Now in its Fifth Edition, this text provides a comprehensive and wellness-oriented approach to the theory and practice of gerontologic nursing. Organized around the author's unique functional consequences theory of gerontologic nursing, the book explores normal age-related changes and risk factors that often interfere with optimal health and functioning, to effectively identify and teach health-promotion interventions. The author provides research-based background information and a variety of practical assessment and intervention strategies for use in every clinical setting. Highlights of this edition include expanded coverage of evidence-based practice, more first-person stories, new chapters, and clinical tools such as assessment tools recommended by the Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing.
- ISBN: 978-0-7817-7175-7
- Editorial: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 720
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés