Oxford Handbook of Nursing Older People (Oxford Handbooks in Nursing) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199213283 ISBN 13: 9780199213283

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

In the UK, over two-thirds of acute hospital beds are inhabited by people of an older age. The Oxford Handbook of Nursing Older People addresses the knowledge and skills needed by nurses working with older people. This book is an invaluable reference guide that supports nurses in everyday clinical decision-making, covering important issues such as ageism, the role of carers, and mental health, and including guidelines on stroke care, falls management, infection control, palliative care, and medication management.

Nurses need to have knowledge of nursing the older person to enable them to provide holistic, person-centred care. The Oxford Handbook of Nursing Older People covers the basic principles and the key factors that are required to provide a high quality service.

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About the Author

Beverley Tabernacle
Since qualifying as a Registered Nurse in 1989, Beverley has spent her career in services relating to the care of Older People. Beverley has extensive nursing experience and academic achievements and has worked in various nursing, management and specialist roles, in both Primary and Secondary care. Beverley also spent time working with Canadian Veterans in Toronto, Canada. Beverley was appointed Nurse Consultant for Older People at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in 2005, and led on the National Service Framework implementation, particularly around Standard 4, which concentrated on raising standards of care for Older People throughout acute care. In February 2008 Beverley was appointed Nurse Consultant for Safeguarding Vulnerable People at Salford Royal Foundation Trust. Beverley has many academic achievements and particular interests include safeguarding in the broadest sense, Parkinson's Disease/ Chronic Disease, Mental Health/ Dementia and continuing Education. Marie Barnes
After Qualifying in 1983 Marie has worked in services for older people throughout her career. Marie has extensive experience of working with older people in both acute and community settings and was appointed as Nurse Consultant for Older People at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals in 2004. Marie won the Nursing Times Award for Nursing Older People, leading a challenging and exciting programme of work which champions the needs of older people, raises standards and helps make a real difference to the quality of services older people experience whilst in an acute hospital. Marie is an honorary lecturer at Liverpool John Moores university and her special interests are falls, mental health and the older person, education, training and workforce development. Annette Jinks
Annette has been a nurse for over 40 years. She spent many happy years working as a district nurse in the Staffordshire Moorlands which is still where her home is today. She qualified as a practical work teacher and nurse teacher in the 1980's and subsequently worked as a lecturer at the Universities of Keele and Manchester. She has held Chairs of Nursing at NEWI, Staffordshire University and LJMU and currents works as a Professor of Nursing at Edge Hill University. She has a first degree in the Social Sciences, an MA (Education) from Keele University and a PhD, again in education, from the University of Manchester. She has undertaken WHO consultancy work in a number of interesting countries including Russia, Poland and Germany, she has given conference presentations in countries such as the US, Botswana, Canada, Jordan, Germany and Copenhagen and has published widely in all the well-known nursing journals. Annette has also undertaken a number of prestigious research projects.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199213283
• ISBN 13: 9780199213283
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 680
• Editor: Tabernacle Beverley, Barnes Marie, Jinks Annette