Adult and Gerontology Area of Study

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Nursing Care of Older Adults: Diagnoses, Outcomes, & Interventions (St. Louis: Mosby, Inc., 2001) is a wide-ranging reference for nurses caring for older adults. Organized into 11 sections, each representing one of Gordon's Functional Health Patterns, this work focuses on relevant nursing diagnoses, outcomes and interventions for older persons. It thus complements the standard languages developed by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) and the College of Nursing Nursing Outcomes Classification (NIC) and Nursing Interventions Classification (NOC).

Each section features a brief overview and material on normal aging as it relates to the chosen area. Individual chapters discuss specific diagnoses and selected outcomes and interventions. Case studies, tables and illustrations augment each chapter.

Nursing Care of Older Adults is edited by Meridean L. Maas, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor and Chair of Adult and Gerontology Nursing, Principal Investigator of the Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence and Director of the Doctoral Program at the University of Iowa College of Nursing; Kathleen C. Buckwalter, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor of Nursing and Associate Provost for Health Sciences at the University of Iowa; Lt. Col. Mary D. Hardy, Ph.D., R.N, Assistant Chief for Nursing Education and Staff Development at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany; Toni Tripp-Reimer, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the University of Iowa College of Nursing and director of the Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center; Marita G. Titler, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Director of Nursing Research at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; and Janet P. Specht, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Iowa.

The book also features contributions by 75 other practitioners and scholars representing a broad range of nursing specialties.