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SOLUTIONS.
examples of HOLISTIC CARE correct answers Make eye contact.
Ask how they are feeling.
Say their name.
Smile and use laughter when appropriate.
Treat them with respect and dignity.
Teach them how to take
Take an interest in their lives.
TEACHING THEM HOW TO BE INDEPENDENt
Relax them in stressful situations.

Is the field of nursing that specializes in the care of older adults

Goals of care include promoting and maintaining functional status as well as helping older adults
identify and use their strengths to achieve optimal independence correct answers Gerontologic
Nursing

Goals of care include promoting and maintaining functional status as well as helping older adults
identify and use their strengths to achieve optimal independence correct answers Gerontologic
Nursing

Greek word - geron means correct answers old man

HISTORY OF GN
the need for gerontological nursing specialty was identified correct answers 1900

first article on the nursing of the aged was published correct answers 1904

the division of geriatric nursing practice was established, giving nursing of the aged specialty
status correct answers 1966

board and care homes were formed that led to the development of today's nursing homes correct
answers 1930

Newton published a gerontological nursing texts of the day correct answers 1950

ANA American Nurses Association convened the first meeting of the Conference Group on
Geriatric Nursing Practice correct answers 1962

the Division of Geriatric Nursing Practice was established, giving nursing of the aged specialty
status along with material-child health, medical- surgical nursing, psychiatric nursing and
community health nursing correct answers 1966

, The standards and scope of gerontological nursing practice were developed by ANA correct
answers 1969

term gerontological nursing replaced the term Geriatric Nursing in the correct answers 1970s

American Journal of Nursing publishes Geriatric Nursing Journal correct answers 1980

First International Conference on Gerontological Nursing correct answers 1981

First PhD program in gerontological nursing established by Case wetern Reserve University
correct answers 1988

ANA certification establishes for Clinical Specialist in Gerontological Nursing correct answers
1989

ANA certification available for advanced practice nurses geriatric NPs or gerontological clinical
specialist correct answers 1998

Geriatric Nursing EDUCATION CONSORTIUM and Advance care Excellence for Seniors
correct answers 2009-2010

Able to understand the current experiences of older people such as grandparents which would be
easier for you to care for them through their aging process correct answers Personal Impact

The study of the aging processes at individual and population levels

● Interdisciplinary field: biology, humanities, public policy economics, sociology, psychology,
public health, and more correct answers Gerontology

Father of gerontology
- He was a pioneer in the investigation of the problems of aging correct answers Vlademir
Korenchevsky

Father of Geriatrics correct answers DR. IGNATZ LEO NASCHER

He proposed the term GERIATRIC in 1909 correct answers DR. IGNATZ LEO NASCHER

Mother of Geriatrics correct answers DR. MARJORIE WARREN

Is one of the first geriatricians and considered the mother of modern geriatric medicine. correct
answers DR. MARJORIE WARREN

from the Greek geras, meaning correct answers "old age"

branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and problems of old age correct answers
Geriatrics

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