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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Contents in Brief
- Contents
- Unit I: The Healthy Older Adult
- Chapter 1: Changes With Aging
- Fundamental Considerations
- Physiological Changes with Aging
- Laboratory Values in Older Adults
- Presenting Features of Illness/Disease in the Older Adult
- Chronic Illness and Functional Capacity
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Health Promotion
- Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention
- Healthy Lifestyle Counseling
- Screening and Prevention
- Travel and Leisure
- Summary
- Case Study
- Chapter 3: Exercise in Older Adults
- Available Resources
- Barriers and Facilitators to Exercise for Older Adults
- Plan for Incorporating Exercise into Patient Encounters
- Key Guidelines for Safe Physical Activity
- Summary
- Case Study
- Chapter 4: Nutritional Support in the Older Adult
- Aging Effects on Nutritional Health
- Physiological Changes with Aging that Affect Nutritional Health
- Caloric Need
- Nutrients
- Dehydration
- Feeding
- Oral Nutritional Supplements
- Nutritional Supplements and the Hospitalized Patient
- Nutrition and Disease
- Use of Enteral Nutrition
- Enteral Feeding in Palliative Care
- Malnutrition
- Obesity
- Case Study
- Chapter 5: Settings of Care
- Roles and Care Delivery Methods
- Settings and Services
- Medical Records
- Psychosocial Issues in Transitions
- Health-Care Finance
- Case Study
- Unit II: Assessment
- Chapter 6: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- Physical Health
- Functional Health
- Psychological Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Age-Friendly Health Systems
- Chapter 7: Symptoms and Syndromes
- Assessment
- Bowel Incontinence
- Chest Pain
- Cough
- Dehydration
- Diarrhea
- Dizziness and Vertigo
- Dysphagia
- Falls
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Hematuria
- Hemoptysis
- Involuntary Weight Loss
- Joint Pain
- Muscle Cramps
- Peripheral Edema
- Pruritus
- Syncope
- Tremor
- Urinary Incontinence
- Wandering
- Weakness
- Case Study
- Unit III: Treating Disorders
- Chapter 8: Dermatological Disorders
- Changes with Aging
- Assessment
- Burns
- Cellulitis
- Corns and Calluses
- Herpes Zoster
- Pressure Injuries
- Psoriasis
- Skin Cancer
- Superficial Fungal Infections
- Case Study
- Chapter 9: Head, Neck, and Face Disorders
- Assessment
- Blepharitis
- Cataract
- Epistaxis
- Glaucoma, Acute and Chronic
- Glaucoma, Chronic (Primary Open-Angle)
- Hearing Loss
- Hordeolum and Chalazion
- Oral Cancer
- Retinopathy
- Case Study
- Chapter 10: Cardiovascular Disorders
- Assessment of the Cardiovascular System
- Assessment of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Examination Features
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Heart Failure
- Hypertension
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Myocardial Infarction
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Case Study
- Chapter 11: Respiratory Disorders
- Assessment
- Asthma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Influenza
- Lung Cancer
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Restrictive Lung Disease
- Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (Rhinitis, Rhinosinusitis)
- Case Study
- Chapter 12: Peripheral Vascular Disorders
- Assessment
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Chronic Lymphedema
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Venous Disease (Chronic Venous Insufficiency)
- Case Study
- Chapter 13: Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Assessment
- Bowel Obstruction
- Cholecystitis
- Cirrhosis of the Liver
- Clostridioides Difficile (Formerly Known as Clostridium Difficile)
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Diverticulitis
- Esophagitis
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastritis
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Hepatitis A, B, and C (Viral)
- Hernia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Liver Cancer
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Case Study
- Chapter 14: Renal and Urological Disorders
- Assessment
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy)
- Bladder Cancer
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Cystitis
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Nephrolithiasis
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostatitis
- Case Study
- Chapter 15: Gynecological Disorders
- Assessment
- Breast Cancer
- Endometrial Cancer
- Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause
- Lichen Sclerosus (Vulvar)
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Case Study
- Chapter 16: Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Assessment
- Bursitis, Tendinitis, and Soft Tissue Syndromes
- Fractures
- Gout
- Inflammatory Arthritis (Spondyloarthropathy)
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (Non-Radiographic and Ankylosing Spondylitis)
- Osteoarthritis
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sjögren’s Syndrome
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Vasculitis
- Case Study
- Chapter 17: Central and Peripheral Nervous System Disorders
- Assessment
- Bell’s Palsy
- Brain Tumor
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Seizure Disorders
- Stroke
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Case Study
- Chapter 18: Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
- Assessment
- Calcium Disorders
- Diabetes Mellitus, Types 1 and 2
- Hyperlipidemia
- Osteoporosis
- Pancreatic Disorders
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatitis, Acute
- Pancreatitis, Chronic
- Thyroid Disorders
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Thyroid Nodules
- Case Study
- Chapter 19: Hematological Disorders
- Assessment
- Approach to Interpreting the Complete Blood Count
- Anemia
- Normocytic Anemia
- Microcytic Anemia
- Macrocytic Anemia
- Platelet Disorders
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombocytosis
- Leukemia
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia
- Case Study
- Chapter 20: Psychosocial Disorders
- Assessment
- Agitation
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Delirium
- Dementia
- Depression
- Diogenes Syndrome
- Elder Abuse
- Grief and Bereavement
- Insomnia
- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
- Case Study
- Unit IV: Complex Illness
- Chapter 21: Polypharmacy
- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Older Adults
- Tools to Assist Providers to Avoid PIMs and Polypharmacy
- Preventing Polypharmacy/Addressing Polypharmacy
- Chapter 22: Chronic Illness and the APRN
- Definitions of Chronic Disease and Chronic Illness
- Demographics of Chronic Illness
- Multiple Chronic Conditions
- Economic Burden of Chronic Disease
- Chronic Disease in Underrepresented Populations
- Function and Frailty
- Evidence-Based Practice and Chronic Disease
- Legislation and Chronic Disease
- Transitions of Care
- Provider Reimbursement for Chronic Illness Care
- The Role of APRNs in Chronic Disease
- Case Study
- Chapter 23: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care
- Overview of Palliative Care and Hospice
- Symptom Management
- Delirium
- Dyspnea
- Pain
- The Dying Patient
- Grief and Bereavement
- Case Study
- Appendix A: Physiological Influences of the Aging Process
- Appendix B: Laboratory Values in the Older Adult
- Index
- Bonus Chapter Infectious Disease
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