This book makes a compelling argument for an immediate and comprehensive shift in the nursing education curriculum, from an acute care to a gerontological nursing care focus. It is important reading for deans and faculty in schools of nursing, administrators in long-term care facilities and community health agencies, and for practicing nurses caring for the elderly.
This how-to-guide provides nursing students with learning materials to assist them with developing their knowledge, skills, behaviours and attitudes that are aligned with olde-rperson-centred care and which emphasise wellness outcomes and ...
The text includes progressive case studies in a variety of care settings to help students link theory to practice. Australia and New Zealand cultural, social and legislative considerations are included throughout.
This book is part of the Transforming Nursing Practice series, written specifically to support nursing students on the new degree programme.
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Gerontological nursing in the 21st. century: is there a future? / Ann Whall -- The Iowa conceptual model of gerontological nursing / Orpha J. Glick and Toni Tripp-Reimer -- Nursing of rural elders: myth and reality / Clarann Weinert and ...
This open access book aims to primarily support nurses as leaders and champions of multimodal, Interdisciplinary nutrition care for older adults.
"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 ...
This book supports safe, effective, and appropriate practice in the home, hospitals, long-term care, and hospice settings.
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Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults