F.A. Davis Company

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.

• 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.

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