Contributions

  • Jett, Kathleen Freudenberger, author - Contributor

Publication

2016 - Mosby, Missouri

Language

English

Word Count

133,000 words, Guess

Page Count

532 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • ISBN-13032332138
  • OCLC Control Number902986992
  • Better World Books9780323321389
  • Open LibraryOL27588503M

Classifications

  • DDC618.97/0231
  • LCCRC954 .E23 2016
  • LCCRC954

Alternate Titles

  • Ebersole and Hess' toward healthy aging
  • Toward healthy aging

Description

Grounded in the core competencies recommended by the AACN in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, The 8th edition of this textbook is a comprehensive resource on health promotion and maintenance for older adults and their caregivers. It includes coverage of communication, safety and ethical considerations, new genetic research, key aging issues, and common and uncommon conditions. Provides the knowledge needed to promote healthy lifestyle choices, properly address end-of-life issues, and provide effective, holistic care for older adults. - Publisher.

Description

Get all the knowledge you need to provide effective care for adults as they age. Grounded in the core competencies recommended by the AACN in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Ebersole & Hess'' Toward Healthy Aging, 9th Edition is the only comprehensive text to address all aspects of gerontological nursing care. The new ninth edition has been extensively revised and updated and now includes shorter, more streamlined chapters and pedagogical features to facilitate learning, covering the areas of safety and ethical considerations, genetics, communication with the patient and caregiver, promoting health in persons with conditions commonly occurring in later-life world-wide addressing loss and palliative care and much more. This new edition considers the experience of aging as a universal experience and the nurse''s role in the reduction of health disparities and inequities as a member of the global community. Plus, it contains a variety of new learning features that focus the readers'' attention on applying research and thinking critically in providing care to aging adults across the care continuum.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Ebersole & Hess' toward healthy aging: human needs & nursing responseMosby2016-01-01

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