Toward healthy aging : human needs and nursing response

Ebersole, Priscilla. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0323047300
ISBN: 9780323047302
Physical Description: print
xix, 727 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Edition: 7th ed. /
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1 Foundations of healthy aging -- ch. 1 Gerontological nursing and an aging society -- ch. 2 Theories of aging -- ch. 3 Health and wellness -- ch. 4 Physiological changes with aging -- ch. 5 Laboratory values and diagnostics -- ch. 6 Health assessment in gerontological nursing -- pt. 2 Basic biological needs -- ch. 7 Managing basic physiological needs -- ch. 8 Biological maintenance needs -- ch. 9 Nutritional needs -- ch. 10 Chronic disease in late life -- ch. 11 Pain and comfort -- ch. 12 Geropharmacology -- ch. 13 The use of herbs and supplements in late life -- ch. 14 Sensory function -- ch. 15 Mobility -- pt. 3 Safety and security needs -- ch. 16 Environmental safety and security -- ch. 17 Economic, residential, and legal issues -- ch. 18 Frailty, vulnerability, and elder mistreatment -- pt. 4 The need to belong -- ch. 19 Intimacy and sexuality in late life -- ch. 20 Relationships, roles, and transitions -- pt. 5 Self-esteem -- ch. 21 Culture, gender, and aging -- ch. 22 Nursing and aging in rural and frontier settings -- ch. 23 Cognition and caring for persons with cognitive impairment -- ch. 24 Stress, crises, and health in aging -- ch. 25 Emotional health in late life -- pt. 6 Self-actualization -- ch. 26 Loss, death, and dying in late life -- ch. 27 Self-actualization, spirituality, and transcendence.