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Adult-Gerontology Practice Guidelines

Cash, Jill C.

Adult-Gerontology Practice Guidelines

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Adult-Gerontology Practice GuidelinesJill C Cash; Cheryl A Glass.
Author:	Cash, Jill C.
other author:	Glass, Cheryl A.
Published:	New York :Springer Publishing Company,2015.
Description:	1 online resource (1113 pages)
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record.
Subject:	Geriatrics.
Online resource:	http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nuktw/detail.action?docID=2166669
ISBN:	9780826127631 (ebook)

Adult-Gerontology Practice Guidelines
Cash, Jill C.

Adult-Gerontology Practice Guidelines[electronic resource] /Jill C Cash; Cheryl A Glass. - 1st ed. - New York :Springer Publishing Company,2015. - 1 online resource (1113 pages)

Description based upon print version of record.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Organization -- Highlights of Adult-Gerontology Practice Guidelines -- Procedures -- Acknowledgments -- Share Adult-Gerontology Practice Guidelines -- Section I: Guidelines -- Chapter 1: Normal Physiological Changes in the Aging Adult -- Brain/Nervous System/Cognition -- Breasts -- Ears/Hearing -- Eyes/Vision -- Hair -- Heart/Blood Circulation -- Immune System -- Kidneys -- Lungs -- Metabolism -- Musculoskeletal -- Oropharyngeal and Gastrointestinal -- Sexual Function -- Skin -- Sleep -- Smell -- Taste

The first book to encompass adult-gerontology practice guidelines for primary care, this comprehensive resource is designed as a text and reference for health care practitioners specializing as adultgerontology nurse practitioners (A-GNP). It provides current national practice guidelines for delivering high-quality primary health care to adult, older adult, and pregnant patients in the outpatient setting. The book delivers chapters that focus on the older adult person, including a chapter describing the major effects of aging on each body system. For quick and easy access, practice guidelines are organized primarily by body system, disorders listed alphabetically within each body system, and each disorder presented in a consistent format throughout.

ISBN: 9780826127631 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

278380
Geriatrics.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RC952

Dewey Class. No.: 618.97

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505 0 $a Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Organization -- Highlights of Adult-Gerontology Practice Guidelines -- Procedures -- Acknowledgments -- Share Adult-Gerontology Practice Guidelines -- Section I: Guidelines -- Chapter 1: Normal Physiological Changes in the Aging Adult -- Brain/Nervous System/Cognition -- Breasts -- Ears/Hearing -- Eyes/Vision -- Hair -- Heart/Blood Circulation -- Immune System -- Kidneys -- Lungs -- Metabolism -- Musculoskeletal -- Oropharyngeal and Gastrointestinal -- Sexual Function -- Skin -- Sleep -- Smell -- Taste
505 8 $a Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Healthy Living for the Adult-Geriatric Patient -- Health Maintenance During the Life Span -- Adult/Geriatric Screening Recommendations -- Chapter 3: Adult-Geriatric Assessments -- Adult Risk Assessment -- Functional Capacity and Disability -- Cultural Diversity and Sensitivity -- Chapter 4: Caregiver and End-of-Life Issues -- Caregiver Support Issues -- Palliative Care -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Pain Management Guidelines -- Pain Assessment and Management in the Aging Population -- Chapter 6: Dermatology Guidelines -- Acne Rosacea -- Acne Vulgaris
505 8 $a Atopic Dermatitis -- Benign Skin Lesions -- Bites -- Bullous Pemphigoid -- Candidiasis -- Cellulitis and Abscess -- Contact Dermatitis -- Erythema Multiforme -- Folliculitis -- Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 -- Herpes Zoster (Shingles) -- Lice (Pediculosis) -- Lichen Planus -- Pityriasis Rosea -- Precancerous or Cancerous Skin Lesions -- Psoriasis -- Scabies -- Seborrheic Dermatitis -- Tinea Corporis (Ringworm) -- Tinea Versicolor -- Warts -- Wound Care -- Wounds of the Skin -- Xerosis (Winter Itch) -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Eye Guidelines -- Blepharitis -- Cataracts -- Chalazion
505 8 $a Conjunctivitis -- Corneal Abrasion -- Dacryocystitis -- Dry Eyes -- Excessive Tears -- Eye Pain -- Glaucoma, Acute Angle-Closure -- Hordeolum (Stye) -- Macular Degeneration -- Refractive Disorders -- Retinopathy -- Subconjunctival Hemorrhage -- Uveitis -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: Ear Guidelines -- Acute Otitis Media -- Cerumen Impaction (Earwax) -- Hearing Loss -- Otitis Externa -- Otitis Media With Effusion -- Presbycusis -- Tinnitus -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9: Nasal Guidelines -- Allergic Rhinitis -- Epistaxis -- Nonallergic Rhinitis -- Sinusitis -- Bibliography
505 8 $a Chapter 10: Throat and Mouth Guidelines -- Dental Abscess -- Dysphagia -- Epiglottitis -- Oral Cancer, Leukoplakia -- Pharyngitis -- Stomatitis, Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis -- Thrush -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11: Respiratory Guidelines -- Asthma -- Bronchitis, Acute -- Bronchitis, Chronic -- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Common Cold/Upper Respiratory Infection -- Cough -- Dyspnea -- Emphysema -- H1N1 Influenza A (Swine Flu) -- Influenza (Flu) -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Pneumonia (Bacterial) -- Pneumonia (Viral) -- Tuberculosis -- Bibliography
505 8 $a Chapter 12: Cardiovascular Guidelines
520 8 $a The first book to encompass adult-gerontology practice guidelines for primary care, this comprehensive resource is designed as a text and reference for health care practitioners specializing as adultgerontology nurse practitioners (A-GNP). It provides current national practice guidelines for delivering high-quality primary health care to adult, older adult, and pregnant patients in the outpatient setting. The book delivers chapters that focus on the older adult person, including a chapter describing the major effects of aging on each body system. For quick and easy access, practice guidelines are organized primarily by body system, disorders listed alphabetically within each body system, and each disorder presented in a consistent format throughout.
520 8 $a With an emphasis on history taking, the physical exam, and key features of the aging population, each of the more than 240 disorder guidelines include definition, incidence, pathogenesis, predisposing factors, common complaints, other signs and symptoms, subjective data, physical exam, diagnostic tests, differential diagnoses, plan of care, health promotion including dietary recommendations, follow-up guidelines, and tips for consultation/referral. Particularly useful features include "Practice Pointers" highlighting crucial information for a disorder and bold-faced "Alerts" from experienced practitioners. The book also describes 19 procedures commonly used within the office or clinic setting. More than 140 Patient Teaching Guides are included (perforated for ease of use) as well as in digital format for customizing and printing. These include important information for patients about safety and medications. Appendices feature normal lab values and dietary guidelines.
520 8 $a Key Features: Focuses specifically on the adult, older adult, and pregnant patient populationsDelivers consistent presentation of more than 240 disorders by body system for ease of accessStep-by-step review of 19 commonly used procedures"Practice Pointers" indicate highly important care pointsIncludes more than 140 extensive Patient Teaching Guides for "take home" informationUseful as a review text when preparing to take the A-GNP certification course and exam.
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650 4 $a Older people -- Diseases. $3 748992
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