2015 LWW Nursing Education Catalogue

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Nursing forWellness inOlderAdults,SeventhEdition Carol A.Miller,MSN, RN-BC, AHN-BC 978-1-4511-9083-0 • September2014 •Hardbound •8.375” x10.875” •656pp. •263Tables

Prepare your students to provide effective, wellness-oriented nursing care for older adults in any healthcare setting with Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults, Seventh Edition . The book provides comprehensive, easy-to-understand coverage of the theory and practice of gerontological nursing, addressing both physiologic and psychosocial aspectsof aging, aswell as broader issues suchas cultural competence and legal and ethical concerns. Organized around the author’s unique Functional Consequences Theory, the book explores age-related changes aswell as the risk factors that often interferewith optimal healthand functioning. Features • NEW! Anonlinemap correlatesAACN/HIGH standards topages in the text. • NEW!QSENexamples of applicationof knowledge, skills, and attitudes for careplans relate tounfolding caseexamples in the text, andanonline QSENMap shows howbook content integrates QSEN concepts. • NEW!Caregiverwellnessboxes show students how toeducate caregivers in taking careof themselveswhile caring for their patients. Inaddition, WellnessOpportunities are sprinkled throughout the clinicallyoriented chapters todrawattention to ways inwhichnurses canpromotewellnessduring theusual course of their careactivities. • Assessment boxes provide the readerwith specific approaches for nursingassessment.Commonlyusedassessment tools are described (and, inmany cases, illustrated). • Interventions boxes provide succinct guides for nursing interventions,witha strong focusonhealthpromotion.Guides for “best practices” innursing interventions aregiven.Manyof the interventions boxes canbeusedas tools for teachingolder adults and their caregivers about how to improve functional abilities.All Interventions boxes canbedownloaded from this book’s companion webpage. • Theauthor’suniqueFunctionalConsequencesTheory explores age-related changes aswell as the risk factors thatoften interfere withoptimal healthand functioning. • Studentperspectiveboxes with real life stories fromnursing studentsdemonstrate theapplicationof topics to realworld practice settings. • DiversityNotes and CulturalConsiderations cover varied populations toprepare students towork effectivelywithpatientsof any cultureor ethnicity. • Evidence-BasedPractice boxes are included in clinicallyoriented chapters to summarizeguidelines for researchbased careof older adults.

Table of Contents Part1: OlderAdults andWellness Ch. 1: SeeingOlder AdultsThrough the Eyes ofWellness Ch. 2: AddressingDiversity ofOlder Adults Ch. 3: Applying aNursingModel for PromotingWellness inOlder Adults Ch. 4:Theoretical Perspectives onAgingWell Part2: NursingConsiderations for OlderAdults Ch. 5: GerontologicalNursing andHealth Promotion Ch 6:Diverse healthCare Settings forOlder Adults Ch. 7: Assessment ofHealth andFunctioning Ch. 8:Medications andOther Bioactive Substances Ch. 9: Legal andEthical Concerns Ch. 10: Elder Abuse andNeglect Part3: PromotingWellness in Psychosocial Function Ch. 11: Cognitive Function Ch. 12: Psychosocial Function Ch. 13: Psychosocial Assessment Ch. 14: ImpairedCognitive Function: Delirium andDementia Ch. 15: ImpairedAffective Function: Depression Part4: PromotingWellness in Physical Function Ch. 16:Hearing Ch. 17: Vision Ch. 18:Digestion andNutrition Ch. 19: Urinary Function Ch. 20: Cardiovascular Function

Gerontology

Ch. 21: Respiratory Function Ch. 22:Mobility and Safety Ch. 23: Integument Ch. 24: Sleep andRest

Ch. 25:Thermoregulation Ch. 26: Sexual Function Part5: PromotingWellness inAll StagesofHealthand Illness

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