"Focusing on the content that students need to know for effective practice, this text offers engaging, evidence-based coverage of the aging process, factors contributing to healthy aging, and unique aspects of disease presentation and ...
The text follows the framework of the core competencies for baccalaureate nursing education published by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing.
Forman, M., Fletcher, K., Mion, L., & Trygstad, L. (2003). Assessing cognitive function. In M. Mezey, T. Fulmer, & I. Abraham (Eds.), & D. Zwicker (managing ed.), Geriatric nursing protocols for best practice (2nd ed., pp. 102–103).
GERONTOLOGIC NURSING provides comprehensive coverage of health promotion, gerontologic concepts and issues, and medical-surgical problems associated with the older adult. Divided into seven parts, each chapter follows a consistent organization...
It includes Ebersole & Hess's Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging, 3rd edition and an electronic version of the textbook that allows students to search, highlight information, take notes, share notes and more.
Eshleman and Davidhizar (2006) outlined strategies to encourage cultural competency in an RN to BSN program, and Jacobson, Chu, Pascucci, and Gaskins (2005) provided recommendations for conducting culturally competent research.
Genetics/genomics Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
Praise for the second edition: “In this book, the tools and clear presentation of information related to the actual testing process provide the learner with a framework for confidence as he or she prepares for the exam.
This book supports safe, effective, and appropriate practice in the home, hospitals, long-term care, and hospice settings.
This AJN Book of the Year provides current treatment approaches to nursing care in a variety of health care settings the home, hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes. Research-based and fully...
The new edition of this text has been streamlined to fit more easily into crowded nursing curricula, while maintaining the breadth of coverage that made the 1st edition such a...