Fragility fracture nursing : holistic care and management of the orthogeriatric patient /: holistic care and management of the orthogeriatric patient. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Karen Hertz, Julie Santy-Tomlinson, editors.
• Editors: Hertz, Karen; Santy-Tomlinson, Julie, 1961-
• Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Osteoporosis and the nature of fragility fracture – an overview -- Chapter 2. Frailty, sarcopenia and falls -- Chapter 3. Secondary fracture and fall prevention -- Chapter 4. Comprehensive geriatric assessment from a nursing perspective -- Chapter 5. Orthogeriatric nursing in the emergency and perioperative in-patient setting -- Chapter 6. Mobility, remobilisation, exercise and prevention of the complications of stasis -- Chapter 7. Pressure injury prevention and wound management -- Chapter 8. Nutrition and hydration -- Chapter 9. Nursing the patient with altered cognitive function -- Chapter 10. Rehabilitation and discharge -- Chapter 11. Family partnerships, palliative care and end of life -- Chapter 12. Orthogeriatric nursing -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 158 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 617.1/50846; Medicine; Fractures in old age; Osteoporosis; Geriatric nursing; Geriatric orthopedics; Fractures in old age; Geriatric nursing; Geriatric orthopedics; Osteoporosis; Medical -- Geriatrics; Medical -- Orthopedics; Geriatric medicine; Orthopaedics & fractures; Nursing; Geriatrics; Orthopedics; Medical -- Nursing -- Management & Leadership; Nursing research & theory; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319766812; 3319766813
• Related ISBNs: 9783319766805
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 21, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.