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Registered Nurse Care Guides for residential aged care
These Care Guides provide a quick reference for 18 common conditions encountered when caring for older people in residential aged care.
They are based on the best available evidence and published guidelines.
They do not replace sound clinical judgement.
The guides were produced by Waitemata DHB in collaboration with Residential Aged Care clinical and managerial staff.
Front cover
(190.81 KB)
Acknowledgements
(162.93 KB)
Welcome and index
(248.26 KB)
Enduring power of attorney
(92.78 KB)
Cardiac guidelines
(103.19 KB)
Advanced care planning
(98.18 KB)
Gastro intestinal constipation guidelines
(229.16 KB)
Delirium
(99.45 KB)
Dementia
(115.19 KB)
Depression
(406.90 KB)
Diabetes
(106.59 KB)
End of life
(100.54 KB)
Falls
(139.80 KB)
Fracture & contracture
(99.91 KB)
Nutrition & hydration
(464.79 KB)
Pain
(108.13 KB)
Respiratory guidelines
(131.20 KB)
Skin
(1.59 MB)
Syncope and collapse
(104.24 KB)
Urinary incontinence
(103.32 KB)
Urinary tract infections
(99.55 KB)
References
(123.79 KB)
Glossary abbreviations
(140.04 KB)