-- Focuses on caring for the elderly in long term care, providing nursing faculty with a mechanism for meeting the NLN's directive for covering gerontologic nursing care-- Discusses normal physiologic changes of aging and describes their impact on assessment findings in the elderly-- Defines and explains responsibilities, regulation, and management of long term care facilities, with an emphasis on the differences in RN and LPN/LVN roles-- Describes the differences in documentation in long term care facilities and presents examples of several completed forms in appendices-- Discusses how the nurse prevents, assesses, and intervenes for common health problems experienced by the elderly in long term care facilities-- Defines and explains the nurse's role as a manager in long term care facilities
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Provides an introduction to care of the elderly in the nursing home setting, for nursing students and nurses new to long-term care. Part I focuses on clinical practice, and Part II focuses on issues such as management and quality improvement. Appendices offer sample forms, tables on lab findings, and a description of common complementary therapies
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