Gerontologic Nursing

✍ Scribed by Sue E. Meiner

• Publisher: Mosby
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 706
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Covering both disorders and wellness, Gerontologic Nursing provides the essential information you need to provide the best nursing care to older adults. A body-system organization makes information easy to find, and discussions include health promotion, psychologic and sociocultural issues, and the common medical-surgical problems associated with aging adults. Written by expert educator and clinician Sue Meiner, EdD, RN, CS, GNP, this book also emphasizes topics such as nutrition, chronic illness, emergency treatment, patient teaching, home care, and end-of-life care.

✦ Table of Contents

About the Author
Contributors and Reviewers
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Part 1: Introduction to Gerontologic Nursing
1 Overview of Gerontologic Nursing
2 Theories of Aging
3 Legal and Ethical Issues
4 Gerontologic Assessment
Part 2: Influences on Health and Illness
5 Cultural Influences
6 Family Influences
7 Socioeconomic and Environmental Influences
8 Health Promotion and Illness/Disability Prevention
9 Health Care Delivery Settings and Older Adults
Part 3: Wellness Issues
10 Nutrition
11 Sleep and Activity
12 Safety
13 Sexuality and Aging
Part 4: Common Psychophysiologic Stressors
14 Pain
15 Infection
16 Chronic Illness and Rehabilitation
17 Cancer
18 Loss and End-of-Life Issues
Part 5: Diagnostic Studies and Pharmacologic Management
19 Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
20 Pharmacologic Management
Part 6: Nursing Care of Physiologic and Psychologic Disorders
21 Cardiovascular Function
22 Respiratory Function
23 Endocrine Function
24 Gastrointestinal Function
25 Musculoskeletal Function
26 Urinary Function
27 Cognitive and Neurologic Function
28 Integumentary Function
29 Sensory Function
Index