Geriatric Case Practice in Nursing Homes

What special skills and knowledge base do nurses and health care professionals need to work in nursing homes? This volume explores such relevant issues as working with nursing home residents and their families, managing selected special populations, and the organizational and policy contexts that shape practice. The authors also include structured learning tasks that can be used to guide the development of practice skills in supervised nursing home practice and field settings.

List of contents

Geriatric Case Practice in Nursing Homes
Organizational Context
Policy Context
Nursing Home Setting
Legal Issues and Rights
General Skills
General Knowledge Base
Pre-Admission and Admission Activities
Initial Adjustment and Planning Resident¿s Care
Counseling Nursing Home Residents
Managing Selected Diagnoses and Special Populations
Advocacy Roles
Teaching Practice in the Nursing Home

Summary

Aims to examine the knowledge and skills a practitioner requires to work in a nursing home, including patient-family concerns, administrative tasks, work with other nursing home staff and community relations. The text is intended for use by students and professionals involved in nursing home work.

Product details

• Authors: J . Dianne Garner, J. Dianne Garner, Joel Leon, Leon Joel, Susan O. Mercer, Mercer Susan O.
• Publisher: O'Reilly
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.06.1991
• EAN: 9780803929166
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-2916-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 570 g
• Series: Geriatric Case Practice Traini; Geriatric Case Practice Training; Geriatric Case Practice Traini; Geriatric Case Practice Training
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Geriatrics, Geriatric medicine, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Aging & Gerontology