Publisher's Synopsis
Evidence-Based Age-Specific Care: Training Handbook for Nurses and Clinical Care Staff
Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN, Reviewer
For only $3 per person, train your staff to implement evidence-based age-specific care!
The Joint Commission regularly assesses your hospital's ability to provide quality age-specific care. Train your staff to care for patients of all ages using evidence-based practice and solid field research--for only $3 per staff member.
HCPro is proud to present the second edition of its popular handbook, Evidence-Based Age-Specific Care: Training Handbook for Nurses and Clinical Care Staff. Using real-life case scenarios and evidence-based research, this 48-page handbook delivers important clinical consideration for nine different age groups. It is also updated with current regulations from The Joint Commission and other regulatory bodies to help your facility exceed mandated requirements.
Sold in packs of 25, Evidence-Based Age-Specific Care: Training Handbook for Nurses and Clinical Care Staff, Second Edition, covers all of these major age groups:
- Neonate
- Infant
- Toddler
- Preschool
- School-age
- Adolescent
- Young adult
- Adult/middle age
- Later adult/geriatric
Rely on this handbook to provide your staff with the evidence-based practices they need to improve the quality of age-specific care at your facility.
- Introduction
- Competency-based orientation
- Joint Commission requirements
- Education vs. competency
- Patient safety
- Identification of age-specific groups
- Patient care considerations for age-specific groups
- The interdisciplinary team and age-specific care
- Clinical examples of age-specific care
- Safety
- Patient education
- Bioterrorism and other disasters
- Conclusion
- References
- Nursing instructional guide
Learning objectives
- Define competency-based orientation
- Determine the regulatory requirement relating to age-specific care
- Identify age-specific groups
- List common characteristics of age-specific patients
- Describe pain management in age-specific care
- Recall patient education on age-specific care
- Discuss nutritional requirements of different age groups
Upon submitting their completed exams and evaluations, staff who receive a passing score on the exam will receive a certificate of attendance to document training.
Who should buy this handbook?
Staff educators, directors of education, staff development specialists, organizational development specialists, directors of nursing, VPs of nursing, and chief nursing officers, should purchase this video to benefit clinical staff members.
If you would like to find out about the availability of nursing contact hours on this or any other HCPro nursing book, please visit our Continuing Education information page, here: http: //www.strategiesfornursemanagers.com/nursing_contact.cfm
