Teaching the geriatric patient: Making the most of "cognitive resources" and "gains"

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-198

  Cutilli, Carolyn Crane ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SENSATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SENSATION;

EID: 51149106600     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NOR.0000320550.22396.77     Document Type: Article

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