Description
Elsevier Toward Healthy Aging Human Needs And Nursing Response With Access Code 11Ed (PB) by Touhy T A
Provide holistic, compassionate nursing care for older adults! Based on evidence-based protocols, Toward Healthy Aging, 11th Edition helps you master gerontological nursing skills with an approach that focuses on health, wholeness, and the potential in aging. In promoting healthy aging, the text emphasizes caring and respect for the person. Special sections provide an honest look at the universal experience of aging. Written by gerontological nursing experts Theris A. Touhy and Kathleen F. Jett, this classic text helps you learn to apply scientific research, build critical thinking skills, and prepare for success on the NCLEX (R) exam and in clinical practice.Promoting Healthy Aging: Implications for Gerontological Nursing sections help you apply concepts to assessments and interventions.A Student Speaks and An Elder Speaks sections at the beginning of every chapter provide perspectives of older people and nursing students.Nursing Studies provide practice examples designed to assist you in assessment, planning, interventions, and outcomes to promote healthy aging.Learning objectives in every chapter introduce important content and define learning goals and expectations.Key concepts provide a concise review of the most important points found in each chapter.Critical Thinking Questions and Activities help you apply concepts and build clinical judgment skills.Safety Alerts emphasize QSEN competencies and safety issues related to care of older adults.Tips for Best Practice boxes summarize evidence-based nursing interventions for practice.Research Highlights boxes summarize important research studies in the field of gerontologyResearch Questions include suggestions and ideas for pursuing nursing research.Healthy People boxes reference the goals cited in Healthy People 2020.NEW! Next Generation NCLEX (R) (NGN) examination-style case studies at the end of chapters include questions to help you prepare for the NGN exam.NEW! Completely updated content helps you develop clinical judgment skills, identified by the NCSBN and the AACN as a key attribute of professional nursing.NEW! Updated topics include COPD guidelines, theories of aging, medication use and misuse, palliative care, wound care guidelines, genomic research, and LGBT family relationships and sexualty in older adults. PART 1 Foundations for Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging1 Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care2 Aging, Health, and Wellness in a Global Community3 Theories of Aging4 Providing Cross-Cultural Care5 Economics and Health Care in Late Life6 Promoting Excellence in Long-Term CarePART 2 Foundations for Taking Action7 Therapeutic Communication With Older Adults8 Cognitive Health and Learning9 Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to Maximize Outcomes10 Using Laboratory Data in Clinical Judgment11 Safe Medication UsePART 3 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness and Function12 Visual Health13 Auditory Health14 Healthy Skin15 Nutritional Health16 Hydration and Oral Health17 Elimination18 Sleep19 Activity and Exercise20 Falls and Fall Risk Reduction21 Safe and Secure EnvironmentsPART 4 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness for Persons With Chronic Illnesses22 Living Well With Chronic Illness23 Vascular Disorders24 Respiratory Disorders25 Neurocognitive Disorders26 Care of Individuals With Neurocognitive Disorders27 Endocrine and Immune Disorders28 Common Musculoskeletal Disorders29 Pain and Comfort30 Mental HealthPART 5 Clinical Judgment to Promote HealthyAging With Older Adults and Families31 Ethics, Decision Making, and Mistreatment32 Relationships, Roles, and Life Transitions33 Intimacy and Sexual Health34 Loss, Death, and Palliative Care35 Spiritual Health, Meaning, and Self-ActualizationIndexshow more