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Nursing for wellness in older adults / Carol A. Miller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2012], �2012.Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xxix, 603 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781605477770 (hardback : alkaline paper)
  • 160547777X (hardback : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.97/0231 22
LOC classification:
  • RC954 .M55 2012
NLM classification:
  • 2011 D-584
  • WY 152
Contents:
Older adults and wellness -- Seeing older adults through the eyes of wellness -- Addressing diversity of older adults -- Applying a nursing model for promoting wellness in older adults -- Theoretical perspectives on aging well -- Nursing considerations for older adults -- Gerontological nursing and health promotion -- Diverse health care settings for older adults -- Assessment of health and functioning -- Medications and other bioactive substances -- Legal and ethical concerns -- Elder abuse and neglect -- Promoting wellness in psychosocial function -- Cognitive function -- Pyschosocial function -- Psychosocial assessment -- Impaired cognitive function: delirium and dementia -- Impaired affective function: depression -- Promoting wellness in physical function -- Hearing -- Vision -- Digestion and nutrition -- Urinary function -- Cardiovascular function -- Respiratory function -- Mobility and safety -- Integument -- Sleep and rest -- Thermoregulation -- Sexual function -- Promoting wellness in all stages of health and illness -- Caring for older adults during illness -- Caring for older adults experiencing pain -- Caring for older adults in the end of life.
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Book Book Janis P. Bellack Library General Stacks NURS PRAC GERO WELLNESS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36349000018316

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Older adults and wellness -- Seeing older adults through the eyes of wellness -- Addressing diversity of older adults -- Applying a nursing model for promoting wellness in older adults -- Theoretical perspectives on aging well -- Nursing considerations for older adults -- Gerontological nursing and health promotion -- Diverse health care settings for older adults -- Assessment of health and functioning -- Medications and other bioactive substances -- Legal and ethical concerns -- Elder abuse and neglect -- Promoting wellness in psychosocial function -- Cognitive function -- Pyschosocial function -- Psychosocial assessment -- Impaired cognitive function: delirium and dementia -- Impaired affective function: depression -- Promoting wellness in physical function -- Hearing -- Vision -- Digestion and nutrition -- Urinary function -- Cardiovascular function -- Respiratory function -- Mobility and safety -- Integument -- Sleep and rest -- Thermoregulation -- Sexual function -- Promoting wellness in all stages of health and illness -- Caring for older adults during illness -- Caring for older adults experiencing pain -- Caring for older adults in the end of life.

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