Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, Sixth Edition

Marie Boltz PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN, is Associate Professor at the Connell School of Nursing. She has served as PI on several studies that examined the trajectory of change in physical function. Some of her recent research has focused on testing system-level interventions to maximize physical and cognitive recovery in older persons in the acute and post-acute settings. She has also served as PI, co-PI, and consultant on studies that have examined the geriatric care environment, models of care, and measures of quality around care of older persons. In her prior role as Practice Director of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, she developed educational resources and project management tools for clinicians, families, and administrators, designed to improve the health and function of older adults. Dr. Boltz serves on several national advisory boards informing aging program development and evaluation. She contributes to editorial boards, is the lead editor of Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, and serves on several national advisory boards informing aging program development and evaluation. Elizabeth (Liz) Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the William Randolph Hearst chair in gerontology and assistant dean for research at the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing of Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Capezuti teaches in the graduate doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program and is a professor in the Graduate Center and the PhD program in nursing science of CUNY. She is known for her work in improving the care of older adults by interventions and models that positively influence health care providers' knowledge and work environment. Dr. Capezuti's research interests include fall prevention, restraint and side-rail elimination, APN-facilitated models, palliative care, the geriatric nursing work environment, and the design of the "built environment" to facilitate function. Dr. Capezuti has disseminated the findings of 35 funded projects in five coedited books and more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She is the recipient of the Otsuka/American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award in 2001 and received the American Academy of Nursing Nurse Leader in Aging Award in 2013. Dr. Capezuti received her bachelor's degree in nursing at the Lehman College (CUNY), her master's degree as a geriatric advanced practice nurse from Hunter College, and her doctoral degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. DeAnne Zwicker, DrNP, AGNP-BC, is an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)-certified adult nurse practitioner and geriatric nurse practitioner. She is currently working as an independent geriatric consultant. She completed her doctor of nursing practice degree in 2010 with a primary focus as a clinical scientist and secondary in nursing education at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Her dissertation was a mixed-method study titled, "Preparedness, Appraisal of Behaviors, and Role Strain in Dementia Family Caregivers and the Caregiver Perspective of Preparedness." She has been a coeditor and chapter author for many versions of the Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice book, as well as a content editor for ConsultGeriRN.org since its inception. She has been a registered nurse for 32 years with clinical practice experience as a geriatric nurse practitioner since 1992 in primary care, subacute, long-term care, and recently palliative care and a clinical expert consultant in many domains in geriatrics. She has also taught nursing at the graduate level at New York University, Drexel University, and George Mason University. Her areas of interest in geriatrics include proactive intervention in older adults to prevent adverse drug events, pain control to aid in maintaining function and quality of life, and preventing hospital iatrogenesis particularly in persons with dementia. Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, is president of the John A. Hartford Foundation and leads its work to improve the health of older adults in the United States. Dr. Fulmer was previously university distinguished professor and dean of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University where she was also professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. Previous to her role as dean of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Dr. Fulmer served as the Erline Perkins McGriff Professor of Nursing and founding dean of the New York University (NYU) College of Nursing. Dr. Fulmer is nationally and internationally recognized as a leading expert in geriatrics, and is best known for her research on elder abuse and neglect, which has been funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute for Nursing Research. Dr. Fulmer is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and serves as the chair of the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows program. She has served as the first nurse on the board of the American Geriatrics Society and as the first nurse to serve as president of the Gerontological Society of America. For 15 years, Dr. Fulmer served as the codirector of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU, which the foundation began supporting in 1996. She has also held faculty appointments at Boston College, Columbia University, Yale University, and the Harvard Division on Aging. Dr. Fulmer received her bachelor's degree from Skidmore College, her master's and doctoral degrees from Boston College, and her geriatric nurse practitioner postmaster's certificate from NYU. She has received the status of fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, the Gerontological Society of America, and the New York Academy of Medicine.

1. Developing and Evaluating Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Systematic Approach
2. Measuring Performance, Improving Quality
3. Informational Technology: Embedding CPGs
4. Organizational Approaches to Promote Person-centered Care
5. Environmental approaches to support aging friendly care
ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
6. Age-Related Changes in Health
7. Health Care Decision-Making
8. Sensory Changes
9. Assessing Cognitive Function
10. Assessment of Physical Function
11. Oral Health Care
12. Oral Hydration
13. Nutrition
14. Family Caregiving
15. Issues regarding Sexuality
16. Mistreatment Detection
17. Advance Directives
III. CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS
18. Preventing Functional Decline in the Acute Care Setting
19. Depression
20. Delirium: Prevention, Early Recognition, and Treatment
21. Dementia
22. Pain Management
23. Preventing Falls in Acute Care
24. Reducing Adverse Drug Events
25. Urinary Incontinence
26. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention
27. Physical Restraints and Side Rails in Acute and Critical Care
28. Preventing Pressure Injuries and Skin Tears
29. Mealtime Difficulties
30. Disorders of Sleep in the Older Adult
31. Frailty
32. HIV and the Older Adult
33. LGBTQ Perspectives
IV. INTERVENTIONS IN SPECIALTY PRACTICE
34. Substance Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorder
35. Comprehensive Assessment and Management of the Critically Ill
36. Fluid Overload: Identifying and Managing Heart Failure Patients
37. Cancer Assessment and Intervention Strategies
38. Perioperative Care of the Older Adult
39. General Surgical Care of the Older Adult
40. Care of the Older Adult with Hip fracture
V. MODELS OF CARE
41. Acute Care Models
42. Transitional Care
43. Palliative Care
44.The Senior friendly Emergency Department