Ebersole & Hess' Toward Healthy Aging: Human Needs and Nursing Response / Edition 9

by Theris A. Touhy DNP, CNS, DPNAP, Kathleen F Jett PhD, GNP-BC, DPNAP

Overview

Get all the knowledge you need to provide effective care for adults as they age. Grounded in the core competencies recommended by the AACN in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Ebersole & Hess’ Toward Healthy Aging, 9th Edition is the only comprehensive text to address all aspects of gerontological nursing care. The new ninth edition has been extensively revised and updated and now includes shorter, more streamlined chapters and pedagogical features to facilitate learning, covering the areas of safety and ethical considerations, genetics, communication with the patient and caregiver, promoting health in persons with conditions commonly occurring in later-life world-wide addressing loss and palliative care and much more. This new edition considers the experience of aging as a universal experience and the nurse’s role in the reduction of health disparities and inequities as a member of the global community. Plus, it contains a variety of new learning features that focus the readers’ attention on applying research and thinking critically in providing care to aging adults across the care continuum.

• Learning objectives found at the beginning of every chapter help students identify the primary take away messages they should learn from the chapter. I think the Key Concepts identify the primary take away messages/important content
• Safety Alert boxes emphasize important safety tips for students to consider while working in a clinical setting.
• Promoting Healthy Aging: Implications for Gerontological Nursing sections provide best practice guidelines for management and promotion of wellness for older adults with chronic illness and those at the end of life
• Key concepts are bulleted at the end of every chapter to provide a quick review of the most important concepts found in the chapter.
• Nursing studies with critical thinking questions and activities assist students in assessment, interventions, and outcomes to promote healthy aging.
• Research questions at the end of each chapter stimulate thinking about ideas for nursing research.
• Information addressing and illustrating potential ethical issues that nurses encounter when dealing with this specific population of adults.
• The most current information on nutritional needs of the older adult is covered in a separate chapter.
• Research Highlights boxes identify important research studies in the field of gerontology to give students information about the latest findings in the field.
• The latest scales and guidelines for use when conducting health assessments within the unique context of working with an older adult and potentially his or her significant others.
• Careful attention to age, cultural, and gender differences are addressed throughout the text along with a chapter dedicated to culture and aging help the nurse understand these important considerations in caring for older adults in a way that fosters health equity across the globe.
• Healthy People boxes reference the goals cited in Healthy People 2020.
• Content consistent with the core competencies for geriatric nursing incorporates the Recommended Baccalaureate Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for the Nursing Care of Older Adults, the Geriatric Nursing Education State of the Science Papers, and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults.
• A Student Speaks and An Elder Speaks sections at the beginning of every chapter provide honest and candid thoughts from students and elders.
• Disease processes discussed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support, and responsibilities helps students gain an understanding of an older client’s experience.

• NEW! Tips for Best Practice boxes feature summarized lists of evidence-based nursing interventions for practice.
• NEW! The latest information on biological theories of aging and evolving genomic research covers current findings on these timely issues.
• NEW! Concise chapters addressing the key content needed to understand chronic conditions commonly seen in later life.
• NEW! New chapters incorporate the latest information on timely topics such as cognition and learning and long-term care.
• NEW! Resources for Best Practice boxes contain suggestions for further information on various chapter topics and tools for practice.
• NEW! Robust preface details the variety of student-friendly learning features and instructor resources to help all parties get the most out of the text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323321389
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	09/18/2015
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dr. Theris A. Touhy, DNP, CNS, DPNAP

Dr. Kathleen F. Jett, PhD, GNP-BC

Table of Contents

Part 1: Foundations of Healthy Aging 1. Health and Wellness in an Aging Society 2. Gerontological Nursing: Past, Present, and Future 3. Theories of Aging 4. Culture and Aging 5. Cognition and Learning NEW!

