cover image - Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323881173
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 03-02-2023
Page Count: 592
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $76.99

Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition

by Karen Fenstermacher, MS, RN, FNP and Barbara Toni Hudson, MSN, RN, FNP-BC

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323881173
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 03-02-2023
Page Count: 592
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $76.99
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**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Advanced Practice Nursing, 2023**
**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Adult Primary Care, 2023**

The latest evidence-based guidelines keep you up to date for FNP practice! With updated content and full-color illustrations, Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners, 6th Edition provides essential information on the most current national and international guidelines and evidence-based protocols for primary care patients of all ages. Key details are easy to find with the book’s full-color format, concise outline-style guidelines, and abundant summary tables and charts. In addition to coverage of the most common conditions seen in outpatient settings, this edition includes the latest information on topics such as COVID-19 and STDs. Plus, the popular Practice Pearls boxes have been expanded throughout the book.

    • Current, evidence-based guidelines for patients of all ages provide the latest guidance for managing disorders commonly seen by FNPs in primary care settings
    • Concise outline format makes it easy to quickly locate essential information
    • Quick-reference tables and charts include pediatric conditions charts, comparative charts for similar disorders, and health maintenance guidelines charts
    • Need-to-know coverage of the most common disorders helps familiarize practitioners with situations frequently encountered in clinical practice
    • Content highlights include "not-to-be-missed" content, non-urgent/non-emergent interprofessional referrals, and urgent/emergent interprofessional referrals
    • Practice Pearls highlight practical clinical wisdom gleaned from the authors’ extensive practice knowledge base
    • NEW! Updated content reflects the most common conditions and the latest national and international guidelines and evidence-based protocols, including guidelines for COVID-19 and new CDC guidelines for STDs
    • NEW! Full-color illustrations and design with high-visibility Not-to-be-Missed points and referral information aid learning and comprehension
    • NEW! Expanded Practice Pearls emphasize the variety in appearance of certain findings depending on skin tone
    • NEW! Combined cardiac and vascular chapters make information more intuitive and easier to reference
    • NEW! Expanded dermatology content reflects conditions commonly seen in family practice
    • NEW! Topics and conditions presented in alphabetical order within each chapter improve reference value, and a new alphabetical list of conditions is located on the inside the front cover of the print edition
    • NEW! Focused physical examinations are integrated into each body systems chapter as appropriate
    • NEW! Two additional appendices provide quick access to an acetaminophen dosing chart and an ibuprofen dosing chart
  • 1. Adult Assessment
    2. Pediatric Assessment
    3. Geriatric Assessment
    4. Laboratory and Diagnostic Pearls
    5. Skin Conditions
    6. Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Conditions
    7. Respiratory Conditions
    8. Cardiovascular Conditions
    9. Abdominal Conditions
    10. Gynecologic Conditions
    11. Urinary Tract Conditions
    12. Neurologic Conditions
    13. Musculoskeletal Conditions
    14. Pain
    15. Endocrine Conditions
    16. Pediatric Conditions
    17. Psychiatric Conditions
  • Karen Fenstermacher, MS, RN, FNP, Family Nurse Practitioner, Mercy Primary Care, Carthage, Missouri, USA and Barbara Toni Hudson, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, Family Nurse Practitioner, Ash Grove Family Care Clinic, Ash Grove, Missouri, USA
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