Topics About 'Elder Patient'.

Two stories, same basic question. Story #1: Elderly gentleman, kyphosis with limited neck mobility, oxygen dependent, severe COPD, walker dependent, very mentally sharp but medically fragile- refuses to stop driving in spite of his family doctor's or...

AN staff were recently able to interview Teresa Tarnowski Goodell, RN,CNS,PhD,ACNS-BC,CWCN,TCRN. She is a faculty member and board member for Visionem, Inc., an educational and consultation company that provides trauma nursing education throughout th...

Ann was not a run-of-the-mill patient for the surgical floor. Actually, she was not a surgical patient at all. An elderly woman who had fainted, Ann needed to be hospitalized for observation and to rule out the possibility of stroke or M I. These ser...

This poem has been passed around for decades, some nurses say they saw it back in the '70s. However, it's a great reminder especially with the new year near approaching. As the story goes...When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home...