"Across health care settings, older adults represent the majority of consumers served. They present with the most clinically and socially complex situations, and thus require nurses to possess highly developed assessment competencies, critical thinking abilities, and relationship-based skills. Nurses have an enormous responsibility when providing care to older adults in this rapidly changing health care environment with its increasing regulatory requirements, variable staffing levels, and unpredictable reimbursement. Nurses also have an amazing opportunity to positively change the daily experiences and health of older adults. The nurse who is armed with an understanding of the unique clinical presentations and response to treatment in older adults, and who has knowledge about evidence-based assessment and interventions, is situated to not only prevent and manage health problems, but also to promote function and quality of life"-- Provided by publisher.

Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I. INCORPORATING EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE. 1. Developing and evaluating clinical practice guidelines: a systematic approach / Kathleen Phillips -- 2. Measuring performance and improving quality / Lenard L. Parisi -- 3. Informational technology: embedding geriatric clinical practice guidelines / Rebecca L. Trotta and Terese Kornet. -- 4. Organizational approaches to promote person-centered care / Andrea Yevchak Sillner and Liza Behrens -- 5. Environmental approaches to support aging friendly care / Rana Sagha Zadeh -- PART II. ASSESMENT AND MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES. 6. Age-related changes in health / Marianne Logan Fingerhood -- 7. Healthcare decision-making / Joanne Roman Jones and Marie Boltz -- 8. Sensory changes in the older adult / Pamela Z. Cacchione -- 9. Assessing cognitive function in the older adult / Donna M. Fick, Pieter Heeren, and Koen Milisen -- 10. Assessment of physical function in the older adult / Denise M. Kresevic -- 11. Oral healthcare in the older adult / Linda J. O'Connor -- 12. Managing oral hydration in the older adult / Phyllis M. Gaspar and Janet C. Mentes -- 13. Nutrition in the older adult / Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili -- 14. Family caregiving / Deborah C. Messecar -- 15. Issues regarding sexuality in older adults / Elaine E. Steinke -- 16. Elder mistreatment detection / Billy A. Caceres, Neelima Kurup, Terry Fulmer -- 17. Advance care planning / Joanne Roman Jones and Marie Boltz -- PART III. CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS. 18. Preventing functional decline in the acute care setting / Marie Boltz, Barbara Resnick, and Elizabeth Galik -- 19. Late life depression / Glenise McKenzie and Kathryn Sexson -- 20. Delirium: prevention, early recognition, and treatment / Cheri Blevins -- 21. Dementia: assessment and care strategies / Marie Boltz -- 22. Pain management in the older adult / Ann L. Horgas, Joanne Laframboise-Otto, Karen Aul, and Saunjoo L. Yoon -- 23. Assessing, managing and preventing falls in acute care / Deanna Gray-Miceli and Patricia A. Quigley -- 24. Reducing adverse drug events in the older adult / DeAnne Zwicker, Carolina Carvajal, and Terry Fulmer -- 25. Urinary incontinence in the older adult / Annemarie Dowling-Castronovo, Joanna Long, and Christine Bradway -- 26. Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection / Michelle Kidd and Mary Beth Flynn Makic -- 27. Physical restraints and side rails in acute and critical care settings / Cheryl M. Bradas, Satinderpal K. Sandhu, and Lorraine C. Mion -- 28. Preventing pressure injuries and skin tears / Reneeka Persaud-Jaimangal, Elizabeth A. Ayello, and R. Gary Sibbald -- 29. Optimizing mealtimes for persons living with dementia / Melissa Batchelor -- 30. Disorders of sleep in the older adult / Jonna L. Morris, Lynn Baniak, Michelle L. Klimpt, Eileen R. Chasens, and Grace E. Dean -- 31. The frail hospitalized older adult / Stewart M. Bond -- 32. HIV prevention and care for the older adult / Rosanna F. DeMarco and Simon Manga -- 33. LGBTQ perspectives for older adult care / Janejira J. Chaiyasit and Anthony R. Lutz -- PART IV. INTERVENTIONS IN SPECIALTY PRACTICE. 34. Substance misuse and alcohol use disorder in the older adult / Donna E. McCabe, Michelle M. Knapp, and Madeline A. Naegle -- 35. Comprehensive assessment and management of the critically ill older adult / Michele C. Balas, Lee Cordell, Paige Donahue, and Mary Beth Happ -- 36. Fluid overload: identifying and managing heart failure patients at risk of hospital readmission / Ameera Chakravarthy and Joan Davenport -- 37. Cancer assessment and intervention strategies in the older adult / Janine Overcash -- 38. Perioperative care of the older adult / Fidelindo Lim and Larry Z. Slater -- 39. General surgical care of the older adult / Fidelindo Lim and Larry Z. Slater -- 40. Care of the older adult with fragility hip fracture / Anita J. Meehan, Ann Butler Maher, Valerie MacDonald, Karen Hertz, and Ami Hommel -- PART V. MODELS OF CARE. 41. Acute care models / Elizabeth Capezuti, Marie Boltz, Michael L. Malone, and Robert M. Palmer -- 42. Transitional care / Fidelindo Lim and Janice B. Foust -- 43. Palliative care models / Constance Dahlin -- 44. Care of the older adult in the emergency department / Rachel Arendacs and Marie Boltz -- Index.