Overview

This second edition, in Open Access, aims to provide a comprehensive and practical overview of the knowledge required for the assessment and management of the older adult with or at risk of fragility fracture, with additional focus on those who are frail. It considers this from the perspectives of all the clinical and home care settings in which this group of patients receive care and is relevant to all global locations. The concept of orthogeriatric care is explored in detail.  Global estimates suggest that there were 21 million men and 137 million women aged 50 years or more at high fracture risk in 2010. This incidence is expected to double by 2040, with the most significant increase in Asia. Fragility fracture is one of the foremost challenges for health care providers and thehe global demand for nursing care for patients with fragility fractures across the world is immense. Hip fracture is particularly challenging as these significant injuries often occur in frail older people requiring hospitalisation and orthopaedic surgery. Such injuries and associated surgery result in increased frailty, worsening health and wellbeing, pain, disability, reduced quality of life, loss of independence, and decreased life expectancy. Care providers need to understand the experience of fragility fracture from the perspective of patients and families so that direct improvements in care can be based on the perspectives of the users. Expert care of patients following fractures that require hospitalisation and orthopaedic surgery involves skill in the care and treatment of frail older people as we as individuals with an injury and undergoing surgery.  Nurses have a significant role in interdisciplinary collaborative care provided through orthogeriatric models of care. There is increasing evidence that such models significantly improve patient outcomes. High quality, evidence-based orthogeriatric care is increasingly shown to havepositive impact on outcomes for recovery, rehabilitation, and secondary prevention of further fracture. This book significantly supports the aims and values of the Fragility Fracture Network and, as such, supports the learning needs of nurses and other allied health professionals which will enable a comprehensive approach to nursing practice in orthogeriatric and fragility fracture care.

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Author:   Karen Hertz ,  Julie Santy-Tomlinson
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2nd ed. 2024
ISBN:  

9783031334832

ISBN 10:   3031334833
Pages:   307
Publication Date:   09 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Front matter.-1. Orthogeriatric and fragility fracture nursing: an Introduction.-2. Osteoporosis and the nature of fragility fracture nursing.-3. Frailty and Sarcopenia.-4. Preventing Falls.-5. Secondary Fracture Prevention.- 6. The nursing role in orthogeriatric comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) (Updated chapter with new authors) Louise Brent (Ireland).-7. Orthogeriatric Care in the Emergency and Perioperative Setting.-8. Early mobilisation and exercise after fragility fracture.-9. Pressure Ulcer Prevention.-10. Wound management.- 11. Nutrition and Hydration.-12. Delirium and other altered cognitive states.-13. Psychological wellbeing.-14. Rehabilitation.- 15. Family partnerships, patient and carer education and support.-16. Discharge and post-hospital care.-17. Ethical issues.-18. Orthogeriatric and fragility fracture care in the future.

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Karen Hertz is a registered nurse with extensive experience of clinical practice in a wide range of acute hospital settings with a focus on orthopedic/trauma and orthogeriatric nursing as well as all aspects of adult nursing. She has developed a clinical career in the role of Advanced Nurse Practitioner in which she provides patient focused care, using advanced assessments skills and nurse prescribing privileges to provide autonomous clinical practice for patients within a trauma unit in a large University Hospital. She has a track record of national and international networking that includes membership of various boards and committees relevant to her practice and has co-authored several book chapters. She was the co-editor of the first Fragility Fracture Nursing Book. Dr. Julie Santy-Tomlinson is a registered nurse with long standing clinical interests in orthopedic and trauma nursing and nursing care of the older adult. As well as a clinical nursingcareer, she worked in nursing education in the UK for more than 20 years. She is Emeritus Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing and has authored, co-authored, and co-edited numerous journal papers, clinical guidelines, books, and book chapters.

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