team‚ the geriatric nurse plays a very important role in caring for the older adult. The nurse considers the older adult as a biopsychosocial being and thus gives a comprehensive‚ holistic and transcultural care to the older adult which cuts across his physical‚ social‚ cultural and psychological life. The physician is
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The geriatric patient is susceptible to falls in general due to decreased vision‚ coordination‚ strength‚ flexibility‚ increase in cardiovascular disease‚ vertigo or cognitive impairment. Injury to a geriatric patient resulting from a fall often causes greater complications than would typically occur in a younger patient. Elderly patients are more prone to fracture due to bone density loss and extensive bruising from certain medications or loss of protective adipose tissue. Geriatric patients
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The Silver Tsunami: The Challenges in Developing an Adequately Trained Nursing Force to Meet the Rising Tide of Elderly Baby Boomers Carel D. Peterson San Francisco State University The Silver Tsunami: The Challenges in Developing an Adequately Trained Nursing Force to Meet the Rising Tide of Elderly Baby Boomers In what is described as a silver tsunami‚ the baby boomers (boomers) are turning sixty-five years old at an alarming rate (Heise‚ et al.‚ 2012). Beginning in 2010 when the first wave
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in this respect are the concepts of autonomy and beneficence. Autonomy denotes the right to have the control in the own destiny‚ to exercise the personal will. Obviously there are limits on how such control can be expressed freely. However‚ for geriatric purposes‚ the question revolves around whether the patient is able to assess the situation and make a rational decision independently. This leads to the second concept. The term denotes charitable duty to do good to others‚ to help them directly
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Consortium. Retrieved July 31‚ 2012‚ from http://painconsortium.nih.gov/pain_scales/index.html. Nursing 2012 drug handbook (32nd ed). (2012). New York‚ NY: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Rauen‚ C‚ and C. Stamatos. (1997). Caring for geriatric patient with MODS. The American Journal of Nursing‚ 97 (5)‚ p
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desire to specialize in that field dealing with geriatrics patients. I really enjoy having the feeling that I am making a difference in people’s life’s. When I was doing my rotation’s‚ I had counselled a lot of patients and the most delightful and grateful people were elderly patients. I felt like I really connected with elderly people and seeing the smile on their face and their appreciation for my advice really brightens my day. When I look at geriatric population‚ my parents really come to mind and
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NU 306 Mental Health Nursing *Reflections: Clinical Experiences in Community - Gero 1. Describe characteristics of clients served by this program. The clients at Shoals Hospital in the geriatric psyc. Unit were obviously old. I think the youngest person was a 60 year old female. All had psychiatric disorders but the disorder that seemed to be most prevalent was Major Depressive Disorder. I also got to talk to the oldest living person with Huntington’s disease which was very cool. 2
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treatments‚ the residents do not have a structured schedule allowing them to be in control. Although‚ the facility is not affiliated with any religious philosophy‚ it has individuals who come in and provide spiritual services. All the residents were geriatric and required different levels of care. In the area that I observed‚ the admitted patients came in with a change of health status that required around
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exercise‚ Tai Chi has drawn increasing research interest‚ with accumulating evidence showing the therapeutic value of Tai Chi to overall health and well-being. The goal of this paper is to summarize current research findings with a particular focus on geriatric populations‚ discuss findings with respect to their practical implications‚ and highlight future research directions. Overview of Research Findings A number of excellent review articles exist showing evidence that Tai Chi generates various health
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that elderly people are subjected to with regards to healthcare. The paper then explores the medical profession itself within this context‚ with a focus on examining the lack of geriatric training medical professionals receive and the limited number of existing programs designed to train these professionals in geriatrics. Attention is then turned to this issue from a public policy perspective‚ first by analyzing the current elderly healthcare discrimination policy in
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