Long-Term Care Clinical Conditions Desk Reference: An Evidence

Provides long-term care nurses with detailed information on assessing and documenting common long-term care clinical issues. It includes resident care information, essential policies and procedures, and up-to-date regulatory and safety requirements specific to long-term care. This reference consists of many short, concise narratives, charts, lists, and tables so that the long-term care nurse can readily access and apply the information.
This resource will help you to do the following:

• Keep up to date on all regulatory requirements
• Learn about new issues pertaining to short-stay residents, reducing the use of psychosocial medications, transgender residents, social media, and professional organizations
• Quickly gain access to high-demand, trending long-term care topics and clinical conditions, such as infection control, bariatric conditions, and pressure ulcers
• Understand implications of rapidly changing long-term care statutes

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Geriatric Conditions
• Understanding Others
• Monitoring
• Hydration and Urinary Elimination
• Infection Control
• Skin
• Professional Issues
• Rounds
• Emergencies
• Federal Government