Ensure you thoroughly understand the intricate details of providing effective care for adults as they age. Ebersole & Hess’ Toward Healthy Aging, 10th Edition is the only comprehensive gerontological nursing text that effectively communicates how to provide holistic care, promote healthy lives, and address end-of-life issues and concerns. Grounded in the core competencies recommended by the AACN in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, the tenth edition has been extensively revised and updated with shorter, more streamlined chapters and pedagogical features to facilitate learning. It covers the areas of safety and ethical considerations, genetics, communication with the patient and caregiver, promoting health in persons with conditions commonly occurring in later-life world-wide addressing loss and palliative care and much more. Special sections provide an honest look at the universal experience of aging and the nurse’s role in the reduction of health disparities and inequities as a member of the global community. Plus, it contains a variety of new learning features that focus on applying research and thinking critically in when providing care to aging adults across the care continuum.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Dedication - p. v 6. About the authors - p. vi 7. Contributors and reviewers - p. vii 8. Preface - p. viii 9. PART 1. Foundations of Healthy Aging - p. ix 10. 1. Aging, health, and wellness in a global community - p. ix 11. 2. Gerontological nursing: Past, present, and future - p. 12 12. 3. Theories and processes of aging - p. 31 13. 4. Cross-cultural caring and aging - p. 40 14. 5. Cognition and learning - p. 56 15. PART 2. Foundations of Caring - p. 68 16. 6. Communicating with older adults - p. 68 17. 7. Health assessment - p. 77 18. 8. Laboratory diagnostics and geriatrics - p. 90 19. 9. Geropharmacology - p. 102 20. 10. The use of dietary supplements: Focus on herbal products - p. 116 21. PART 3. Wellness and Function - p. 131 22. 11. Vision - p. 131 23. 12. Hearing - p. 144 24. 13. Skin care - p. 153 25. 14. Nutrition - p. 172 26. 15. Hydration and oral care - p. 189 27. 16. Elimination - p. 199 28. 17. Sleep - p. 217 29. 18. Physical activity and exercise - p. 228 30. 19. Falls and fall risk reduction - p. 238 31. 20. Safety and security - p. 259 32. PART 4. Wellness and Chronic Illness - p. 273 33. 21. Living well with chronic illness - p. 273 34. 22. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health and wellness - p. 278 35. 23. Neurodegenerative disorders - p. 293 36. 24. Endocrine and immune disorders - p. 301 37. 25. Respiratory health and illness - p. 310 38. 26. Common musculoskeletal concerns - p. 317 39. 27. Pain and comfort - p. 328 40. 28. Mental health - p. 339 41. 29. Care of individuals with neurocognitive disorders - p. 367 42. PART 5. Healthy Aging for Older Adults and Their Families - p. 394 43. 30. Economics and health care in later life - p. 394 44. 31. Common legal and ethical issues - p. 403 45. 32. Long-term care - p. 414 46. 33. Intimacy and sexuality - p. 430 47. 34. Relationships, roles, and transitions - p. 448 48. 35. Loss, death, and palliative care - p. 468 49. 36. Self-actualization, spirituality, and transcendence - p. 487 50. Index - p. 506 51. Instructions for online access - p. 506
Ensure you thoroughly understand the intricate details of providing effective care for adults as they age. Ebersole & Hess’ Toward Healthy Aging, 10th Edition is the only comprehensive gerontological nursing text that effectively communicates how to provide holistic care, promote healthy lives, and address end-of-life issues and concerns. Grounded in the core competencies recommended by the AACN in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, the tenth edition has been extensively revised and updated with shorter, more streamlined chapters and pedagogical features to facilitate learning. It covers the areas of safety and ethical considerations, genetics, communication with the patient and caregiver, promoting health in persons with conditions commonly occurring in later-life world-wide addressing loss and palliative care and much more. Special sections provide an honest look at the universal experience of aging and the nurse’s role in the reduction of health disparities and inequities as a member of the global community. Plus, it contains a variety of new learning features that focus on applying research and thinking critically in when providing care to aging adults across the care continuum.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Dedication - p. v 6. About the authors - p. vi 7. Contributors and reviewers - p. vii 8. Preface - p. viii 9. PART 1. Foundations of Healthy Aging - p. ix 10. 1. Aging, health, and wellness in a global community - p. ix 11. 2. Gerontological nursing: Past, present, and future - p. 12 12. 3. Theories and processes of aging - p. 31 13. 4. Cross-cultural caring and aging - p. 40 14. 5. Cognition and learning - p. 56 15. PART 2. Foundations of Caring - p. 68 16. 6. Communicating with older adults - p. 68 17. 7. Health assessment - p. 77 18. 8. Laboratory diagnostics and geriatrics - p. 90 19. 9. Geropharmacology - p. 102 20. 10. The use of dietary supplements: Focus on herbal products - p. 116 21. PART 3. Wellness and Function - p. 131 22. 11. Vision - p. 131 23. 12. Hearing - p. 144 24. 13. Skin care - p. 153 25. 14. Nutrition - p. 172 26. 15. Hydration and oral care - p. 189 27. 16. Elimination - p. 199 28. 17. Sleep - p. 217 29. 18. Physical activity and exercise - p. 228 30. 19. Falls and fall risk reduction - p. 238 31. 20. Safety and security - p. 259 32. PART 4. Wellness and Chronic Illness - p. 273 33. 21. Living well with chronic illness - p. 273 34. 22. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health and wellness - p. 278 35. 23. Neurodegenerative disorders - p. 293 36. 24. Endocrine and immune disorders - p. 301 37. 25. Respiratory health and illness - p. 310 38. 26. Common musculoskeletal concerns - p. 317 39. 27. Pain and comfort - p. 328 40. 28. Mental health - p. 339 41. 29. Care of individuals with neurocognitive disorders - p. 367 42. PART 5. Healthy Aging for Older Adults and Their Families - p. 394 43. 30. Economics and health care in later life - p. 394 44. 31. Common legal and ethical issues - p. 403 45. 32. Long-term care - p. 414 46. 33. Intimacy and sexuality - p. 430 47. 34. Relationships, roles, and transitions - p. 448 48. 35. Loss, death, and palliative care - p. 468 49. 36. Self-actualization, spirituality, and transcendence - p. 487 50. Index - p. 506 51. Instructions for online access - p. 506
