Caring for the Older Adult: A Health Promotion Perspective

350 pages

- Health promotion focus is the strong backbone for compassionate, knowledgeable nursing care. This is a clear and distinct difference over competing texts in this market
- Culturally diverse older adult population is specifically addressed in Chapter 2 and throughout
- Complementary therapies are discussed in Chapter 2 in the context of culturally sensitive nursing care
- Polypharmacy, a major problem among older adults, is discussed in Chapter 3: Promoting a Safe Care Environment. Discussed are medication use and abuse, the dangers of polypharmacy (use of multiple drugs simultaneously), adverse drug reactions, and the issue of noncompliance
- Health Promotion Tip is a brief paragraph on a current health promotion topic related to the chapter content
- Nutrition Tip includes health promotion-related tidbits of advice and information regarding nutrition as it applies to the older adult
- Medication Safety Tip highlights critically significant information to promote the safe administration and use of medications by older adults
- Signs and Symptoms Tip identifies specific atypical signs and symptoms to alert the nurse of the presence of possible disorders
- Case Study is a brief, paragraph-long client case history found at the beginning of chapters where appropriate
- Chapter Outline and Objectives provide the structure of and goals for the chapter content.
- Key Terms are listed at the beginning of each chapter and defined in the Glossary at the back of the book
- Special boxes and tables found in practically every chapter help make the content easy to study.
- Summary at the end of each chapter is a bulleted list that covers all of the chapter content and makes an effective study tool
- Study Questions at the end of each chapter include Multiple-Choice Review and Critical Thinking problems. Answers to the Multiple-Choice Review questions are on the inside back cover of the book.
- Resources found at the end of every chapter list both Internet sites and organizations related to the chapter content
- Selected References, the last feature in each chapter, provides a current and cutting-edge bibliography for students interested in further information on the chapter topic
- Appendix of Assessment Tools includes two unique among the competition, the Stroke Risk Screening and Determine Your Nutritional Health, as well as the Mini-Mental State Examination, Minimum Data Set, and the Braden Scale for pressure ulcers
- Appendices of Sample Advance Directive and Laboratory Value Alterations with Aging complete the package
- Illustrations and photographs heighten the effect of the text and emphasize its health promotion focus