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Designed to promote healthy aging regardless of the patient\u2019s situation or disorder, this text provides best-practice guidelines in covering physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and cognitive health. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>-style case studies, updates on measuring clinical judgment, expanded coverage of core competencies, and more. Written by gerontological nursing experts Theris Touhy and Kathleen Jett, this concise text provides a solid foundation in every aspect of healthy aging.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Focus on health and wellness<\/b>\u00a0provides the evidence-based information and strategies needed to promote healthy aging.<\/li>\n<li><b>Key concepts, learning activities, and discussion questions in every chapter<\/b>\u00a0emphasize the information needed to enhance care.<\/li>\n<li><b>Recommended competencies<\/b>\u00a0<b>from the<\/b>\u00a0<b>AACN and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing\u00a0<\/b>are integrated throughout.<\/li>\n<li><b>Discussion of disease processes<\/b>\u00a0is placed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support, and responsibilities.<\/li>\n<li><b>Easy-to-use information on nursing techniques<\/b>\u00a0<b>and communication<\/b>\u00a0appears with the associated disorders, symptoms, and situations.<\/li>\n<li><b><i>Tips for Best Practice<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Resources for Best Practice<\/i>\u00a0boxes<\/b>\u00a0provide insight into proven methods of nursing care.<\/li>\n<li><b>Discussions of nursing and interprofessional actions<\/b>\u00a0help students learn to enhance wellness, maintain optimal function, and prevent unnecessary disability.<\/li>\n<li><b>Coverage of age, cultural, racial, and gender differences<\/b>\u00a0highlights these important considerations in caring for older adults.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>NEW! 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Touhy DNP CNS DPNAP (Author), Kathleen F Jett PhD GNP-BC DPNAP (Author)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Format ORIGINAL PDF \/ PRINT REPLICA<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Publisher \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>Mosby; 6th edition (April 7, 2021)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Publication date \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>April 7, 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Language \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>English<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>0323698034<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>978-0323698030<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_cat":[218],"product_tag":[1853,1803,1745,1545],"class_list":["post-63043","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_cat-nursing-books","product_tag-2021-medical-ebooks","product_tag-gerontology","product_tag-nclex","product_tag-public-health"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"de","enabled_languages":["en","uk","ar","au","ca","de","fr","es","pt","th","it","da","ko","he"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"uk":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ar":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"au":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ca":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"de":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"fr":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"pt":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"th":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"it":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"da":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ko":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"he":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/63043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=63043"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=63043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}