Full title: Basic geriatric nursing / [electronic resource] : Patricia Williams.

Author/creator: Wold, Gloria. Basic geriatric nursing, ProQuest (Firm), ProQuest Ebook Central, Williams, Patricia, 1961-.

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Record Identifier: 74VKRP5XEL6d

Language: English

Formats: ebooks

Contents: 1 online resource., , , , Front Cover; Inside Front Cover; Half title page; Evolve page; Basic Geriatric Nursing; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contributor and Reviewers; LPN/LVN Advisory Board; To the Instructor; About the Text; LPN Threads; Organization; Special Features; Teaching and Learning Package; For Instructors; For Students; Acknowledgments; To the Student; Reading and Review Tools; Special Features; Table Of Contents; Unit I Overview of Aging; 1 Trends and Issues; Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction to Geriatric Nursing; Historical Perspective on the Study of Aging., What's in a Name: Geriatrics, Gerontology, and GeronticsAttitudes Toward Aging; Gerontophobia; Ageism; Age Discrimination; Demographics; Scope of the Aging Population; Gender and Ethnic Disparity; The Baby Boomers; Geographic Distribution of the Older Adult Population; Marital Status; Educational Status; Economics of Aging; Poverty; Income; Wealth; Housing Arrangements; Health Care Provisions; Medicare and Medicaid; Rising Costs and Legislative Activity; Costs and End-of-Life Care; Advance Directives and POLST; Impact of Aging Members in the Family; Reflection by a Nursing Professor., The Nurse and Family InteractionsSelf-Neglect; Abuse or Neglect by the Family; Physical Abuse; Neglect; Emotional Abuse; Financial Abuse; Abandonment; Responses to Abuse; Abuse by Unrelated Caregivers; Support Groups; Respite Care; Get Ready for the NCLEX® Examination!; Key Points; Additional Learning Resources; Review Questions for the NCLEX® Examination; 2 Theories of Aging; Objectives; Key Terms; Biologic Theories; Psychosocial Theories; Implications for Nursing; Get Ready for the NCLEX® Examination!; Key Points; Additional Learning Resources; Review Questions for the NCLEX® Examination., 3 Physiologic ChangesObjectives; Key Terms; The Integumentary System; Expected Age-Related Changes; Common Disorders Seen with Aging; Basal Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma; Pressure Ulcers; Inflammation and Infection; Hypothermia; The Musculoskeletal System; Bones; Vertebrae; Joints, Tendons, and Ligaments; Muscles; Expected Age-Related Changes; Common Disorders Seen with Aging; Osteoporosis; Degenerative Joint Disease; Osteoarthritis.; Rheumatoid arthritis.; Bursitis.; Gouty arthritis.; The Respiratory System; Upper Respiratory Tract; Lower Respiratory Tract; Air Exchange (Respiration), Expected Age-Related ChangesCommon Disorders Seen with Aging; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Influenza; Pneumonia; Tuberculosis; Lung Cancer; The Cardiovascular System; Heart; Blood Vessels; Conduction System; Expected Age-Related Changes; Common Disorders Seen with Aging; Coronary Artery Disease; Coronary Valve Disease; Cardiac Arrhythmias; Heart Failure; Cardiomegaly; Peripheral Vascular Disease; Occlusive Peripheral Vascular Problems; Varicose Veins; Aneurysm; Hypertensive Disease; The Hematopoietic and Lymphatic Systems; Blood; Erythrocytes; Leukocytes; Platelets; Lymph System.

Publishers: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2016]

Notes: Lymph Vessels, Fluid, and Nodes.

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DDC: 618.97/0231

MMS ID: 991023039319702626