Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice

"Across health care settings, older adults represent the majority of consumers served. They present with the most clinically and socially complex situations, and thus require nurses to possess highly developed assessment competencies, critical thinking abilities, and relationship-based skills. Nurses have an enormous responsibility when providing care to older adults in this rapidly changing health care environment with its increasing regulatory requirements, variable staffing levels, and unpredictable reimbursement. Nurses also have an amazing opportunity to positively change the daily experiences and health of older adults. The nurse who is armed with an understanding of the unique clinical presentations and response to treatment in older adults, and who has knowledge about evidence-based assessment and interventions, is situated to not only prevent and manage health problems, but also to promote function and quality of life"--

Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I. INCORPORATING EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE. 1. Developing and evaluating clinical practice guidelines: a systematic approach / Kathleen Phillips -- 2. Measuring performance and improving quality / Lenard L. Parisi -- 3. Informational technology: embedding geriatric clinical practice guidelines / Rebecca L. Trotta and Terese Kornet. -- 4. Organizational approaches to promote person-centered care / Andrea Yevchak Sillner and Liza Behrens -- 5. Environmental approaches to support aging friendly care / Rana Sagha Zadeh -- PART II. Assessment AND MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES. 6. Age-related changes in health / Marianne Logan Fingerhood -- 7. Healthcare decision-making / Joanne Roman Jones and Marie Boltz -- 8. Sensory changes in the older adult / Pamela Z. Cacchione -- 9. Assessing cognitive function in the older adult / Donna M. Fick, Pieter Heeren, and Koen Milisen -- 10. Assessment of physical function in the older adult / Denise M. Kresevic -- 11. Oral healthcare in the older adult / Linda J. O'Connor -- 12. Managing oral hydration in the older adult / Phyllis M. Gaspar and Janet C. Mentes -- 13. Nutrition in the older adult / Ro…