Geriatric Nurses Role's: How to Treat Elder people

Geriatric Nurses are educated to recognize and treat the often complex physical and mental health desires of older people. they are trying to assist their patients protect their health and deal with changes of their mental and physical abilities, so older people can live independent and active so long as possible.

Geriatric Nurses must enjoy working with older people. They must be patient, listen extraordinarily carefully and stability the wishes in their patients with sometimes conflicting demands from relative members.

A geriatric Nurse working with their patients, their will:

• Assess the patient’s mental status and cognitive (thinking) abilities
• Understand patient’s acute and chronic health issues
• Discuss common health issues, along with falls, incontinence, changing sleep patterns and        sexual issues
• Organize medications
• Teach the patient about personal safety and disease prevention
• Give an explanation for and advise changes to the patient’s medication regimen to ensure          adherence
• Link the patient with local sources as needed
  

Many older people have health conditions that don't require hospitalization, but must be dealt with medication, modifications in diet, use of special system (along with a blood sugar monitor or walker), daily physical activities or other variations. Geriatric Nurses assist design and give an explanation for these healthcare regimens to patients and their households. They regularly feature as case managers, linking households with community resources to help them care for elderly members. Geriatric Nurses are educated to recognize and treat the often complex physical and mental health desires of older people. they are trying to assist their patients protect their health and deal with changes of their mental and physical abilities, so older people can live independent and active so long as possible.

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