Sexually Transmitted Infection and Disease Assessment: For Health Care Providers and First Responders - Couverture souple

Speck, Patricia M.; Faugno, Diana K.; Mitchell, Stacey; Ekroos, Rachell A.; Hallman, Melanie Gibbons

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1936590859 ISBN 13 : 9781936590858

Editeur : STM Learning, 2021

Synopsis

The Sexually Transmitted Infection and Disease Assessment is a self-directed evaluation for medical professionals to learn, apply, and demonstrate competency in the evaluation of sexually transmitted infections. This assessment features an anatomical review, an overview of sexually transmitted infections, case histories, and identification and treatment activities.

Readers will have the opportunity to assess case histories and accompanying full-color photographs for reference. Each case history includes a series of evaluation exercises designed to refine and reinforce readers' skills in sexually transmitted infection identification, treatment recommendation, and follow-up care.

Features and Benefits:

• Case histories and corresponding exercises in sexually transmitted infection evaluation
• Authored by internationally recognized experts
• Ideal for self-directed study or group instruction
• Portable and convenient
• Written for medical practitioners at every level of experience, from novice to advanced

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Patricia M. Speck is an internationally recognized family nurse practitioner who specializes in public health and forensic nursing. She graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing and later completed her doctoral dissertation on sexual assault program evaluation. As a board certified family nurse practitioner, Patricia's clinical practice focuses on the health aftermath of violence and her research centers on forensic nursing practice topics. She is a consultant, author, and lecturer on forensic nursing and has earned more than 20 local, national, and international awards and professional honors for her work. Patricia chairs the American Public Health Association's Family Violence Forum and is a former president of the International Association of Forensic Nurses.

Diana Faugno, a Minnesota native, graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1973 with a degree in nursing and obtained an MSN in 2006. Her professional experience includes nursing in the Medical/Surgical, Labor and Delivery, Pediatrics, and Neonatal Intensive Care departments. Ms. Faugno obtained her certification in pediatric nursing in 1990, began a career as a sexual assault nurse examiner in 1991, and became a certified sexual assault nurse examiner in 2002. She is the former director of Forensic Health Services, which includes a child abuse program, sexual assault team, and a family violence program in North San Diego County. Currently, Ms. Faugno is a board director for End Violence Against Women International. She has made several presentations to the scientific community and has led workshops on sexual assault presented at the American Academy of Science.

Stacey Mitchell is a clinical associate professor at Texas A&M University College of Nursing. Formerly, she served as the Administrative Director for Risk Management and Patient Safety and Forensic Nursing Services at Harris Health System in Houston, Texas. Dr. Mitchell is a member of the American Nurses Association, the American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society in Nursing. In 2017, Dr. Mitchell was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She is also a member and former president of the International Association of Forensic Nurses. Dr. Mitchell is a frequent invited speaker at both domestic and international nursing conferences and training seminars, and she is regularly called upon to provide expert testimony regarding forensic nursing, sexual assault, child abuse, child sexual abuse, and trauma.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: STM Learning
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1936590859
• ISBN 13: 9781936590858
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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