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	Departments
133	From The Editor
	The Normality of Depression
	Priscilla Ebersole
134	News View
137	Calendar
	Drug Consult
138	Treating Depression in the Elderly: An Update on Antidepressants
	Marti D. Buffum and John C. Buffum
	Nutrition and Well-Being
143	Depression—The Diet Connection
	Peggy K. Yen
	Home Health Care
145	Recognizing Late-Life Depression: Why Is This Important For Nurses in the Home Setting?
	Elizabeth K. Tanner
	Book Reviews
150	Marianne LaPorte Matzo
	NGNA Section
184	NGNA News
	Robin E. Remsburg and Neva L. Crogan
188	Testing the Feasibility and Initial Effects of Iron and Vitamin C to Enhance Nursing Home Residents' Immune Status Following an Influenza Vaccine
	Neva L. Crogan, Donna Velasquez, and Mary Jo Gagan
	NCGNP Section
195	Pharmacology Update
	Ann Schmidt Luggen
196	Research Review
	Barbara Resnick
197	GNP Care Guidelines
	Mary Alice Momeyer and Ann Schmidt Luggen
	Reader Services
131	Information for Authors
132	Information for Readers
	Feature Articles
152	Caregiver, Take Care
	Mary Lund
	Becoming a caregiver can give birth to new skills, new strengths, friends, and contacts. It can also be a transition which requires a restructuring of goals, behaviors, and responsibilities.
154	Spiritual Well-Being and Caregiver Burden in Alzheimer's Caregivers
	Wanda Raby Spurlock
	The descriptive correlational research study explores the relationship between spiritual well-being and perceived caregiver burden in family caregivers of Alzheimer patients.
162	The Important Lessons: Sylvester and Ilene
	LaRae Huycke
	Sometimes the most memorable lessons a nurse learns are not from school and nursing textbooks, but from the heart and soul of the patients they care for.
164	RESEARCH REVIEW: The Effect of Acupressure with Massage on Fatigue and Depression in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
	Graham J. McDougall
166	Psychosocial Consequences of Prostate Cancer: 30 Years of Research
	Bryan A. Weber and Pamela Sherwill-Navarro
	Prostate cancer has a relatively high survivorship rate if diagnosed early, yet survivorship is complicated by disease-specific treatment side effects that challenge a man's overall quality of life.
176	Identifying and Managing Acute Alcohol Withdrawal in the Elderly
	MariJo Letizia and Magan Reinbolz
	Alcohol is a commonly abused substance among the elderly and age-related changes predispose these patients to a greater sensitivity to its effects.