Gerontological Nursing: The Essential Guide to Clinical Practice (2nd Edition) |  | Author: Patricia A. Tabloski
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 912
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0135038103
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.970231
EAN: 9780135038109
ASIN: 0135038103
Publication Date: February 27, 2009
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Product Description
The second edition of Patricia Tabloski's Gerontological Nursing is a comprehensive, research-based book that will guide nursing students in their care of older patients. The book presents information related to normal and pathological changes of aging, with an emphasis on the critical information that nurses need for assessment, diagnosis, planning and evaluating care outcomes for their older clients. Bolstered by current research in nursing, medicine, sociology and psychology, this book combines information on medical-surgical care for older patients with issues facing the older population. It emphasizes both critical thinking and application of the nursing process to give students the confidence they need to provide the highest level of care. New to this edition are Complementary and Alternative Therapies that help readers understand therapies that can supplement traditional medicine.
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 Awesome quality September 27, 2009
Jessica Cowman (Columbus, OH)
This book saved me a lot of money buying at the bookstore and it is very great condition! The book was shipped very quickly!
Gerontological Nursing September 19, 2009
C. Kennedy (Oshkosh, Wi)
The book came in good quality and definitely in a timely manner! I am very pleased with my purchase.
Required for class June 25, 2009
B. McCanse (Chicago, IL USA)
Maybe it's just because I'm a student interested in birth rather than specifically the other end of the spectrum of life, but I find ANY text book to be rather on the dry side. There is good information in the book, if you can stay awake to read it.
awesome April 9, 2009
JMS Quality
this is a very informative book, but then again i am biased b.c i want to work with the elderly when i am older. it goes through so many different issues that deal with the elderly may of which are met. awesome book
 Publisher didn't care about editing May 14, 2008
RN, editor (Chicago, IL United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very frustrating for a harried student to read. This textbook has so many errors, it should be an embarrassment to the publisher. Here are some examples:
- Throughout the text, words appear in boldface, but no definition of the word is given.
- Acronyms are sometimes given without the organization or term being written out first. (See page 272, for example, where cases of elder abuse are said to be reported by "APS agencies." APS is defined in a later paragraph.)
- In a box on page 217, a rationale is listed where the answer to a question should be, and the answer to the question is listed under the rationale.
- In a patient evaluation, a completely new fact is introduced.
- The first paragraph on pg 125 should have been placed after a paragraph on the previous page.
- The phrases "reason why" and "reasons why" appear in the text; a good editor knows that "reason" means "why"--there's no "reason how" or "reason where." Together, the words "reason" and "why" are redundant.
Errors such as those prompted students to wonder how accurate the content was. I wouldn't order the book for a class unless other options are worse.
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