Pick Up Assisted Living Nursing: A Manual For Management And Practice Put Together By Barbara Resnick Displayed As EPub

a Doody's Core Title!

"Caring for the older adult population is a challenge and the goal of nursing practice is to help preserve or restore an older adult's function and maximize their wellbeing and quality of life.
This book is a wonderful resource for assisted living clinicians and nurses who wish to serve this population, It is well written, easy to read, and well organized so it can be used as a textbook for nursing students in geriatric nursing.
" Score:,stars

Doody's

"This book, written by and for nurses across the spectrum of nurse providers advanced practice nurses, delegating nurses, and the direct care workforce, covers all aspects of management as well as the many common clinical problems and syndromes we encounter among older adults.
Further, this book proposes wonderful assessment and intervention material that will help the entire health care team keep residents within their AL communities through early recognition and management of acute illnesses.
Kudos to our nursing colleagues for editing this publication and may it serve as the useful guide for AL residents across the country.
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John B, Murphy, MD
President, American Geriatrics Society
Professor of Medicine and Family Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
This book provides a comprehensive overview of both management activities and clinical competencies for assisted living nurses.
The authors provide practical guidelines and decisionmaking models to help nurses address both the large and smallscale challenges of their daily practice.


With Assisted Living Nursing, readers can gain the essential problemsolving and task management skills critical to their daily work.
The contributors cover a wide range of topics, including:

Management
Ethics in nursing practice
Regulatory oversight and reimbursement
Organizational

culture
Leadership theories and styles
Conflict resolution
Finance and budget management
Risk assessment
Clinical Practice
Admissiontransferdischarge assessment
Infection Control
Cultural aspects of care
Geriatric clinical syndromes and disorders
Palliative and hospice care principles
Rehabilitation/restorative nursing
Theories of aging
Ultimately, this book serves as the definitive, onestop resource, addressing virtually every topic of interest to assisted living nurses.
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