Product Description: A "functional health model" makes this comprehensive gerontological nursing text useful for all nurses giving direct care to older patients and their families in all settings. This third edition includes new information on caring for home management and care givers, and the sections on "AIDS in the Elderly" and "Cognitive Problems" have been significantly revised...read more

Product Description: An exploration of the thinking processes that lead to a nursing diagnosis. Numerous examples from all clinical fields, levels of care, care settings and patient types illustrate the cognitive process and assist with decision making for diagnosis and treatment...read more