Gerontology Nursing

Facilitator

Teisha Vaughn

Understand ageing. Recognise illness. Provide thoughtful nursing care.

What changes normally as a person grows older? Which findings need further assessment? How should nursing care respond?

The VHSI Gerontology Nursing platform helps you connect age-related changes with assessment, common conditions and the everyday needs of older adults. Choose a topic and work through the information in manageable sections, opening more detail when you need it.

What you’ll explore

• Ageing by body system: Understand what changes, why it changes and how it can affect daily function.
• 70 topic guides: Explore common conditions, geriatric syndromes, medication safety and person-centred care.
• Nursing assessment: Learn what to ask, what to check and which findings need attention.
• Assessment tools: Review the purpose, use and limitations of tools for delirium, mobility, frailty and comprehensive geriatric assessment.
• Clinical cases and explanatory flowcharts: Connect the changes in the body with findings and nursing decisions.
• NurseHop practice: Apply your knowledge through RENR-style questions with feedback and rationales.

Learn at your level

Basic introduces the key concepts and relevant age-related changes.

Intermediate adds explanations and connects the changes to assessment and nursing care.

Advanced explores interacting problems, safety considerations and clinical reasoning.

Move between levels whenever you need to review. Your learning progress is saved in the browser you use.

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