Toward Healthy Aging :

Ebersole, Priscilla.

Toward Healthy Aging : human Needs and Nursing Response / Priscilla Ebersole, Patricia Hess. - 5th ed. - St. Louis : Mosby, c1998. - xviii, 1132 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes Appendices (p 1054-1072),Glossary (p. 1073-1077) and Index (p. 1078-1132)

Includes bibliographical references.

Aging Today -- Theories of Aging -- Health and Wellness -- Age-Related Changes -- Laboratory Values and Implications for the Aged -- Managing Basic Physiologic Needs -- Biologic Maintenance Needs -- Common Chronic Problems and Their Management -- Pain and Comfort -- Pharmacology and Drug Use -- Mobility -- Maximizing Sensory Function -- Environmental Safety and Security -- Health Care, Economic, and Legal Concerns of the Aged -- Frailty, Vulnerability, and Neglect -- Intimacy, Sexuality, and Aging -- Relationships and Their Significance -- Isolation, Loneliness, Alienation, and Stigmatization -- Crisis and Stress Management -- Transitions and Role Changes -- Mental Health and Mental Disorders -- Cognition: Function and Dysfunction in Old Age -- Psychotropic Drug Management -- Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21. Ch. 22. Ch. 23. Gender, Cohort, and Culture -- Actualizing the Self -- Death, Dying, and Grief -- Transcendence, Spirituality, and Legacies -- The Professionalization of Gerontic Nursing -- NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses: 1997-1998 -- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers (GRECCs) -- Resources on Aging -- Resources on the Internet -- Journals on Aging. Ch. 24. Ch. 25. Ch. 26. Ch. 27. Ch. 28. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D. App. E.

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Geriatric nursing.
Aging.
Geriatric Nursing.
Aging--nurses' instruction.

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