Overview
Care for your elderly patients with compassion, competence, and sound nursing skill. Delmar's Geriatric Nursing Care Plans, Third Edition, provides detailed information for nurses caring for the aging population. The increasing number of geriatric patients and the varying areas of care delivery (home, hospital, long-term care facility, retirement community, and outpatient clinics) mean that highly skilled and competent nursing care is a must. All the information needed to develop specific and effective nursing care plans for the most commonly-seen disorders is included in this user-friendly resource. Care plans solicit specific patient data and prompt the user to customize the interventions and evaluate the patient's individual responses to care provided.
Synopsis
Appropriate for any health care setting, this practical resource provides care plans by body system for 47 disorders commonly seen among the elderly patient population. Each plan summarizes the disease process, medical care that may be prescribed, drug actions, diagnostic procedures, laboratory tests with expected values, and outcome criteria. The third edition adds an introductory chapter on customizing the care plans. The CD-ROM contains the care plans in electronic format. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Reviewer:Susan D. Spooner-Holland, MSN, RN, GNP(Northwestern State University)
Description:This concise publication uses the nursing process to provide an accurate, easy to use format to apply the information to the care of the geriatric client.
Purpose:The purpose is to facilitate the care planning process for both the novice and experienced practitioner utilizing NANDA Taxonomy II, Nursing Outcome statements, and Nursing Intervention Classifications. The publication fills a necessary need for a concise, easy to use care plan from which the practitioner can apply information to their geriatric clients. The book meets the authors' objectives.
Audience:The information is presented in a manner that will enable both the novice and experienced practitioner to use it. The rationale for the interventions is especially nice for the student to understand the science base for the interventions chosen.
Features:This is a system-based nursing care planning book that addresses the unique needs of the geriatric client. The book includes NOC, NIC, and NANDA nomenclature. The rationales are specific to geriatric clients' changing needs. The book is easy to read, the information is easy to find, and the examples are nicely done. I especially liked the introduction to each chapter as a quick review of important facts.
Assessment:This is a worthwhile publication that will be an excellent tool for students or practicing nurses. The book is a concise reference for individualizing care for geriatric clients.
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From The Critics
Reviewer: Susan D. Spooner-Holland, MSN, RN, GNP(Northwestern State University)Description: This concise publication uses the nursing process to provide an accurate, easy to use format to apply the information to the care of the geriatric client.
Purpose: The purpose is to facilitate the care planning process for both the novice and experienced practitioner utilizing NANDA Taxonomy II, Nursing Outcome statements, and Nursing Intervention Classifications. The publication fills a necessary need for a concise, easy to use care plan from which the practitioner can apply information to their geriatric clients. The book meets the authors' objectives.
Audience: The information is presented in a manner that will enable both the novice and experienced practitioner to use it. The rationale for the interventions is especially nice for the student to understand the science base for the interventions chosen.
Features: This is a system-based nursing care planning book that addresses the unique needs of the geriatric client. The book includes NOC, NIC, and NANDA nomenclature. The rationales are specific to geriatric clients' changing needs. The book is easy to read, the information is easy to find, and the examples are nicely done. I especially liked the introduction to each chapter as a quick review of important facts.
Assessment: This is a worthwhile publication that will be an excellent tool for students or practicing nurses. The book is a concise reference for individualizing care for geriatric clients.
3 Stars from Doody