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Older Adults in Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. The Clinics: Nursing Volume 35-4

  • Book

  • October 2023
  • Region: North America
  • Elsevier Health Science
  • ID: 5917323
In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest editor Deborah Garbee brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Older Adults in Critical Care. Top experts in the field provide readers with the latest on Delirium in Older Adults, Sepsis Across the Continuum, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, and more.
  • Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics, including Improving Outcomes in Cardiovascular Geriatric Patients Related to Polypharmacy; Biofilm and Hospital-Acquired Infections in Older Adults; Implementation of Acute Care for Elders (ACE) and Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) in Critical Care; and more.

  • Provides in-depth clinical reviews on older adults in critical care, offering actionable insights for critical care nurses.

  • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

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Table of Contents

Do We Really Listen, Improving End-of-Life Conversations
The 4M Model
Biofilm and Hospital-Acquired Infections in Older Adults
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: Challenges and Considerations for Care Transitions
The Sensitive Care of the Elder Orphan in Critical Care Environments
The Role and Initiatives Led by the Sepsis Coordinator to Improve Sepsis Bundle Compliance and Care Across the Continuum
An Interprofessional Precision Health Model for Assessment of Caregiver Impact on Polypharmacy in Elderly Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Team-Based Proposal
Transition of Care for Older Adults Undergoing General Surgery
Substance Use Disorder in Critical Care
Identification and Best Practice Management of Comorbid Geri-Psych Conditions in Critical Care
A Team Approach to Bundle Compliance
Polypharmacy in the Cardiovascular Geriatric Critical Care Population: Improving Outcomes
Acute Care for Elders and Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders Models in Acute Care: Are We Still Using These Geriatric Models of Care?

Authors

Deborah Garbee Associate Dean for Professional Practice, Community Service and Advanced Nursing Practice, Professor of Clinical Nursing, LSUHSC School of Nursing, New Orleans, LA.