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Available
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Publication
Silver Spring, Md. : American Nurses Association, 3rd edition
ISBN
9781558102682
Description
"The goal of gerontological nursing is to provide the highest quality of care to the older adults within a healthcare system facing an unprecedented increase of their numbers. To do so, gerontological nurses employs a shared body of skills and knowledge to addresses the full range of needs related to the process of aging, the specialized care of older adults, and the uniqueness of older adults as a group and as individuals. This complete revision brings up to date the scope of gerontological nursing practice and its standards of care and professional performance, with specific criteria for defining expectations and competent care associated with basic and advanced clinical practice in this speciality."--Publisher's description.
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CONTENTS:
Scope of gerontological nursing practice
Definition and description
Readership
Today's context for gerontological nursing
History and evolution of gerontological nursing as a specialty practice
Practice settings for gerontological nursing
Education of the gerontological nurse
History of gerontological nursing education
Basic nursing education and gerontological nursing
Graduate nursing education and gerontological nursing
Gerontological nursing clinical education opportunities across diverse settings
Ongoing professional development
Gerontological nursing competencies and certifications
Additional issues in gerontological education
Sample resources for gerontological nursing education
Legislative, regulatory, and other legal issues
Legislative issues
Regulatory issues
Legal obligations and licensure issues
Other issues in gerontological nursing
Opportunities in gerontological nursing
Standards of gerontological nursing practice
Function of standards
Standards of practice
Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcomes identification
Planning
Implementation
Coordination of care
Health teaching and health promotion
Consultation
Prescriptive authority and treatment
Evaluation
Standards of professional performance
Quality of practice
Education
Professional practice evaluation
Collegiality
Collaboration
Ethics
Research
Resource utilization
Leadership
Advocacy.
https://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=n&CSC=Y&PAGE=booktext&...
CONTENTS:
Scope of gerontological nursing practice
Definition and description
Readership
Today's context for gerontological nursing
History and evolution of gerontological nursing as a specialty practice
Practice settings for gerontological nursing
Education of the gerontological nurse
History of gerontological nursing education
Basic nursing education and gerontological nursing
Graduate nursing education and gerontological nursing
Gerontological nursing clinical education opportunities across diverse settings
Ongoing professional development
Gerontological nursing competencies and certifications
Additional issues in gerontological education
Sample resources for gerontological nursing education
Legislative, regulatory, and other legal issues
Legislative issues
Regulatory issues
Legal obligations and licensure issues
Other issues in gerontological nursing
Opportunities in gerontological nursing
Standards of gerontological nursing practice
Function of standards
Standards of practice
Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcomes identification
Planning
Implementation
Coordination of care
Health teaching and health promotion
Consultation
Prescriptive authority and treatment
Evaluation
Standards of professional performance
Quality of practice
Education
Professional practice evaluation
Collegiality
Collaboration
Ethics
Research
Resource utilization
Leadership
Advocacy.