This plastic-spiral-bound, pocket (5.5x7.5"), tabbed reference for nurses and students covers physical, biopsychosocial, spiritual, and cultural assessment, describes physiological and psychological disorders and their presentation and treatment, and delineates variations in lab values. Drug information is organized by body system rather than drug. The color format includes margin boxes on legislation, cultural cues, alerts and warnings, age-related complications, and symptoms. Tabbed chapters cover the healthy older adult, health promotion and safety, assessment, disorders, diagnostic variation, medication, symptoms presentation, acute and other care settings, and end-of-life care. A reference section provides lists of abbreviations, and various assessment tables and charts. Carlson and Pfadt teach at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Genre: Medical
- Subgenre: Geriatrics, Nursing / Gerontology
- Publisher: F.A. Davis Co
- Pages: 336
- Language: English
- Format: spiral_bound
- Release Date: January 15, 2009
- Date Published: January 15, 2009
- Author: Ellen Pfadt, Carlson, Dorothy Stano Carlson