The most RENOWNED AND TRUSTED INTRODUCTORY GUIDE to core topics in geriatric medicine and health care
A doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE!
4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This continues to be the leading U.S. introductory textbook in geriatric medicine. It is user friendly, well written and edited, and easy on the eyes. Not a single major concept is omitted. With some 400-plus pleasant pages, this can easily be read on a rotation in geriatric medicine. If I had a magic wand, I would wave it, and copies of this brilliant book would appear under the pillow of every hospitalist in the land. See if it doesn't resonate with you as well."--Doody's
Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics delivers a broad, well-written overview of all the important issues in geriatrics along with concise, practical guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases and disorders most commonly encountered in older patients.
Features:
A strong focus on the field's must-know concepts, from the nature of clinical aging to differential diagnosis of important geriatric syndromes to drug therapy and health services
Time-saving tables that summarize conditions, values, mechanisms, therapeutics, and more
Thorough coverage of preventive services and disease screening
An appendix of internet resources on geriatrics
NEW! Evidence-Based Summary section added to selected chapters
NEW! The addition of a Nurse Practitioner to the author team for the widest perspective possible (20081118)
Product Description: Designed for anyone involved in treating geriatric patients, this New Edition continues to be the best comprehensive source for clinical solutions for the challenging geriatric population. Inside, you'll find a wealth of information on the principles of geriatric primary care...detailed, case-based approaches to major geriatric syndromes...and presentations of common conditions and situations. What's more, the 5th Edition now includes evidence-based medicine that helps you form a definitive diagnosis and create the best treatment plans possible and a BONUS CD-ROM containing supplemental materials.
Incorporates engaging case studies throughout to illustrate all of the principles and key clinical information you need to treat your geriatric patients as well as their families.
Features a two-color layout that highlights the most important information.
Provides evidence-based medicine wherever possible, giving you the most authoritative information on diagnosis, treatment, and management options.
Features an interdisciplinary perspective that reflects the field's increasingly team-oriented approach to geriatric care.
Includes a bonus CD-ROM containing additional color images, assessment tools, and review questions that help you hone your knowledge.
Presents USMLE-style questions in every chapter for quick review before clinical cases.
Uses a consistent format from chapter to chapter that lets you access the information you need fast.
Product Description: In this new edition, the readibility has been enhanced with streamlined text, added subheadings, introductions, and conclusions to each chapter. The special needs of the elderly in all health care settings is the unifying element of this book. It emphasizes a balance of theory, clinical application of knowledge, and clinical skills in caring for the older adult population, and focuses on the practical components for their comprehensive rehabilitation. This book addresses and incorporates aspects of prevention, fitness, and wellness into the rehabilitative model of care for elders with and without pathological conditions.
Product Description: Part of the popular LPN threads series, Basic GERIATRIC NURSING, 4th Edition presents the theories and concepts of aging, the physiologic and psychosocial changes and problems associated with the process, and appropriate nursing interventions. With its easy-to-read, clear writing style, this text provides the right depth and breadth of geriatrics content for LPN/LVNs.
UNIQUE! Nursing Care Plans follow the nursing process and include Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each plan.
UNIQUE! Key Points at the end of chapters summarize chapter highlights.
Clear, concise writing throughout, makes the content easily understandable and consistent.
Nursing Process sections in each appropriate chapter provides a strong framework for the discussion of the nursing care of the elderly patient as related to specific disorders.
UNIQUE! Nursing Interventions grouped according to health care setting (e.g. acute care, extended care, home care) allow you to see how care may be adapted and/or modified depending on the setting.
UNIQUE! Patient Teaching boxes instruct and inform both elderly patients and their caregivers about health promotion, disease prevention, and age-specific interventions.
UNIQUE! Complementary and Alternative Therapies boxes for geriatric patients provide valuable information on pain management through nonpharmocologic therapies.
Clinical Situations boxes include patient scenarios in the clinical setting, preparing you for patient care in the real world.
UNIQUE! Delegation Considerations boxes address such topics as restraints, elder abuse, and end-of-life care as related to responsibilities of nursing assistants and other health care workers who are supervised by LPN/LVNs.
UNIQUE! Critical Thinking boxes stress important content-related points and pose questions designed to stimulate further discussion.
Cultural Considerations boxes provide advice on culturally diverse patient care of older adults.
Includes content on ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care (including separate chapter that addresses pain management and palliative care in both the institutional and home settings).
UNIQUE! Perforated Student Activities workbook at the back of the book includes a variety of matching, multiple-choice, study questions, case studies with critical thinking questions, and Internet activities.
