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Names: Mauk, Kristen L., editor.

Title: Gerontological nursing : competencies for care / [edited by]Kristen L. Mauk.

Other titles: Gerontological nursing (Mauk)

Description: Fifth edition. | Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2023] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021048940 | ISBN 9781284233360 (paperback)

Subjects: MESH: Geriatric Nursingmethods | Clinical Competence | Agingphysiology | Agingpsychology

Classification: LCC RC954 | NLM WY 152 | DDC 618.97/0231--dc23/eng/20211101

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Thanks to the parents and grandparents who have been a part of my life and the lives of my children:

Pete and Kay Gibson

Gracie Mauk