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Geriatric Nursing Paper

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Aging is something that every living thing on this planet will experience, it is something inevitable. I have decided my paper on this topic because when I graduate with my nursing degree, I plan to take care of geriatric patients. Geriatric patients have always held a special place in my heart and I have so much love for them all. The project chosen for this paper is composed of journal articles that I have reviewed for you. If you were to ask someone how they felt about aging, most of the time you would most likely get a more negative response. The negative feeling they feel can be related to the body and mind declining. Some of the elderly would describe this feeling as the end. This could also be related to how the younger generations …show more content…

Health care and technology are two primary reasons for this. Geriatric hospitals and homes have recently gotten a bad reputation due to having nurses and staff that do not seem to have adequate knowledge in regard of the care and diagnosis of particular diseases and symptoms. The John A. Hartford foundation is a sponsor for the gerontological nursing content in the Associate and Bachelor degree programs around that nation’s colleges. The new content allows students to learn the essential knowledge needed to properly care for a geriatric adult (Cline). This foundation has helped improve our nation’s …show more content…

It’s also difficult to diagnose and treat. This is due to the elderly already suffering from vascular disease, deteriorating health, varying sleep patterns, and sorrow. Depression stems from biological factors such as genetic factors, neurological disorders and vascular changes. In terms of the vascular changes, vascular lesions might critically affect the frontal and subcortical regions that can lead to a disruptive monoaminergic pathway involved in the diagnosis of depression. Cerebrovascular injury has recently been linked to late life depression. Death of a spouse or loved one, medical illness, injuries, disability, decline in functions, and lack of social contact are all factors in the health-related and situational factors of depression in the

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