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Basic geriatric nursing / Patricia Williams.
Holman Biotech Commons RC954 .W55 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Patricia, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geriatric nursing.
- Geriatric Nursing--methods.
- Nursing Care.
- Aging.
- Aged.
- Medical Subjects:
- Geriatric Nursing--methods.
- Nursing Care.
- Aging.
- Aged.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 382 pages : illustrations ; cm
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2016]
- Contents:
- Trends and issues
- Theories of aging
- Physiologic changes
- Health promotion, health maintenance, and home health considerations
- Communicating with older adults
- Maintaining fluid balance and meeting nutritional needs
- Medications and older adults
- Health assessment for older adults
- Meeting safety needs of older adults
- Cognition and perception
- Self-perception and self-concept
- Roles and relationships
- Coping and stress
- Values and beliefs
- End-of-life care
- Sexuality and aging
- Care of aging skin and mucous membranes
- Elimination
- Activity and exercise
- Sleep and rest.
- Notes:
- Preceded by Basic geriatric nursing / Gloria Hoffmann Wold. 5th ed. c2012.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780323187749
- 0323187749
- OCLC:
- 902727174
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