Full-color art, photographs, and design create a vivid, dynamic background for the narrative.
Improved format with more bulleted lists and smaller chunks of content make content even easier to understand and retain.
Case Studies and related Questions and Activities in the Student Activities section at the back of the book are detailed, in-depth clinical scenarios and related questions.
Content on Home Health for both patients and caregivers includes essential information for LPN/LVNs caring for older adults in the home setting.
Content on Alzheimer's disease help you recognize the many manifestations of the disease in each of its stages and provide safe, appropriate care.
Increased content on therapeutic communication acknowledges generational and cultural differences among patients and caregivers and helps you learn how to communicate effectively with older adults in any stage of health or illness.
Increased cultural content on the impact of aging in other cultures throughout help you become more culturally sensitive when providing nursing care.
UNIQUE! Section on Baby Boomers and the impact of their aging on health care addresses key information on the largest age group and their health care needs.
MyPyramid illustrates the 2005 revised guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and allows individualization of nutritional guidelines, helping you to easily modify nutritional needs for older adults.
UNIQUE! Evidence-based research to support gerontologic nursing care.
Updated Lab Values for Older Adults provide the necessary statistics for evaluating assessment data and providing appropriate nursing care.
Evolve Student Resources now include audio pronunciations, animations, and video assessment.
Product Description: This is the third edition of the book formerly entitled Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice. The original project grew from the efforts of these authors and editors, national leaders in geriatric nursing, and the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, to improve the quality, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of health care for the elderly in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and the community. These efforts include influencing both the skills of individual nurses and the quality of the systems in which they are educated and work. This focus on improving geriatric care is driven by the growth in the over-65 population and its impact on the health care system. For example:
Older adults constitute 12% of the US population and 50% of hospital expenditures, 80% of home care visits, and 90% of nursing home care
Older adults are 60% of medical-surgical patients, 46% of critical care patients, and represent 50% of ICU days
60% of visits to cardiologists and 63% of visits to oncologists are made by patients 65 and over
Despite these statistics, too few nurses--or physicians and other health care professionals--are prepared to give comprehensive care to these patients. In this book, each chapter addresses a clinical problem, syndrome, or disease that older adults commonly experience and a distillation of what constitutes "best practice" for that problem, or protocols.
The third edition will include 17 revised and updated chapters from the current edition and 15 to 20 new topics including critical care, diabetes, hydration, oral health care, palliative care, and substance abuse. A uniform process will be used to ensure that the information is evidence-based. Each chapter includes educational objectives, assessment of the problem, nursing intervention or care strategies, and references; most chapters have case studies.
Product Description: Thoroughly revised and updated, the Fourth Edition of this pocket-sized handbook provides comprehensive, concise, evidence-based information on diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the elderly patient. The Little Black Book of Geriatrics is a convenient resource offering quick access to vital information and makes a great reference for solving pressing problems on the ward or in the clinic.
Product Description: The number of seniors in the U.S. is expected to double by the year 2030. Currently, the elderly account for 12.7% of the U.S. population, but consume 34% of the total prescriptions-and these numbers are sure to increase enormously over the next few decades. Pharmacists will be greatly affected by this rapidly expanding geriatric population, and they will certainly be called on to offer much-needed expertise. This new textbook, Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, provides thorough coverage on therapeutic and social issues affecting elderly patients. The book is divided into two sections; the first section addresses general concepts about aging and the second section is organized by both organ system and disease states common in the elderly. These chapters contain a short summary of treatment in normal adults, and then focus on an evidence-based review of treatment in elderly patients.
Product Description: This text addresses assessment technology used by health care professionals, social workers, and researchers working with a wide variety of elderly populations including hospitalized elderly, nursing home residents, and those receiving home care services. Handbook of Geriatric Assessment emphasizes the multidisciplinary functions of the assessment team, and includes new chapters on ethnicity and assessment, and driving and assessment.
Product Description: The most up-to-date source of clinically focused information on the medical care of the increasing elderly population. This text features relevant diagnostic and treatment content needed by every provider of healthcare to older adults. The text covers the major diseases and disorders of the elderly with particular attention to the care of the elderly.
Product Description: American Physical Therapy Association, Alexandria, VA. Provides a comprehensive overview of current science and practice in geriatric physical therapy. Addresses the differences in physical therapy when the patient is an older adult. A wider scope of clinical issues is used in this edition. Halftone illustrations. For students and clinicians. Previous edition: c1993.
