Geriatric Case Practice in Nursing Homes

By Susan O. Mercer, J. Dianne Garner, Joel Leon

Book Overview

What special skills and knowledge base do nurses and health care professionals need to work in nursing homes? This volume explores such relevant issues as working with nursing home residents and their families, managing selected special populations, and the organizational and policy contexts that shape practice. The authors also include structured learning tasks that can be used to guide the development of practice skills in supervised nursing home practice and field settings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803929161
• ISBN13: 9780803929166
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.6"