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The first book to provide an insider view of the latest advances and trends in the full range of clinical subspecialty areas.
Fast Facts for Nurse Practitioners: Practice Essentials for Clinical Subspecialties takes the busy advanced practice provider or student on a journey through the clinical subspecialties. The author, a highly experienced nurse practitioner, has immersed herself in each of these clinical areas and interviewed medical specialists to identify the latest advances, trends, and tips to more confidently and competently assess, diagnose, manage, and refer patients across the lifespan.
The book addresses hot topics in allergy and immunology, cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology and oncology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry, pulmonology, rheumatology, and urology. Each chapter provides information on common chief complaints, pathophysiology, diagnostic considerations, and key points for management or referral. This concise reference provides evidence-based strategies for managing ever-changing patient needs in an easy-to-digest format.
Key Features:
Serves the needs of advanced practice providers and students
Offers the latest advances and trends for all clinical subspecialty areas in one concise, quick-reference resource
Provides evidence-based guidelines to support the principles of assessment, differential diagnosis, management, and referral
Highlights only the most relevant and timely information, allowing readers to save time, stay current, and improve patient outcomes
Sommario
PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Advanced Practice Providers in Primary Care: Past and Present
2. The Intersection of Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health
3. Practice Essentials for Allergy and Immunology
4. Practice Essentials for Cardiology
5. Practice Essentials for Dermatology
6. Practice Essentials for Endocrinology
7. Practice Essentials for Gastroenterology
8. Practice Essentials for Hematology and Oncology
9. Practice Essentials for Infectious Disease
10. Practice Essentials for Nephrology
11. Practice Essentials for Neurology
12. Practice Essentials for Obstetrics and Gynecology
13. Practice Essentials for Ophthalmology
14. Practice Essentials for Orthopedics
15. Practice Essentials for Otolaryngology
16. Practice Essentials for Pediatrics
17. Practice Essentials for Psychiatry
18. Practice Essentials for Pulmonology
19. Practice Essentials for Rheumatology
20. Practice Essentials for Urology
Index
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Nadine M. Aktan, PhD, APN-BC, served as the chairperson of nursing at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Dr. Aktan is currently professor of nursing focusing on teaching community health to future nurses and adult health and family practice to nurse practitioner students. She also practices as a family nurse practitioner at the Immedicenter, a primary care/urgent care/family practice with locations in Clifton, Bloomfield, and Totowa, New Jersey, and as a maternal-child and adult community health nurse for Valley Home Care in Paramus, New Jersey.
Riassunto
Takes the busy advanced practice provider or student on a journey through the clinical subspecialties. The author has immersed herself in each of these clinical areas and interviewed medical specialists to identify the latest advances, trends, and tips to more confidently assess, diagnose, manage, and refer patients across the life span