Part 2: Foundations of Caring 6. Communicating with Older Adults 7. Health Assessment 8. Laboratory Values and Diagnostics 9. Geropharmacology 10. The Use of Herbs and Supplements

Part 3: Wellness and Function 11. Vision NEW! 12. Hearing NEW! 13. Skin Care NEW! 14. Nutrition NEW! 15. Hydration and Oral Care NEW! 16. Elimination NEW! 17. Sleep NEW! 18. Physical Activity and Exercise 19. Falls and Fall Risk-Reduction NEW! 20. Safety and Security

Part 4: Wellness and Chronic Illness 21. Living Well with Chronic Illness 22. Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Health and Illness NEW! 23. Neurodegenerative Disorders NEW! 24. Endocrine and Immune Disorders NEW! 25. Respiratory Health and Illness NEW! 26. Common Musculoskeletal Concerns NEW! 27. Pain and Comfort 28. Mental Health 29. Care of Individuals with Neurocognitive Disorders

Part 5: Healthy Aging for Elders and Their Families 30. Economics of Health Care in Later Life 31. Common Legal and Ethical Issues 32. Long-Term Care 33. Intimacy and Sexuality 34. Relationships, Roles, and Transitions 35. Loss, Death and Palliative Care 36. Self-Actualization, Spirituality and Transcendence

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Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Melody L.W. Schrock, BSN, RAC-CT(University of Missouri)
Description: This textbook that discusses gerontological nursing, the aging processes, culture and care, and assessment of aging adults. It contains multiple chapters with stated objectives, insight from individuals, numerous research and resource boxes to assist with education, and items to encourage critical thinking. This is the 10th edition, with previous editions published between 1981 and 2016.
Purpose: The book is intended to aid nursing education specifically for older/aging populations. According to the authors, it is written for both graduate and undergraduate students. The objectives are laid out in each chapter with information to support said objectives as well as numerous resources including research highlights and best practice resources to promote critical thinking. The material is beneficial and provides a visually appealing format conducive to the learning objectives.
Audience: This is a thorough textbook written for students that covers the aging process, cultural and holistic nursing for older adults, and physical assessment and body system changes, including labs of older adults. The authors are recognized in schools and were used in my personal nursing training. It was a great pleasure to review the book.
Features: This resourceful book provides a wealth of knowledge and information by authors recognized for a number of years in the nursing education field. It is not only an educational tool, but also a resource for nursing libraries. It covers nursing for the aging population from aging processes to cultural differences and physical assessment to end of life in a holistic manner. This 10th edition continues to provide insightful tips, resources and activities to encourage critical thinking.
Assessment: This is a welcome addition to any student or nursing library. The book is familiar, as a previous edition was used in my nursing education. The new edition continues to impress with its content and overall holistic approach to care for older adults. The boxes containing safety alerts, research highlights, resources and tips for best practice, and healthy people references are quite beneficial and encourage critical thinking. As the medical field in general is ever evolving, the updated edition continues to reflect this growth in the nursing field with updated resources and practices.

Doody's Review Service

"The latest edition of Toward Healthy Aging should be on the shelf of every student and practitioner who cares for older adults, as well as those who teach them. The text is well written, timely, logically organized, and chock full of clearly presented, useful, state-of-the-science information that is easy to digest. Learning objectives, tables, boxes, figures, case studies , research features/questions and comprehensive references add to the pedagogical value of this important text." Kathleen Buckwalter, PhD, RN University of Iowa College of Nursing Iowa City, Iowa

"Building on the excellent foundation of the 1st edition in 1981 by Drs. Ebersole and Hess, this 8th edition edited by Drs. Touhy and Jett effectively communicates the essential geriatric content required for competent practice with older adults. This book also goes beyond the typical health and psychosocial issues of late adulthood by addressing important topics that truly facilitate person-centered care such as the chapters describing the use of herb and suppliants, intimacy and sexuality, relationship, roles and transitions as well as self-care spirituality and transcendence. This high-quality book is a valuable core text for undergraduate nursing students and a superb reference for practicing nurses." Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN Dr. John W. Rowe Professor in Successful Aging Co-Director, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing New York University College of Nursing, New York

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