Fast Facts for Dementia Care: What Nurses Need to Know
Fast Facts for Dementia Care: What Nurses Need to Know
Editor/Author
Miller, Carol A.
Publication Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Single-User Purchase Price:
$35.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$52.50
ISBN: 978-0-82-615171-1
Category: Health & Medicine - Nursing
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Fast Facts for Dementia Care, Second Edition delivers specific care strategies for all stages of dementia in a wide range of clinical settings, including acute care, long-term care, and home and community settings.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- PART I: DEMENTIA: WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS NOT, AND WHAT NURSES CAN DO
- 1. Dementia Overview
- 2. Conditions That Affect Cognitive Function
- 3. Nursing Assessment of and Interventions for Delirium
- 4. Medical Management of Dementia
- PART II: PERSON-CENTERED CARE
- 5. Person-Centered Care for People With Dementia
- 6. Communicating With People Who Have Dementia
- PART III: NURSING CONSIDERATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA DURING SPECIFIC STAGES
- 7. Nursing Interventions for Early-Stage Dementia
- 8. Moderate-Stage Dementia
- 9. Caring for the Person With Advanced Dementia
- PART IV: NURSING STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS EMOTIONAL NEEDS AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES
- 10. Emotional Needs of People With Dementia and Their Care Partners
- 11. Dementia-Associated Behaviors
- PART V: NURSING STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS ISSUES RELATED TO CARE
- 12. Roles of Nurses in Specific Care Settings
- 13. Issues Related to Daily Activities
- 14. Addressing Safety Issues: Falls, Restraints, Wandering
- 15. Nursing Assessment and Management of Pain in People With Dementia
- PART VI: BROADER ASPECTS OF CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
- 16. Self-Neglect and Elder Abuse of People With Dementia
- 17. Ethical and Legal Issues
- 18. Needs of Caregivers of People With Dementia