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Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging in Canada

  • 3rd Edition - February 2, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Veronique Boscart, Lynn McCleary, Linda Sheiban Taucar, Theris A. Touhy, Kathleen F. Jett
  • Language: English

Gain the knowledge and skills you need to care for older adults in Canada! Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging in Canada, 3rd Edition uses a wellness-… Read more

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Gain the knowledge and skills you need to care for older adults in Canada! Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging in Canada, 3rd Edition uses a wellness-based, holistic approach to older adult care from a distinctly Canadian perspective. Designed to promote healthy aging regardless of the patient’s situation or disorder, this book provides best-practice guidelines to help you identify potential problems, address complications, and alleviate discomfort. An Evolve website includes new Next Generation NCLEX®-style case studies and PN competencies case studies to enhance your skills in clinical judgement. Written by a team of gerontological nursing experts led by Veronique Boscart, this concise guide covers health care in the context of the cultural and socio-economic issues unique to Canada.

Key features

  • Core competencies identified by the CGNA are integrated throughout the book, reinforcing the standards of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association
  • Assessment guidelines and tools are featured in tables, boxes, and forms, including the latest scales and guidelines for proper health assessment
  • Focus on health and wellness highlights all aspects of the aging process
  • Attention to age, cultural, and gender differences helps you care for different population groups
  • Evidence-informed Practice boxes summarize research findings and identify those practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects, and examine topics such as culturally safe health initiatives for Indigenous Peoples, lifelong learning and its effects on the wellbeing of older adults, challenges in home care and long-term care homes, and improving outcomes and improving outcomes for seniors living with a stroke or dementia
  • Activities and discussion questions at the end of every chapter help you understand the material and apply concepts in clinical situations

Readership

University RN Students / PN Students in Canada

Table of contents

Section 1: Foundations of Healthy Aging

1. Introduction to Healthy Aging

2. Gerontological Nursing History, Education, and Roles

3. Communicating with Older Adults

4. Culture, Ethnicity, and Aging

5. Nursing Documentation

Section 2: Changes of Aging

6. Biological Theories and Physical Changes of Aging

7. Social, Psychological, Spiritual, and Cognitive Aspects of Aging

8. Nutritional Needs

9. Hydration and Continence

10. Rest, Sleep, and Activity

11. Promoting Healthy Skin and Feet

12. Maintaining Mobility and Environmental Safety

13. Assessment Tools in Gerontological Nursing

14. Safe Medication Use for Older Adults

Section 3: Coping with Chronic Illness in Later Life

15. Living with Chronic Illness

16. Pain and Comfort

17. Diabetes Mellitus

18. Bone and Joint Health

19. Visual and Auditory Changes

20 Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disorders

21. Cognitive Impairment and Neurological Disorders

Section 4: Caring for Older Adults and Their Caregivers

22. Economic and Legal Issues

23. Relationships, Roles, and Transitions

24. Mental Health and Wellness in Late Life

25. Loss, Death and Palliative Care

26. Care Across the Continuum

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 2, 2022
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Veronique Boscart

Dr. Veronique Boscart is Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences at Higher Colleges of Technology in Abu Dhabi, UAE and an InterRAI Fellow. She held a 10 year CIHR/Schlegel Industrial Chair for Colleges in Seniors Care at Conestoga College, as well as positions as Executive Dean at Conestoga's School of Health and Life Sciences and Executive Director for the Canadian Institute for Seniors Care. Veronique holds an adjunct Associate Professor position at the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo as well as an adjunct scientist position in Intelligent Design for Adaptation, Participation and Technology (iDAPT) at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network. Dr. Boscart completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, after completing her doctorate at the University of Toronto. She obtained her undergraduate and Masters degrees at the University of Ghent in Belgium. Dr. Boscart has extensive nursing experience, working as a clinician, nurse educator, manager, and researcher in Canadian and international settings. Dr. Boscart's research interests focus on evidence-based care in gerontology, curriculum development of gerontological education for nurses and health care professionals as well as care models for nursing home care settings.
Affiliations and expertise
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Health, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Lynn McCleary

Dr. McCleary is a Professor in the Department of Nursing and Graduate Program Director of the Master of Applied Gerontology Program in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University. Dr. McCleary is also Adjunct Member, Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto. She is a mental health and gerontological nurse who works with research teams and service providers on health and social care for older people and their families. Her research and practice emphasize improving dementia care services as well as improving gerontology and geriatrics education in the health professions. She is a past president of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Nursing, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario

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Linda Sheiban Taucar

Linda Sheiban Taucar is Director, Centre for Health Care Research and Innovation at Conestoga College. Linda has been part of the Conestoga community for over nine years. She is a registered nurse and the former associate director, Health Sciences Research at the Canadian Institute for Seniors Care at Conestoga. Linda also teaches in the Enhanced Practice for Internationally Educated Nurses program at Conestoga. Linda received her bachelor of science and M.Sc. degree at the University of Waterloo in Health Studies and Gerontology and later went on to pursue her bachelor of science in nursing at York University.

Linda uses her joint clinical and research knowledge to advocate for gerontological nursing best practices. She leads applied research activities, focusing on evidence-based care and curriculum development in health care.

Affiliations and expertise
Director, Centre for Health Care Research & Innovation; Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Kitchener, Ontario

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Theris A. Touhy

Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

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Kathleen F. Jett

Affiliations and expertise
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, Department of Aging and Geriatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Research Consultant, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida, USA