Dementia care by nurses for nurses
McGraw-Hill’s Nurse to Nurse: Dementia Care offers peer-to-peer guidance on how you can give the best possible care to dementia patients and their families.
Therapeutic dialog boxes, key points and medical alerts make it easy for you to learn:
Dementia basics
Common complications of dementia
Assessment of dementia
Caregiving basics
Common problems in daily care
Managing behavioral problems
Designing activities
Helping families
The Nurse to Nurse series is specifically designed to simulate the teaching experience nurses learn best from: trusted mentors carefully explaining what they must do in specific clinical situations. This series brings the wisdom and experience of some of the experts to non-specialist nurses in clinical care.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Dementia Basics Chapter 2: Common Complications of Dementia Chapter 3: Assessment--The Vital Signs of Dementia Chapter 4: Caregiving Basics Chapter 5: Common Problems of Daily Care Chapter 6: Managing Behavioral Problems Chapter 7: Designing Activities Chapter 8: Helping Families Chapter 9: Pharmacologic Treatment Chapter 10: End-of-Life Care Appendix: Family Guidelines Appendix: Mental Status Examination
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