Test Bank for Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults, 8th Edition, Carol A. Miller
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 1496368282
- ISBN-13 : 978-1496368287
- Author: Carol A Miller
Confidently deliver wellness-oriented care for older adults across a changing healthcare environment with the latest evidence-based coverage of gerontological nursing. Comprehensively revised and updated, Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults, Eighth Edition fosters your understanding of both the physiologic and psychosocial aspects of aging, as well as broader issues of cultural competence, legal matters, and ethical concerns. Organized around the author’s proven Functional Consequences Theory for Promoting Wellness in Older Adults, this trusted text focuses on equipping you to work proactively with older adults to promote high levels of functioning and quality of life, despite the limitations associated with aging, disease, and related conditions.
Table of contents:
- Part 1 Older Adults and Wellness
- Chapter 1 Seeing Older Adults Through the Eyes of Wellness
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WELLNESS AND AGING
- WELLNESS AND NURSING CARE OF OLDER ADULTS
- DEFINITIONS OF AGING
- DESCRIPTIONS OF SUCCESSFUL AGING
- ATTITUDES TOWARD AGING
- Age Stereotypes
- Ageism
- Effects of Ageism and Age Stereotypes
- Roles of Nurses in Addressing Ageism and Age Stereotypes
- DEBUNKING MYTHS: UNDERSTANDING REALITIES ABOUT OLDER ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES
- Demographics of Aging
- Health Characteristics
- Socioeconomic Characteristics
- Living Arrangements of Older Adults
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Older Adults as Givers and Recipients of Care
- Family Caregiver
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
- OLDER ADULTS IN THE WORLD
- Chapter 2 Addressing Diversity of Older Adults
- CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES
- HEALTH DISPARITIES
- HEALTH LITERACY
- CULTURAL COMPETENCE
- Performing a Cultural Self-Assessment
- LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN CARE OF OLDER ADULTS
- CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON WELLNESS
- OVERVIEW OF CULTURAL GROUPS OF OLDER ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES
- African Americans
- Hispanics or Latinos
- Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States
- American Indians and Alaska Natives
- OLDER ADULTS IN OTHER DIVERSE GROUPS
- Older Adults in Rural Areas
- Homeless Older Adults
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults
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