Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice (Springer Series on Geriatric Nrusing) - Hardcover

Melissa M. Bottrell Et Al

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082611251X ISBN 13: 9780826112514

Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc, 1999

Synopsis

...presents 14 clinical protocols providing practicing nurses with the expertise to care for elderly patients who require hospitalization...part of the Nurses Improving Care to the Hospitalized Elderly (NICHE) project.

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From the Back Cover:

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The protocols in this thoroughly updated edition address key clinical conditions and circumstances likely to be encountered by a hospital nurse caring for older adults. They represent ?best practices? for acute care of the elderly as developed by nursing experts around the country as part of the Hartford Foundation?s Nurses Improving Care to the Hospitalized Elderly project (NICHE). New to this edition are chapters on evaluating practice guidelines and measuring quality and outcome of care. Although the protocols were developed for acute care, they can be easily modified to work in other practice settings, such as the nursing home or home care.

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About the Author:

Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN,

is president of the John A. Hartford Foundation and leads its work to improve the health of older adults in the United States. Dr. Fulmer was previously university distinguished professor and dean of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University where she was also professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. Previous to her role as dean of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Dr. Fulmer served as the Erline Perkins McGriff Professor of Nursing and founding dean of the New York University (NYU) College of Nursing. Dr. Fulmer is nationally and internationally recognized as a leading expert in geriatrics, and is best known for her research on elder abuse and neglect, which has been funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute for Nursing Research. Dr. Fulmer is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and serves as the chair of the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows program. She has served as the first nurse on the board of the American Geriatrics Society and as the first nurse to serve as president of the Gerontological Society of America. For 15 years, Dr. Fulmer served as the codirector of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU, which the foundation began supporting in 1996. She has also held faculty appointments at Boston College, Columbia University, Yale University, and the Harvard Division on Aging. Dr. Fulmer received her bachelor’s degree from Skidmore College, her master’s and doctoral degrees from Boston College, and her geriatric nurse practitioner postmaster’s certificate from NYU. She has received the status of fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, the Gerontological Society of America, and the New York Academy of Medicine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 082611251X
• ISBN 13: 9780826112514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 231