Description
| Product ID: | 9781498735179 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Nursing Older People |
| Subtitle: | Realities of Practice |
| Authors: | Author: Andree le May, Heather Elbourne |
| Page Count: | 118 |
| Subjects: | Geriatric nursing, Geriatric nursing |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This practical guide helps student and practicing nurses to understand the impact of their care when working with older people. This practical guide helps student and practising nurses to understand the impact of their care when working with older people. With stories from older people who have had varied experiences of health care and nursing, chapters are underpinned by five key principles: providing patient-centered and dignified care, shared decision-making involving family and friends, multidisciplinary care, improving well-being through companionship and a sense of value, and an appreciation of both the challenges and rewards of working with older people. This book offers:
The volume can be used to help nursing students and practising nurses to understand better how their care might impact positively on older people’s health and well-being. This situates the reader within the world as experienced by older people. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-07-23 |
