Caring for Older People: Principles for Nursing Practice

Nursing is a health-care profession dedicated to assisting individuals, families, and communities in achieving, maintaining, or regaining maximum health and quality of life. It also plays an important role in teaching, situation assessment, and support. Nursing differs from other health-care professionals in terms of patient care, education, and scope of practice. In the context of providing care to the older people, nursing involves maintaining effective communication with the patients, which in turn is helpful in obtaining patient outcomes. Caring for the elderly requires the usage of appropriate body language, exercising the patient, showing respect, listening actively to the patient, recognizing sensory challenges, and showing empathy. This book provides comprehensive insights on caring for older people. It elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments with respect to the studies on this area of nursing practice. Those in search of information to further their knowledge will be greatly assisted by this book.

• | Author: Chris Harman
• | Publisher: American Medical Publishers
• | Publication Date: Sep 19, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 245 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1639279679
• | ISBN-13: 9781639279678