Gerontological Nurse Certification Review

✍ Scribed by Meredith Wallace, Sheila Grossman

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 293
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Gerontological Nurse Certification Review is an invaluable reference and certification test review guide for nurses preparing for RN Gerontological certification. Students studying gerontology, teachers preparing gerontology classes, and RNs working with older adults will also find this a practical and useful resource. The text presents information about preparing for the certification exam, a comprehensive compilation of content specific to gerontology, and a test bank of questions specifically developed for the RN. Why this is the only test review you need: Developed to address all aspects of ANCC exam Formatted for easy review and understanding of concepts Up-to-date and evidence-based 500 review questions to adequately prepare future gerontological nurses One of a kind--no other gerontological review books are currently available

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
1 Information for Taking the Certification Exam
......Page 18
2 Question Dissection and Analysis
......Page 24
3 The Aging Population
......Page 30
4 Assessment
......Page 46
5 Health Promotion
......Page 60
6 Environments of Care
......Page 76
7 Spirituality and Death and Dying
......Page 88
8 Acute and Chronic Physical Illnesses
......Page 100
9 Cognitive and Psychological Disorders
......Page 128
10
Medication......Page 142
11 Special Issues
......Page 148
12 Organizational and Health Policy Issues
......Page 156
13 Scope and Standards of Geriatric Nursing Practice
......Page 186
Posttest......Page 194
Index
......Page 288