Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, 6th Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780826188144 ISBN-10: 0826188141 Copyright: 2021 Edition: 6th Editor: Boltz, Marie, Capezuti, Elizabeth A., Zwicker, DeAnne, Fulmer, Terry, Doody's Expert Review    Score: 98 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Crystal Plank,  RN, BSN, RAC-CTA, IP  (University of Missouri) Description This book covers areas in geriatric care such as assessment and management, clinical interventions, and approaches in different clinical specialties. It offers tables, protocols, and resources that are useful to readers and gives digital access, which is a huge benefit. This is a sixth edition and the previous edition was published in 2016. Purpose The purpose is to assist professional caregivers with best practices in caring for older populations who have the most complex health needs. For nurse leaders, protocols and best practices are a foundation for providing quality care. The book also addresses much needed social issues that impact health care for older adults. Audience The book is written for practitioners such as geriatrics nurses and geriatric nurse practitioners. It is also a good resource for student nurses interested in pursuing the specialty of geriatrics. The authors and contributors are from a wide variety of educational institutions, providing a broad yet comprehensive assessment of the needs and care of the geriatric population. Features The chapters contain educational objectives, appropriate tables and figures, and many references, interventions, and strategies. One unique feature of the book is that it assists the practitioner in incorporating what they read into practice. It includes clinical as well as social aspects and interventions in different specialties such as surgical, cancer care, and substance abuse for the geriatric population. Assessment Clinical practice changes frequently with new and ongoing research so this book is very needed to show current practices and protocols. The book and the digital media complement each other and enhance readers' ability to use the information. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the product's objectives met? 10 1-5 Does the website help achieve the purpose? 5 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this directed to an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 3 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 Rate the added value from the online version. 5 1-5 Is the online version easy to access? 5 1-5 Rate the ease of navigation/search. 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic quality of images on the online version. 5 1-5 Rate the value of added audiovisual features online. 5 1-5 Is there sufficient use of hypertext links? 5 1-5 Are there hyperlinks from references to journal articles? 5 1-5 Is there appropriate use of features like bookmarking, printing/exporting? 4 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 10 ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.