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Gerontological Nursing: The Essential Guide to Clinical Practice (2nd Edition)

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Patricia A. Tabloski is a gerontological nurse practitioner with three degrees in nursing. She has provided primary care to older people in a variety of settings and has taught gerontology.

This book has 24 chapters in three units. Unit one: Foundations of Nursing Practice contains: 1. Principles of Gerontology, 2. Gerontological Nurisng Issues, and 3. Principles of Geriatrics. Unit two: Challenges of Aging and the Cornerstones of Excellence in Nursing Care contains 4. Cultural Diversity, 5. Nutrition and Aging, 6. Pharmacology and Older Adults, 7. Psychological and Cognitive Function, 8. Sleep and the Older Adult, 9. Pain Management, 10. Violence and Elder Mistreatment, and 11. Care of the Dying. Unit three: Physiological Basis of Practice contains 12. The Integuent, 13, The Mouth and Oral Cavity, 14. Sensation: Hearing, Vision, Taste, Touch and Smell, 15. The Cardiovascular System, 16. The Respiratory System, 17. The Genitourinary and Renal Systems, 18. The Musculoskeletal System, 19. The Endocrine System, 20. The Gastrointestinal System, 21. The Hematologic System, 22. The Neurologic System, 23. The Immune System, and 24. Multisystem Problems: Caring for Frail Elders With Comorbidities. Appendix A is the 2004-2005 NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnosis. Appendix B is the answers to critical thinking exercises. There is a topical index.

Chapters begin with chapter objectives, key terms, and CD-ROM and companion website medialinks that contain NCLEX-RN review, case studies, animations and videos, and tools. Each clinically based chapter highlights the normal changes of aging with full-color illustrations and photographs that show the normal changes. Practice pearls give helpful hints to facilitate clinical practice and drug alerts identify safety precautions. The best practice feature presents an assessment instrument or nursing intervention that has been recommended by the Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing. There are medialink tabs through out where further explanations are available on the student CD-ROM or companion website. Nursing care plans, ethical dilemma section, and critical thinking exercises enhance the book. The patient-family teaching guides are very practical and helpful. NANDA nursing diagnosis are suggested for the common diseases presented. Chapters end with chapter highlights and references. This is a beautiful, well written book that is extremely helpful for teaching and practicing gerontological nursing.

This book was in great condition without any marks or look of wear and tear, I just find the actual text very tedious and hard to find interesting

Very frustrating for a harried student to read. This textbook has so many errors, it should be an embarrassment to the publisher. Here are some examples:
- Throughout the text, words appear in boldface, but no definition of the word is given.
- Acronyms are sometimes given without the organization or term being written out first. (See page 272, for example, where cases of elder abuse are said to be reported by "APS agencies." APS is defined in a later paragraph.)
- In a box on page 217, a rationale is listed where the answer to a question should be, and the answer to the question is listed under the rationale.
- In a patient evaluation, a completely new fact is introduced.
- The first paragraph on pg 125 should have been placed after a paragraph on the previous page.
- The phrases "reason why" and "reasons why" appear in the text; a good editor knows that "reason" means "why"--there's no "reason how" or "reason where." Together, the words "reason" and "why" are redundant.

Errors such as those prompted students to wonder how accurate the content was. I wouldn't order the book for a class unless other options are worse.

Would order from this person again! When i emailed her for the date of shipment she had gotten back to me in 1 day!

This book arrived looking brand new, which was so nice! It arrived very quickly - with plenty of time before class started.

Maybe it's just because I'm a student interested in birth rather than specifically the other end of the spectrum of life, but I find ANY text book to be rather on the dry side. There is good information in the book, if you can stay awake to read it.

this is a very informative book, but then again i am biased b.c i want to work with the elderly when i am older. it goes through so many different issues that deal with the elderly may of which are met. awesome book

This book is really a laypersons guide to gerontology, an easy read, but not very useful.

The only shipping option for this book was like 2-3 weeks! Way too long for the average college student who orders their books, like NOW... when we needed it 2 days ago. But, the book was in great (new) condition as promised.

This book saved me a lot of money buying at the bookstore and it is very great condition! The book was shipped very quickly!