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Gerioperative care is a new paradigm Focused on improving the outcomes of older adults by carefully considering the implications and consequences of age related surgical recovery. This is the only volume to specifically address the surgical care of older adults providing practitioners with critical, practical, and theoretical information from the initial decision to have surgery through the first follow up visit after discharge. The text uses a systems...
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Be prepared to meet the growing demand for licensed practical/vocational nurses with the knowledge and skills to provide quality care to older adults. Easy-to-understand writing and a positive outlook enliven every page of this popular resource. Step by step, you'll master the knowledge and skills you need, while also honing the leadership, management, and delegation abilities essential to your professional success. Feel confident in an important...
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"Family-centered care (FCC) is a philosophy of care that acknowledges the importance of the family unit as the fundamental focus of all healthcare interventions (Chart 1-1). This model of care recognizes the collaborative relationship between the family and the professional care provider in the pursuit of being responsive to the priorities and needs of families when they seek healthcare"--Provided by publisher.
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This practical guide helps student and practising nurses to understand the impact of their care when working with older people. With stories from older people who have had varied experiences of health care and nursing, chapters are underpinned by five key principles: providing patient-centered and dignified care, shared decision-making involving family and friends, multidisciplinary care, improving well-being through companionship and a sense of value,...
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"This text concentrates on the full role of nursing faculty and not just the educational process and provides concrete examples of best practices within nursing education and has been crafted in a manner to excite faculty members to create a learning environment grounded in best practices and evidence." -- Publisher.
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"Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice, Eighth Edition continues as the gold standard in oncology nursing. With contributions from the foremost experts in the field, it has remained the definitive reference on the rapidly changing science and practice of oncology nursing for more than 25 years. Completely updated and revised to reflect the latest research and developments in the care of patients with cancer, the Eighth Edition includes new chapters...
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"Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care, Fourth Edition focuses on caring for the elderly by employing a holistic and interdisciplinary approach. The text follows the framework of the core competencies for baccalaureate nursing education published by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. This framework is structured to ensure nursing students attain the recommended...
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This book helps nurses and nursing professionals incorporate a person-centered approach in their usual nursing care while addressing the unique needs of people who have dementia. The basic premise is that although the short-term nature of the care setting focuses on nursing interventions for the immediate medical problems, nurses have numerous opportunities to incorporate dementia-specific interventions in care plans. --
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"All too often novice educators enter their first teaching position and find their adjustment to the role of a faculty member daunting. ... [This volume] is a `must read' for any novice educator transitioning from the role of clinician or graduate student to educator. ... You [will] learn how to become a faculty member, integrating the competencies yon bring to the setting with your new role as educator."--Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF Professor...
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This book places comfort at the forefront of nursing care, by presenting a carefully researched theory of comfort that nurses can use as a framework for practice. Engagingly written, the book combines a first-person account of the development of the theory with supporting research, and practical information for its application. Kolcaba analyzes the concept of comfort; describes its physical, psychospiritual, environmental and sociocultural components;...
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"Be more creative in any setting. Here are more than 130 practical, relevant, and easy-to-implement teaching strategies that will help you to be more creative in any classroom setting. Dr. Judith Herrman offers techniques gathered over many years from her own teaching experiences that are adaptable to personal teaching content, meet the needs of a variety of learning styles, and demonstrate innovation in nursing education" -- Publisher.
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