title: Perioperative care of the older adult with auditory and visual changes.
abstract: Perioperative nurses can initiate measures during the perioperative period when working with older adults who have hearing and visual deficits. There are methods of assessing perioperative patients by interview and observation to provide indicators for nursing intervention. Caring and advocacy interventions include environmental modifications to enhance the patient's ability to hear, see, and understand what is happening during this anxiety-promoting time.
authors.affiliation: Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Kee
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D003638:Deafness / Q000451:nursing*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009873:Operating Rooms; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000451:nursing*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000451:nursing*