Advanced Practice Nursing with Older Adults Paperback - 2001 - 1st Edition

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In Advanced Practice Nursing with Older Adults, we present state-of-the-art guidelines for geriatric care that are useful to any nurse practitioner who encounters aging persons in practice.

From the rear cover

* Principles and protocols by expert editors and contributors from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
* Essential diagnostic strategies and treatment protocols for common health and functional problems among the elderly
* Treatment procedures
* Unique chapter on palliative care and advance directives

Practical, logically organized, and complete, this reference brings you the best geriatric practice guidelines from a top nursing school team.
* The ideal text for up-to-date coverage of evaluation, treatment, and care for the growing population of aged adults
* Perfect for students and practitioners who want expert guidelines, strategies, protocols, and principles for working with older adults
* Inside: essential coverage of care for the elderly, with page after page of useful guidance on diagnosis, treatment, standards, management, special concerns, judgment calls, and more, organized by body system

The best guide to caring for the elderly, Advanced Practice Nursing with Older Adults is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date text in the field. This book features:
* Practical, expert guidelines for all aspects of nursing care for older adults
* Unique coverage of pain management, care for the dying, palliative care, and advance directives
* Hands-on help with evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular, respiratory, genitourinary, GI, thyroid, gynecological, musculoskeletal, and CNS disorders, as well as diabetes mellitus
* In-depth guidance on problems such as proneness to falls, sensory deficits, pressure injuries, and elder abuse and neglect
* Practical help managing patients' pain
* Patient handouts