Advanced Practice Nursing with Older Adults

A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE for 2011!Written by an author team from a top-ranked nursing program, this ground-breaking new text, presents state of the art guidelines for geriatric care for the advance practice nursing student. Practical, logically organized, and complete, this text features; * Expert guidelines, strategies, protocols, and principles for working with older adults* Essential coverage of diagnosis, treatment standards, management, special concerns, judgment calls, and more, organized by body system* Unique coverage of pain management, care for the dying, palliative care, and advance directives* Hands-on help with evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular, respiratory, genitourinary, GI, thyroid, gynecological, musculoskeletal, and CNS disorders, as well as diabetes mellitus* In-depth guidance on problems such as falls, sensory deficits, pressure injuries, and elder abuse and neglectComprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date, this text is sure to become an essential component of your nurse practitioner curriculum.

"This book more than fulfills its objective of providing APNs state-of-the art practice guidelines for major health problems experienced by older adults across the spectrum of care settings. Moreover, pain management, palliative care, care for the dying, and advance directives are uniquely addressed in this book -- a book that is must reading for all APNs and students." "4 Stars" Doody's 20011201

Valerie Cotter, MSN, RN, CS Associate Director, Adult and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Programs University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Nurse Practitioner and Education Director Alzheimer's Disease Center University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Neville E. Strumpf, PhD, RN, C, FAAN Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology Director, Center for Gerontologic Nursing Science & Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania