Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care: Competencies for Care

By Kristen L Mauk

Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care, Fourth Edition focuses on caring for the elderly by employing a holistic and inter-disciplinary approach. The Fourth Edition will feature a greater emphasis on healthy aging and continues to follow the framework of the Core Competencies of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. This framework allows students to learn and develop all aspects of nursing care in a familiar and structured learning platform. New to the Fourth Edition: New chapter on disaster preparedness Expanded content on nutrition, sexuality, dementia and care giving Coverage of nutrition and substance abuse

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1284104478
• ISBN13: 9781284104479
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Length: 1010 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.4" x 9.0"