Toward healthy aging : human needs & nursing response - 4 0 16; Ebersole, Priscilla; 5 (St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, 2008)
Foundations of healthy aging --;Gerontological nursing and an aging society --;Theories of aging --;Health and wellness --;Physiological changes with aging --;Laboratory values and diagnostics --;Health assessment in gerontological nursing --;Basic biological needs --;Managing basic physiological needs --;Biological maintenance needs --;Nutritional needs --;Chronic disease in late life --;Pain and comfort --;Geropharmacology --;The use of herbs and supplements in late life --;Sensory function --;Mobility --;Safety and security needs --;Environmental safety and security --;Economic, residential, and legal issues --;Frailty, vulnerability, and elder mistreatment --;The need to belong --;Intimacy and sexuality in late life --;Relationships, roles, and transitions --;Self-esteem --;Culture, gender, and aging --;Nursing and aging in rural and frontier settings --;Cognition and caring for persons with cognitive impairment --;Stress, crises, and health in aging --;Emotional health in late life --;Self-actualization --;Loss, death, and dying in late life --;Self-actualization, spirituality, and transcendence. pt. 1;ch. 1;ch. 2;ch. 3;ch. 4;ch. 5;ch. 6;pt. 2;ch. 7;ch. 8;ch. 9;ch. 10;ch. 11;ch. 12;ch. 13;ch. 14;ch. 15;pt. 3;ch. 16;ch. 17;ch. 18;pt. 4;ch. 19;ch. 20;pt. 5;ch. 21;ch. 22;ch. 23;ch. 24;ch. 25;pt. 6;ch. 26;ch. 27
Rev. ed. of: Toward healthy aging / Priscilla Ebersole. 6th ed. c2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: 2 -- 0; 6; Geriatric Nursing.;Aging.;Geriatric nursing.;Aging. -- 20; 20; 2