[Taking into account frailty in nursing practice].
By considering frailty as a clinical syndrome, nurses highlight the decrease in physiological reserve capacities which affects a person's coping mechanisms in response to stress. Frailty is a risk marker of which age is one of the determining factors. Nurses, through their attitudes, reasoning and actions, can influence this potentially reversible process.
Hélène
H
Chaput
Danièle
D
Boujon-Ladrech
D000368:Aged; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment