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Oxford Handbook Of Nursing Older People

Beverley Tabernacle, Marie Honey, Annette Jinks


  • Fast access to concise, targeted information on all essential aspects of older people nursing
  • Written by experienced nurses and packed with up-to-date guidance and information
  • Patient-centered and in line with government guidelines
  • An indispensible companion for practising and student nurses in a variety of care settings
In the UK, over two-thirds of acute hospital beds are inhabited by people of an older age. The Oxford Handbook of Nursing Older People addresses the knowledge and skills needed by nurses working with older people. This book is an invaluable reference guide that supports nurses in everyday clinical decision-making, covering important issues such as ageism, the role of carers, and mental health, and including guidelines on stroke care, falls management, infection control, palliative care, and medication management.

Nurses need to have knowledge of nursing the older person to enable them to provide holistic, person-centred care. The Oxford Handbook of Nursing Older People covers the basic principles and the key factors that are required to provide a high quality service.

Readership: Nursing students, registered nurses working in medical, surgical and specialist wards, community staff nurses and registered mental health nurses.

1: Ageing through time
2: Psychosocial context of ageing
3: Ageism, sexism and racism
4: Health and health promotion
5: Caring and service provision
6: Spirituality and culture
7: Normal ageing
8: Hypo and hyperthermia
9: Stroke
10: Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
11: Diabetes
12: Heart failure
13: Cancer
14: Palliative care
15: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
16: Mental health
17: Osteoporosis
18: The nurse's role
19: Nurse prescribing
20: Patient discharge
21: Nursing assessment
22: Communication
23: Nutrition and hydration
24: Rehabilitation
25: Falls
26: Infection control
27: Pressure ulcer prevention and management
28: Continence management and prevention
29: Medicines management
30: Pain control
31: Older people in prison
32: Older people with learning disabilities
33: Alcohol misuse
34: Safeguarding vulnerable adults

Edited by Beverley Tabernacle, Nurse Consultant, Safeguarding Vulnerable People, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, UK, Marie Honey, Nurse Consultant, Older People Services, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK, and Annette Jinks, Professor of Nursing, Edge Hill University, UK

Contributors:
Julianne Harlow, Senior Lecturer, The University of Bolton, Bolton, UK Martin Smith, Senior Lecturer, The University of Bolton, Bolton, UK Susan Ashton, Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Linda Barton Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Primary Care Practice, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Fern Basnett Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University, Social Work Department, UK Michael Beach School of Nursing, University of Keele, UK Michael Brownsell Senior Lecturer Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, UK Angie Clegg Head of Practice and Professional Development Leeds Primary Care Trust, UK Jill Cunliffe Nurse Specialist for Older Peoples Services, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Honorary Lecturer, University of Salford, UK Julie Dickens Therapy Manager, Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS