Gerioperative nursing care : principles and practices of surgical care for the older adult / Raelene V. Shippee-RIce, Susan J. Fetzer, Jennifer V. Long.

Gerioperative nursing care : principles and practices of surgical care for the older adult /

This timely volume introduces gerioperative care, a new model of surgical care for the elderly designed to improve surgical outcomes and prevent complications through a focus on communication and relationship-centered care. It is the only book to specifically address the care of older adults undergo...

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Main Author: Shippee-Rice, Raelene V.
Other Authors: Fetzer, Susan, Long, Jennifer V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, 2012.
Subjects:
Geriatric nursing > Methods.
Operating room nursing > Methods.
Aging > Physiology.
Geriatric Nursing > methods
Perioperative Nursing > methods
Aging > physiology
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Gerioperative demographics
  • Introduction to gerioperative care
  • Gerioperative practice standards and quality care
  • Gerioperative informed consent
  • Gerioperative medication safety
  • Gerioperative coaching
  • Gerioperative assessment
  • Gerioperative anesthesia
  • Cardiovascular
  • Renal
  • Pulmonary
  • Neurological
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Skin
  • Gastrointestinal
  • Hematology
  • Immune
  • Endocrine
  • Frailty and reserve capacity
  • Depression and dementia
  • Delirium and postoperative cognitive dysfunction
  • Gerioperative pain relief
  • Promoting discharge wellness
  • Appendix I: Protocol for prevention, early detection, and treatment of postoperative delirium in the older adult.
  • Gerioperative Nursing Care Principles and Practices of Surgical Care for the Older Adult; Half Title; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Contributing Authors; Illustrators; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Introduction to Gerioperative Care; Chapter I. Gerioperative Demographics; Demograhy of Aging; Aging of the Oldest Old; Aging in Men and Women; Aging in Racial and Ethnic Populations; Aging and Chronic Disease; Aging and Health Care; Aging and the Demand for Surgical Care; Aging and Surgical Care; Summary; Key Points.
  • Chapter II. Introduction to Gerioperative CareGerioperative Care; Key Elements of Gerioperative Care; Assessment; Risk Identification; Primary and Secondary Prevention; Care Transitions; Gerioperative Facilitated Care; Uniqueness of Gerioperative FAcilitated Care; Gerioperative Facilitated Care Team; Core Principles; Impact; Structure; Gerioperative Care Facilitator; Gerioperative Companion-Coach; Gerioperative Facilitated Care Practice Model; Comfort Theory; Best Practice; Relationship-Centered Care; Evaluation Gerioperative Facilitated Care; Access to the Gerioperative Care Facilitator.
  • Related Transitional Care ModelsSummary; Key Points; Chapter III. Gerioperative Practice Standards and Quality Care; Professional Practice Standards; Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice; Nursing Clinical Specialty Standards of Practice; Allied Health Professional Standards; Position Statements; Nursing Position Statements; Practice Guidelines; Protocols; Order Sets; Quality Care; Measuring Quality Care: Clinical Indicators; Gerioperative Care Clinical Indicators; Nursing Quality Indicators; Gerioperative Care Quality Indicators; Implementing Quality Care; Summary; Keypoints.
  • Chapter IV. Gerioperative Informed ConsentDefinition; Legal Perspective; Ethical Perspective; Professional Standards; Provider-Patient Communication; Elements of Informed Consent; Information Sufficiency; Culture and Language; Literacy; Voluntary Action; Medication Administration; Competence and Capacity; Informed Consent and Aging; Decisional Support; Gerioperative Communication and Informed Consent; Communication; Elements of Informed Consent and the Gerioperative Patient; Understanding; Capacity; Transient Capacity; Depression, Executive Function, and Decisional Capacity.
  • Provider Attitudes, Ageism and Decision CapacityVoluntariness; Anesthesia, Capacity, and Informed Consent; Preoperative Considerations; Advance Directives; Do Not Resuscitate; Informed Consent for Research; Summary; Key Points; Chapter V. Gerioperative Medication Safety; Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics; Age-Related Changes; Comorbidity; Adverse Drug Events; Epidemiology; Medication Errors; Risk Factors; Promoting Medication Safety; Prescribing Cascade and Drug Underutilization; Gerioperative Care; Preoperative Considerations; Preoperative Testing; Preoperative Intervention.

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