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.
The most complete, authoritative guide available on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the elderly -- updated with a new global perspective
A Doody's Core Title!
"In addition to serving as a timely, comprehensive, state-of-the-art textbook of geriatric medicine anchored in science, evidence-based medicine, and patient-centered practice, the book also is intended to meet the learning needs of fellows in geriatric medicine. The authors succeed in modeling a textbook of geriatric medicine on textbooks of internal medicine. 3 Stars."--Doody's Review Service
The undisputed leader on the subject of geriatrics, this comprehensive guide combines gerontology principles with clinical geriatrics offering unmatched coverage of this area of medicine.
Written by some of the world's most respected geriatricians, Hazzard's Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology presents the most up-to-date, evidence-based medical information available -- in a revamped 2-color design that makes finding the answers to your questions faster and easier than ever.
Features:
A greater emphasis on evidence-based medicine through the expanded use of Clinical Practice Guidelines and references to systematic reviews and critically appraised topics
A new international advisory board of 12 global authorities and an increased number of international contributors for a greater global perspective
Important new chapters on the cultural aspects of geriatrics, emergency geriatrics, hospital geriatrics, international geriatric care, and rural geriatric care
Information integrated with additional online resources
Tables, drawings, and clinical algorithms made even more effective by a new two-color design
300 illustrations (including 64 in a full-color insert)
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.
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)
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: 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. A three-part organization covers demographic trends and aging theories, presents a comprehensive consideration of patient care concepts, and details administration and management topics. The most exciting change to the 3rd edition is the inclusion of Evidence Based Medicine (EMB) interventions throughout. EBM treatment suggestions are given for a myriad of diagnoses. For physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, physiatrists, gerontological physicians and nurse specialists, administrators, nutritionists, and community care organizers and educators.
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 Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Second Edition is a comprehensive reference for Geriatric Care Managers (GCMs) to define duties and procedures while also providing guidelines for setting up a geriatric care practice. It is a strong educational tool for the growing legions of GCM students offering an easy to use, readable, practical textbook, full of precise, multi domain information to learn the academic building blocks and receive a certificate or degree in GCM.
This book is considered the leading resource by professional geriatric care managers, who are both starting to practice or already working in the GCM field. It addresses the many settings that Geriatric Care Managers find themselves in such as, hospitals, long-term care facilities, assisted living and rehabilitation facilities and covers how to launch a GCM business, complete a professional geriatric assessment, have the clinical skills to professionally practice in the GCM field and be able to competently run a profitable, ethical GCM business in this ballooning industry. It also includes case studies and sample forms.
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: Doctors who know something about working with the elderly are in greater demand than ever before. This is also true in psychiatry, where the number of geriatric psychiatry specialists falls far short of the need. Because of this unbalance, general psychiatrists—many of whom have little or no training or experience in dealing with older adults and their specific issues—are now being called upon to offer care to this population.
In this book, Sakauye covers issues fundamental to the field of geriatric psychiatry that are not addressed well in general adult training:
Late-life development
Biology of aging
Common medical illnesses associated with aging
Neurobiology of degenerative disorders
Geriatric psychopharmacology
Psychotherapeutic modifications for special populations, such as patients with cognitive impairment
Multidisciplinary care and family involvement
Specific studies of older adults as a special population (differences)
While specialists will find it a useful resource for brushing up on fundamentals, Geriatric Psychiatry Basics is the ideal handbook for non-specialists who need a quick reference or primer on the issues central to geriatric care. In it, Sakauye, a geriatric psychiatrist who worked closely with the elderly victims of Hurricane Katrina, explores the most commonly encountered issues and problems—from memory impairment, Alzheimer’s, delirium, dementia, and cognitive disorders, to depression, psychosis, anxiety, substance abuse, somatoform, and sleep disorders.
Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment options, including pharmacotherapy, are addressed for each presenting problem, and “clinical pearls”—nuggets of critical information, common pitfalls, differentiation protocols between normal and abnormal behavior, etc.—are clearly addressed. The use of psychotherapeutic interventions for older adults as well as psychiatric care in nursing homes and other inpatient facilities is also explained, making this an immensely practical and user-friendly handbook for all mental health professionals on how to deliver proper geriatric mental health services.
