Main description:

AJN Book of the Year 2016 First-Place Winner in Gerontological Nursing!

The newest edition of this distinguished reference in geriatric nursing delivers updated guidelines, new illustrative case studies, and the latest evidence-based protocols developed by leading researchers, educators, and practitioners in each topic area. The sixth edition includes new approaches devoted to supporting LGBTQ elders, persons living with dementia and their families, and older adults living with HIV. New operational strategies provide guidance in using the electronic health record, implementing improved person-centered care approaches, and maintaining age-friendly atmospheres.Using evidence derived from all levels of care, this text offers developed guidelines for improving both quality and outcomes when caring for older adults in multiple disciplines, including interprofessional team members, long-term care and other staff educators, social workers, dietitians, and physicians. Chapters provide assessment and management principles, clinical interventions, specialty practice, and models of care. They consistently feature chapter objectives, annotated references, evidence ratings for each protocol, and resources for further investigation. Each protocol is embedded within the chapter content to provide context and detailed evidence. The protocols consistently include an overview, evidence-based assessment, intervention strategies, and a supporting case study with discussion. PowerPoint presentations and a test bank are available as instructor's resources.

New Chapters:

Informational Technology: Embedding CPGs
Organizational Approaches to Promote Person-centered Care
Environmental approaches to support aging friendly care
HIV and the Older Adult
LGBTQ Perspectives

Key Features:

Evidence-based geriatric protocols for best practices for in-patient, in-home, and long-term care settings
Case studies with discussions in each chapter to illustrate application of clinical practice and related Nursing Standard of Practice Protocol
Guidelines that are developed by experts on the topics of each chapter and are based on the best available evidence
The AGREE systematic method was used to evaluate each protocol and validate this book's content
Instructor's resources including PowerPoints and a Test Bank

Contents:

1. Developing and Evaluating Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Systematic Approach
2. Measuring Performance, Improving Quality
3. Informational Technology: Embedding CPGs
4. Organizational Approaches to Promote Person-centered Care
5. Environmental approaches to support aging friendly care
ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
6. Age-Related Changes in Health
7. Health Care Decision-Making
8. Sensory Changes
9. Assessing Cognitive Function
10. Assessment of Physical Function
11. Oral Health Care
12. Oral Hydration
13. Nutrition
14. Family Caregiving
15. Issues regarding Sexuality
16. Mistreatment Detection
17. Advance Directives
III. CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS
18. Preventing Functional Decline in the Acute Care Setting
19. Depression
20. Delirium: Prevention, Early Recognition, and Treatment
21. Dementia
22. Pain Management
23. Preventing Falls in Acute Care
24. Reducing Adverse Drug Events
25. Urinary Incontinence
26. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention
27. Physical Restraints and Side Rails in Acute and Critical Care
28. Preventing Pressure Injuries and Skin Tears
29. Mealtime Difficulties
30. Disorders of Sleep in the Older Adult
31. Frailty
32. HIV and the Older Adult
33. LGBTQ Perspectives
IV. INTERVENTIONS IN SPECIALTY PRACTICE
34. Substance Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorder
35. Comprehensive Assessment and Management of the Critically Ill
36. Fluid Overload: Identifying and Managing Heart Failure Patients
37. Cancer Assessment and Intervention Strategies
38. Perioperative Care of the Older Adult
39. General Surgical Care of the Older Adult
40. Care of the Older Adult with Hip fracture
V. MODELS OF CARE
41. Acute Care Models
42. Transitional Care
43. Palliative Care
44.The Senior friendly Emergency Department