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A CLINICAL COACH SERIES BOOK! This handy reference transitions from class to clinical to practice to provide the information nurses need to care for older adults in any practice setting. They’ll have access to all of the signs, symptoms, and collaborative management of common conditions experienced by older adults as well as community resources. A spiral binding and ten thumb tabs make it easy to quickly find the information they need.
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This plastic-spiral-bound, pocket (5.5x7.5"), tabbed reference for nurses and students covers physical, biopsychosocial, spiritual, and cultural assessment, describes physiological and psychological disorders and their presentation and treatment, and delineates variations in lab values. Drug information is organized by body system rather than drug. The color format includes margin boxes on legislation, cultural cues, alerts and warnings, age-related complications, and symptoms. Tabbed chapters cover the healthy older adult, health promotion and safety, assessment, disorders, diagnostic variation, medication, symptoms presentation, acute and other care settings, and end-of-life care. A reference section provides lists of abbreviations, and various assessment tables and charts. Carlson and Pfadt teach at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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