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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 that can be used in long-term care. Includes chapter objectives, key points, and discussion questions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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At some point in your career, you will find yourself employed in a long term care facility. Here's the text that shows you everything you need to know to survive - and thrive!This unique textbook is the only one available that focuses on nursing care of the elderly in long term care facilities.Defines and explains the roles, responsibilities, regulations, and management of long term care facilities - focusing on the nursing departments within these facilities; covers gerontological issues, demographics of aging, normal physiological and psychosocial aging changes, assessment and common health problems of nursing home residents, acute illnesses and health emergencies, medication use, health promotion; clearly delineates the roles played by RNs and LPNs/LVNs; and devotes full chapters to "must-know" information, documentation required in long term care facilities, with examples in the appendices, subacute, or transitional care, in nursing homes, legal and ethical issues.
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