{"title":"Physiologic changes and functional ability in the older patient: a challenge for the creative ET nurse.","authors":"M M Dalton","doi":"10.1097/00152192-198907000-00015","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In summary, older patients undergoing ostomy surgery require individual assessment of their functional abilities related to self-care. When deficits are identified it is the ET nurse who must respond with a creative, innovative approach that will assist the patient towards self-care, independence, and recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":77553,"journal":{"name":"Journal of enterostomal therapy","volume":"16 4","pages":"167-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of enterostomal therapy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00152192-198907000-00015","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In summary, older patients undergoing ostomy surgery require individual assessment of their functional abilities related to self-care. When deficits are identified it is the ET nurse who must respond with a creative, innovative approach that will assist the patient towards self-care, independence, and recovery.