Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice /
"Across health care settings, older adults represent the majority of consumers served. They present with the most clinically and socially complex situations, and thus require nurses to possess highly developed assessment competencies, critical thinking abilities, and relationship-based skills....
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| Format: | Specialized reference book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer Publishing Company,
2020.
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| Edition: | Sixth edition. |
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| Online Access: | https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/1660 |
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| Summary: | "Across health care settings, older adults represent the majority of consumers served. They present with the most clinically and socially complex situations, and thus require nurses to possess highly developed assessment competencies, critical thinking abilities, and relationship-based skills. Nurses have an enormous responsibility when providing care to older adults in this rapidly changing health care environment with its increasing regulatory requirements, variable staffing levels, and unpredictable reimbursement. Nurses also have an amazing opportunity to positively change the daily experiences and health of older adults. The nurse who is armed with an understanding of the unique clinical presentations and response to treatment in older adults, and who has knowledge about evidence-based assessment and interventions, is situated to not only prevent and manage health problems, but also to promote function and quality of life"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 891 pages ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780826188144 |