Table of Contents
Contributors ix
Introduction xvii
Abbreviations and Acronyms xxi
Section 1 The Aging Population 1
Case 1.1 Recipe for Successful Aging 3 By Christine Tocchi, PhD(C), MSN, APRN, GNP-BC
Case 1.2 Cultural Competence Is a Journey 15 By Jina Ko, MSN, RN, ANP-C and Julie M. L. Lautner, MSW, MSN, RN
Case 1.3 The Ugly Face of Ageism 23 By Shelley Yerger Hawkins, DSN, APRN, FNP, GNP, FAANP
Case 1.4 If Only We Had National Health Insurance 31 By Philip A. Greiner, DNSc, RN
Section 2 Common Health Challenges of Aging 37
Case 2.1 The Heart of It All 39 By Jaclyn R. Jones, MSN, APRN, NP-C
Case 2.2 I Have This Thing on My Skin 47 By Everol M. Ennis, Jr., MSN, APRN, A/GNP-BC
Case 2.3 Why Is My Mother Wearing a Diaper? 57 By Annemarie Dowling-Castronovo, PhD(c), RN
Case 2.4 My Aching Back 65 By Anne Moore, DNP, RN
Case 2.5 More Than Just Constipation 75 By Frieda R. Butler, PhD, MPH, FAAN, FGSA
Case 2.6 Are You in the Hospital Again? 85 By Kimberly O. Lacey, DNSc, MSN, CNS
Case 2.7 It Hurts When I Pee 93 By Rebecca Herter, MSN, RN
Case 2.8 The History Reveals All 101 By Devon Kwassman, MSN, RN
Case 2.9 Kneedless Pain 111 By Maureen E. O’Rourke, RN, PhD, and Kenneth S. O’Rourke, MD
Case 2.10 Life after a Right CVA 125 By Cynthia S. Jacelon, PhD, RN, CRRN, FAAN
Case 2.11 It Takes My Breath Away 135 By Kathy Murphy, RN, BA, DipN, RNT, MSc, PhD, Dympna Casey, RGN, BA, MA, PhD, and Bernard McCarthy, MSc
Case 2.12 What’s Shaking? 145 By Donna Packo Diaz, MS, RN, and Cathi A. Thomas, MS, RN, CNRN
Case 2.13 Too Much to Manage 153 By Melanie J. Holland, BSN, MS
Case 2.14 Them Bones, Them Bones 167 By Ivy M. Alexander, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, FAAN
Section 3 Health Promotion 181
Case 3.1 Never Too Old to Quit 183 By Geraldine Marrocco, EdD, APRN, CNS, ANP-BC and Amanda LaManna, MSN, RN, NP-C
Case 3.2 Protection by Prevention 189 By Kimberlee-Ann Bridges, MSN, RN-BC, CNL
Case 3.3 Is Being Careful Enough? 195 By Bonnie Cashin Farmer, PhD, RN
Case 3.4 Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired 203 By Kathleen Lovanio, MSN, APRN, F/ANP-BC, Patricia C. Gantert, MSN, RN-BC, and Susan A. Goncalves, DNP(c), MS, RN-BC
Case 3.5 To Screen or Not to Screen 213 By Meredith Wallace Kazer, PhD, APRN, A/GNP-BC, FAAN
Section 4 Environments of Care 221
Case 4.1 Who Says I Can’t Go Home 223 By Antoinette Larkin, RGN, H. Dip. Gerontology, and Claire Welford, RGN, DipNS, BNS–Hons., MSc, PGC–TLHE
Case 4.2 Regressing in Rehab 231 By Kendra M. Grimes, MSN, APRN, GNP-BC
Case 4.3 There’s No Place Like Home 239 By Nicholas R. Nicholson, Jr., PhD, MPH, RN, PHCNS-BC
Case 4.4 Caring for the Caregiver 245 By Evanne Juratovac, PhD, RN (GCNS-BC)
Case 4.5 Transitions 253 By Elizabeth McGann, DNSc, RN, and Lynn Price, JD, MSN, MPH, FNP-BC
Case 4.6 Shifting the Focus of Care 261 By Alison Kris, PhD, RN
Case 4.7 Without a Home 267 By Mary Shelkey, PhD, ARNP
Case 4.8 A Place Called Home 277 By Kelly Smith Papa, MSN, RN, and Eileen O’Connor Smith BSN, RN-C
Case 4.9 Aging in Place 285 By Karen Dick, PhD, GNP-BC, FAANP
Section 5 Cognitive and Psychological Issues in Aging 293
Case 5.1 The Diabolical Ds 295 By Kathleen Lovanio, MSN, APRN, F/ANP-BC, Patricia C. Gantert, MSN, RN-BC, and Susan A. Goncalves, DNP(c), MS, RN-BC
Case 5.2 What a Difference a Day Makes 305 By Cora D. Zembrzuski, PhD, APRN
Case 5.3 I Don’t Feel Good 313 By Evanne Juratovac, PhD, RN (GCNS-BC)
Case 5.4 Understanding Distress 323 By Eileen O’Connor Smith, BSN, RN-C, and Kelly Smith Papa, MSN, RN
Section 6 Issues of Aging and Independence 333
Case 6.1 Too Much of a Good Thing 335 By Susan C. Frazier, MS, NP-C, GNP-BC
Case 6.2 Driving in My Car 343 By Valerie C. Sauda, RN-BC, MS
Case 6.3 Sex Does Not Stop with Seniority 351 By Ashley Domingue, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, GNP-C
Case 6.4 Hidden Pathology 359 By Marie Boltz, PhD, APRN, BC
Case 6.5 Taking Control of the Pain 367 By Alison Kris, PhD, RN
Case 6.6 The Road toward End-of-Life Decision Making: Who Has the Right of Way? 373 By Barbara L. Kramer, MSN, RN, CHPN, and Christine M. Goldstein, LCSW-R, OCW-C
Index 381
