Family Practice Guidelines - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0826177115 ISBN 13 : 9780826177117

Editeur : Springer Publishing Co Inc, 2017

Synopsis

This bible of family practice for primary care students and clinicians provides current national practice guidelines for professional standards of care across the lifespan. Concise and clearly organized, the resource features detailed, step-by-step instructions for physical examinations and diagnostic testing in the outpatient setting, information on health promotion, guidelines of care, dietary information, procedures, culturally responsive care, patient resources, and abundant patient education handouts.

This fourth edition is updated to include new evidence-based guidelines for rheumatology, public health (featuring updated information on substance abuse, violence, obesity, homelessness, and lesbian health), the sport physical exam and interventions, endocrinology, the 2015 Beers Criteria, new CDC recommendations for health maintenance, PTSD assessment and management, Restless Leg Syndrome, sexual dysfunction treatment, and psychiatric disorders. Several new and updated patient teaching guides―with printable education points--add to the book’s outstanding utility as a thorough and reliable clinical resource. Each of the 268 diagnoses includes definition, incidence, pathogenesis, predisposing factors, common complaints, sign/symptoms, subjective data, physical exam and diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis, and care plan.

New to the Fourth Edition:

• New and Updated Guidelines for:
• Rheumatology - Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Sjogrens Syndome, Psoriatic Arthopathy, Pseudogout (calcium pyorphosphate dihydrate ), Ankylosing Spondolitis, Reactice Arthritis, Raynaud’s Syndrome
• Public Health – Substance Abuse, Violence, Obesity, Homelessness, Lesbian Health
• Sports Exam – Assessment and Treatment
• 2015 Beers Criteria
• CDC Recommendations: Vaccine and Cancer Screening
• Endocrinology – Diabetes management and new FDA approved medications
• JNC-8 Guidelines for Hypertension
• Neurology – PTSD and Restless Leg Syndrome management
• Sexual Dysfunction
• Bipolar and other behavioural health disorders
• New and updated teaching guides

Key Features:

• Presents information for 268 disorders in consistent format for ease of use
• Highlights key considerations with Practice Pointers
• Provides individual care points for pediatric, pregnant, and geriatric patients
• Includes 138 printable Patient Teaching Sheets
• Offers 18 procedure guidelines and routine health maintenance guidelines

First place winner in the 2017 American Journal of Nursing awards.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jill C. Cash, MSN, APN is a Nurse Practitioner at Southern Illinois Rheumatology in a rural clinical setting in Southern Illinois, USA. She is a clinical preceptor for Nurse Practitioner students in various NP clinical programs across the country. Her previous clinical experience includes High Risk Obstetrics as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Women's Health, Family Practice and Rheumatology. She has taught in the nursing program at various levels, including the ADN, BSN and MSN levels at Southeast Missouri State University, Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville and Southeastern Illinois College. Ms. Cash is a contributing author to several nursing textbooks including Nursing Assessment, Medical-Surgical Nursing and Nurse Practitioner Review Guidelines textbooks. Ms. Cash is the co-editor of the first two editions of Family Practice Guidelines.

Cheryl A. Glass, MSN, WHNP, RN-BC is a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner who currently practices as a Clinical Research Specialist for KePRO in the Medical Solutions Unit in Nashville, Tennessee and is a Clinical Instructor @ Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, USA. Previously, she has been a Clinical Trainer and Trainer Manager for Healthways/American Healthways. Her previous practice as an NP was as Clinical Research Coordinator at Nashville Clinical Research and as Collaborative Clinical OB Practice with the Director and Assistant Directors of Maternal-Fetal Medicine @ Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center Dept of OB /GYN. She is certified as a Women's Health Care NP by the National Cert Corporation. She is a member of the AANP, the ACNP, the AWHONN, the NPWH, and STT. She is the author of several book chapters and is co-author of Family Practice Guidelines. She has published five refereed journal articles. In 1999, Ms. Glass was named Tennessee Chapter AWHONN Nurse of the Year.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826177115
• ISBN 13: 9780826177117
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 1064
• Éditeur: Cash Jill C., Glass Cheryl A.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible