Family Practice Guidelines - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0826118127 ISBN 13 : 9780826118127

Editeur : Springer Publishing Co Inc, 2010

Synopsis

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

This is a wonderful book for both novice and experienced physician assistants and nurse practitioners. This latest edition will see frequent use in your daily practice.Score: 100, 5 stars--Doody's Medical Reviews

This textbook provides comprehensive coverage of primary care disorders in an easy-to-read format and contains invaluable step-by-step instructions for evaluating and managing primary care patients. . . [It] belongs in every NP and PA's reference library. I highly recommend this wonderful textbook.

Maria T. Leik, MSN, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, GNP-BC
President, National ARNP Services, Inc.

Family Practice Guidelines is an excellent resource for the busy clinician. It offers succinct, comprehensive information in an easy format that is particularly useful for quick reference. This text is useful for general practice settings as well as specialty care.

Anne Moore, APN; WHNP/ANP-BC; FAANP
Vanderbilt University

The second edition of Family Practice Guidelines is a comprehensive resource for clinicians, presenting current national standard of care guidelines for practice, in addition to select 2011 guidelines. This clinical reference features detailed physical examination and diagnostic testing, information on health promotion, guidelines of care, dietary information, national resources for patient use, and patient education handouts all in one resource.

This revised edition features guidelines for 246 disorders, each containing clearly outlined considerations for pediatric, pregnant, and geriatric patients. It also presents 18 procedures commonly performed in the clinical setting, including bedside cystometry, hernia reduction, neurological examination, and more. Patient Teaching Guides are also provided, and are designed to be given directly to patients as take home teaching supplements. Additionally, the book contains four appendices with guidelines on normal lab values, procedures, sexual maturity stages, and teeth.

New to this Edition:

• Select 2011 guidelines
• Over 17 new protocols including: ADD/ADHD, Menopause, Migraine, Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults, Obesity/Gastric Bypass, and more
• Completely updated Patient Teaching Guides, including a new entry on Anticoagulation Therapy for Patients with AFib, to tear out and send home with patients
• Addition of consultation and referral recommendations
• New chapter presenting Pain Management Guidelines for acute and chronic pain
• Completely updated national treatment guidelines

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jill C. Cash, MSN, APN, FNP-BC, a family nurse practitioner for over 26 years, currently practices at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the Vanderbilt Medical Group at Westhaven Family Practice in Franklin, Tennessee. She is a faculty member for the School of Nursing at Vanderbilt University. She has been a clinical preceptor for NP students for a variety of programs over the past several years. Her previous experience includes high risk obstetrics as a clinical nurse specialist in maternal-fetal medicine, as well as practicing as a nurse practitioner in women's health, family practice, and rheumatology. In 2017, Ms. Cash was awarded the 2017 American Association of Nurse Practitioners State Award for Excellence in Illinois. Ms. Cash has authored several chapters in a variety of nursing and nurse practitioner textbooks. She is the co-author of Family Practice Guidelines (first, second, third, fourth, and fifth editions) and Adult-Gerontology Practice Guidelines (first, second and third editions). Ms. Cash is an active member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society.

Cheryl A. Glass, MSN, APRN, WHNP, RN-BC, practices as a clinical research specialist for KEPRO in TennCare's Medical Solutions Unit in Nashville, Tennessee. She is also adjunct faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826118127
• ISBN 13: 9780826118127
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 912
• Éditeur: Cash Jill C., Glass Cheryl A.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible