Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Unit 9: Aging patient readings

Click on the links for each article.
Click on  From home, you will need the username and password for OVID. When the article summary shows in OVID, click on the Article in PDF in the right column of the page. The FIRST TWO ARTICLES ARE REQUIRED!!!!! Use the email form if you have any questions.

1. REQUIRED
Presentation of illness in older adults.
Amella EJ.
Am J Nurs. 2004 Oct;104(10):40-51; quiz 52. Review.
PMID: 15492536 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2. REQUIRED
The challenge to come: the care of older adults.
Stotts NA, Deitrich CE.
Am J Nurs. 2004 Aug;104(8):40-7; quiz 48. Review. No abstract available.
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3. Suggested
Nutrition in older adults.
DiMaria-Ghalili RA, Amella E.
Am J Nurs. 2005 Mar;105(3):40-50; quiz 50-1. Review.
PMID: 15729041 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4. Suggested
Functional decline in hospitalized older adults.
Graf C.
Am J Nurs. 2006 Jan;106(1):58-67, quiz 67-8. Review.
PMID: 16481783 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

5. Suggested
Cognitively impaired older adults: from hospital to home.
Naylor MD, Stephens C, Bowles KH, Bixby MB.
Am J Nurs. 2005 Feb;105(2):52-61; quiz 61-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 15674058 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

6. Suggested
9 myths of incontinence in older adults: both clinicians and the over-65 set need to know more.
Specht JK.
Am J Nurs. 2005 Jun;105(6):58-68; quiz 69. Review.
PMID: 15930873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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