Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults emphasizes health promotion in relation to the physiological and psychosocial aspects of aging. The functional consequences theory, which looks at how normal age-related changes and risk factors intersect to impact functioning in older adults, forms the framework for the book. Assessment boxes summarize questions and techniques used to assess various aspects of the older adult's functioning. Intervention boxes contain practical suggestions for maximizing function and promoting health. Other features include progressive case studies; lists of organizations to contact for additional information and for patient/client teaching tools; culture boxes and diversity notes, which highlight culture, race, and gender differences; and critical thinking exercises. Additional resources are available at the Connection Website, connection.LWW.com/go/miller .
Marquis D. Foreman This is a third edition text on nursing care of older adults. According to the author, the purpose is to ""provide nurses with the knowledge base needed to help older adults function at their highest level, despite the presence of age-related changes and risk factors. Using this test, nurses and nursing students can assist older adults in meeting the many challenges of older adulthood in a positive and creative way."" The targeted audience is students and nurses ""who desire to enhance their knowledge about the unique responses of older adults to actual or potential health problems."" Each of the 22 chapters, organized into five sections, is structured similarly: learning objectives, chapter summary, critical thinking exercises, case examples, nursing care plan, references, and resources for educational materials (Internet locations when available). New to this edition is attention to ""cultural considerations of aging and older adults."" Although written at an appropriate level for the target audience, the information presented in this text is inadequately detailed to enable such nurses to change their practice to better meet the health needs of the elderly. One example: ""Simon and colleagues have presented a model used effectively to detect, assess, and treat patients with delirium."" No other information about that model is provided. Delirium also serves as an example for another problem, making this book a major disappointment that includes outdated information. The author refers to delirium as ""an alteration in sleep-wake cycle,"" a notion that disappeared from the literature at least by 1994. More importantly, a rather substantial body of nursing research about acuteconfusion/delirium is absent. Important nursing literature on other healthcare problems for the elderly is also missing. As a result of these flaws, this book fails to meet its objective.

L' essentiel en soins infirmiers gérontologiques

Nursing care of older adults

Miller, Carol A; Miller, Carol A. Nursing care of older adults

Wolters Kluwer Health

Raven Press, Limited

Beauchemin

4 edition, Philadelphia, PA, October 1, 2003

United States, United States of America

Montréal, Québec, October 1, 2003

4th ed, Philadelphia, cop. 2004

4, 2000

Trad. de: Nursing for wellness in older adults. c2004
Guide de stage en pochette
Titre du guide de stage: "L'essentiel en soins infirmiers gérontologiques : guide de stage"
Bibliogr.: p. [241]-250
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Revision of: Nursing care of older adults. 3rd ed. c1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

xxi, 666 pages : 29 cm
With this comprehensive, wellness-oriented gerontology text, your students will learn that advanced age is not synonymous with infirmity. Organized around the functional consequences theory of gerontological nursing, the book examines age-related changes rather than diseases and conditions. The emphasis of this clear, reader-friendly text is on helping patients, residents, and clients remain healthy and functional to maintain the best possible quality of life. - Back cover
Revision of: Nursing care of older adults. 3rd ed. c1999
Includes bibliographical references and index
Ch. 1. The continuum of older adulthood -- Ch. 2. Older adults in families, communities, and the world -- Ch. 3. The phenomenon of aging -- Ch. 4. Gerontological nursing and health promotion -- Ch. 5. Gerontological nursing and the continuum of care for older adults -- Ch. 6. Legal and ethical concerns -- Ch. 7. Cognitive function -- Ch. 8. Psychosocial function -- Ch. 9. Communication and transcultural nursing care -- Ch. 10. Psychosocial assessment -- Ch. 11. Overall functional assessment -- Ch. 12. Hearing -- Ch. 13. Vision -- Ch. 14. Digestion and nutrition -- Ch. 15. Urinary function -- Ch. 16. Cardiovascular function -- Ch. 17. Respiratory function -- Ch. 18. Mobility and safety -- Ch. 19. Skin -- Ch. 20. Sleep and rest -- Ch. 21. Thermoregulation -- Ch. 22. Sexual function -- Ch. 23. Medications and the older adult -- Ch. 24. Impaired cognitive function: delirium and dementia -- Ch. 25. Impaired affective function depression -- Ch. 26. Elder abuse and neglect

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