Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging 6th Edition

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Geriatrics**

Gain the nursing skills you need to provide wellness-based care for older adults! Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging, 6th Edition uses a holistic approach to describe compassionate care along a continuum of wellness. Designed to promote healthy aging regardless of the patient’s situation or disorder, this text provides best-practice guidelines in covering physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and cognitive health. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX®-style case studies, updates on measuring clinical judgment, expanded coverage of core competencies, and more. Written by gerontological nursing experts Theris Touhy and Kathleen Jett, this concise text provides a solid foundation in every aspect of healthy aging.

• Focus on health and wellnessprovides the evidence-based information and strategies needed to promote healthy aging
• Key concepts, learning activities, and discussion questions in every chapteremphasize the information needed to enhance care
• Recommended competenciesfrom theAACN and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing are integrated throughout
• Discussion of disease processesis placed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support, and responsibilities
• Easy-to-use information on nursing techniquesand communicationappears with the associated disorders, symptoms, and situations
• Tips for Best Practice and Resources for Best Practice boxesprovide insight into proven methods of nursing care
• Discussions of nursing and interprofessional actionshelp students learn to enhance wellness, maintain optimal function, and prevent unnecessary disability
• Coverage of age, cultural, racial, and gender differenceshighlights these important considerations in caring for older adults

• NEW! Updatesreflect the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Model
• NEW!Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-style case studiesprovide optimal preparation for the Next Generation NCLEX Examination
• NEW!Specialized informationaddresses the unique needs of older adults such as atypical disease presentation, geriatric syndromes, neurocognitive disorders, quality of life with chronic illness, legal and ethical issues, and mental health challenges such as depression and substance abuse
• NEW!Coverage of competencies of expanding nursing roles in the care of older adultsaddresses the continuum of care
• NEW!Gerontological expertiseis incorporated into nursing actions and complements other nursing texts (including med-surg, community health, mental health, and assessment books) used in programs without a freestanding gerontological nursing course
• NEW!Expanded content includes information onCOPD guidelines, medication use and misuse, Alzheimer’s Disease, wound care guidelines, diagnosis and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing, joint replacement, caregiver strain, hospice and transitional care, and more