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Clinical Coach for Effective Nursing Care for Older Adults
By
Dorothy Carlson, DEd, RN, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
Ellen Pfadt, PhD(c), RN, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1907-4
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1907-3
384 pp.
10 ill.
in full color.
Soft cover, spiral binding.
©2009
Available now.
$38.95
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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 ten thumb tabs make it easy
to quickly find the information they need.
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- 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 “Coach with Consult” expert advice.
- Includes common assessment tools, such as the 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.
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Tab 1. The Healthy Older Adult
Tab 2. Health Promotion and Safety
Tab 3. Factors Affecting Assessment of the Elderly
Tab 4. Disorders
Tab 5. Diagnostic Variations in the Elderly
Tab 6. Medications
Tab 7. Symptom Presentation
Tab 8. Acute and Other Care Settings and the Elderly
Tab 9. End-of-Life Care
Tab 10. Tools
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