Clinical Coach for Effective Nursing Care for Older Adults Dorothy Carlson

A CLINICAL COACH SERIES BOOK!This handy reference transitions from class to clinical to practice to provide the information nurses need to care for older adults in any practice setting. They ll have access to all of the signs, symptoms, and collaborative management of common conditions experienced by older adults as well as community resources. A spiral binding and nine thumb tabs make it easy to quickly find the information they need.Key Features * Views the older adult as healthy with potential or actual physical and/or mental alterations. * Offers a complete section on health promotion/safety in older adults that focuses on keeping them healthy or safe at their optimal level of wellness should illness be present. * Covers biopsychosocial, spiritual, and cultural assessments and the variations in findings in healthy older adults. * Presents physiological and psychological disorders in a bulleted format with a focus on variations of clinical presentation and treatment. * Covers variations in lab values in the elderly following a systems format. * Organizes drug information by systems as it relates to the special needs of the older adult, such as dosage modifications, drugs to avoid, or special monitoring alerts. * Why is this Important boxes provide rationales for important topics. * Offers Clinical Coach Tips with expert advice. * Includes common assessment tools, such as Geriatric Depression Scale and Pain Intensity Scale. * Features spiral binding with tabs down the side, full color, and tables and illustrations throughout for easy access to information. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Clinical Coach for Effective Nursing Care for Older Adults (Dorothy Carlson)