Topic Resources

HYDRATION MANAGEMENT

Journal Articles

Batscha, C. (1997). Heat stroke. Keeping your patients cool in the summer. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 35(7), 12-17. (L)

Critchlow, J., & Bauer-Wu, S. M. (Dec 2002). Dehydration in terminally ill patients. Perceptions of long-term care nurses. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 28(12), 31-9, Quiz 48-9.

Feinsod, F. M., Levenson, S. A., Rapp, K., Rapp, M. P., Beechinor, E., & Liebmann, L. (Mar-Apr 2004). Dehydration in frail, older patients in long-term care facilities. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 5(2 Suppl), S35-41.

Gaspar, P. (1999). Water intake of nursing home patients. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 25(4), 22-29. (R)

Kayser-Jones, J., Schell, E., Porter, E., Barbaccia, J., & Shaw, H. (1999). Factors contributing to dehydration in nursing homes: Adequate staffing and lack of professional supervision. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 47, 1187-1194. (R)

Mentes, J. C. (2000). Hydration management: A long-term care nursing intervention to prevent acute confusion and other hydration-linked events. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Iowa, Iowa City. (R)

Mentes, J. C, & Culp, K. (Aug 2003). Reducing hydration-linked events in nursing home patients. Clinical Nursing Research, 12(3), 210-25, Discussion 226-8.

Robinson, B. E., & Weber, H. (Mar-Apr 2004). Dehydration despite drinking: Beyond the BUN/Creatinine ratio. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 5(2 Suppl), S67-71.

Thomas, D. R., Tariq, S. H., Makhdomm, S., Haddad, R., & Moinuddin, A. (Mar-Apr 2004). Physician misdiagnosis of dehydration in older adults. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 5(2 Suppl), S30-4.


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