Aging -- physiology.
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Health Services for the Aged.
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Nursing, Practical.
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| Author |
Anderson, Mary Ann, 1946-2011.
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Braun, Judith V. (Judith Venglarik), 1952-
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| LC no. |
98051166 |
| ISBN |
0803604629 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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