Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults: Theory and Practice
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...
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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. Doody Review Services Reviewer:Carol Ann Siem, MSN(University of Missouri-Columbia)Description:This book on the holistic nursing of the older adult covers wellness and the positive aspects of aging as well as the negative effects.Purpose:This is intended to provide a foundation for providing wellness-oriented nursing care for older adults. This is a timely publication as our society is bombarded by information on the importance of staying healthy and well as we age. The book does an excellent job of going through the many aspects of aging from wellness and nursing considerations to psychosocial function and physical function.Audience:It is written for nursing students, but it could be used by those who have completed their initial schooling in the area of nursing of the older adult. Features:The book starts with learning objectives, and then adds key terms and illustrations. Icons in each chapter help students focus on risk factors, functional consequences, nursing assessment, and interventions, among others. The chapters end with further resources.Assessment:This is an excellent manual for nursing students caring for the elderly. It provides the foundation for learning the normal aging process and ways to promote positive life style changes.
Part 1: Older Adults and WellnessChapter 1: Seeing Older Adults Through the Eyes of WellnessChapter 2: Applying a Nursing Model for Promoting Wellness in Older AdultsChapter 3: Theoretical Perspectives on Aging WellChapter 4: Perspectives on Culture and Diversity of Older AdultsPart 2: Nursing Considerations for Older AdultsChapter 5: Gerontological Nursing and Health PromotionChapter 6: Diverse Health Care Settings for Older AdultsChapter 7: Assessment of Health and FunctioningChapter 8: Medications and Other Bioactive SubstancesChapter 9: Legal and Ethical ConcernsChapter 10: Elder Abuse and NeglectPart 3: Promoting Wellness in Psychosocial FunctionChapter 11: Cognitive FunctionChapter 12: Psychosocial FunctionChapter 13: Psychosocial AssessmentChapter 14: Impaired Cognitive Function: Delirium and DementiaChapter 15: Impaired Affective Function: DepressionPart 4: Promoting Wellness in Physical FunctionChapter 16: HearingChapter 17: VisionChapter 18: Digestion and NutritionChapter 19: Urinary FunctionChapter 20: Cardiovascular FunctionChapter 21: Respiratory FunctionChapter 22: Mobility and SafetyChapter 23: IntegumentChapter 24: Sleep and RestChapter 25: ThermoregulationChapter 26: Sexual FunctionPart 5: Promoting Wellness in All Stages of Health and IllnessChapter 27: Caring for Older Adults During IllnessChapter 28: Caring for Older Adults Experiencing PainChapter 29: Caring for Older Adults at the End of LifeAppendix Age-Related Variations in Laboratory Values
\ Reviewer: Carol Ann Siem, MSN(University of Missouri-Columbia)\ Description: This book on the holistic nursing of the older adult covers wellness and the positive aspects of aging as well as the negative effects.\ Purpose: This is intended to provide a foundation for providing wellness-oriented nursing care for older adults. This is a timely publication as our society is bombarded by information on the importance of staying healthy and well as we age. The book does an excellent job of going through the many aspects of aging from wellness and nursing considerations to psychosocial function and physical function.\ Audience: It is written for nursing students, but it could be used by those who have completed their initial schooling in the area of nursing of the older adult. \ Features: The book starts with learning objectives, and then adds key terms and illustrations. Icons in each chapter help students focus on risk factors, functional consequences, nursing assessment, and interventions, among others. The chapters end with further resources.\ Assessment: This is an excellent manual for nursing students caring for the elderly. It provides the foundation for learning the normal aging process and ways to promote positive life style changes.\ \
