cover image - Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780443280702
Copyright: 2028
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $107.99

Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 8th Edition

by Joyce E. Dains, DrPH, JD, APRN, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN, Linda Ciofu Baumann, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN and Pamela Scheibel, MSN, RN, CPNP

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cover image - Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780443280702
Copyright: 2028
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $107.99
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    • Clear, consistent diagnostic reasoning process takes you to the next step of health assessment — beyond basic history and physical examination to diagnostic reasoning and clinical diagnosis
    • Diagnostic Reasoning: Focused History sections use "self-questions" to walk you through the thinking process involved in obtaining a pertinent, relevant, problem-specific history that will assist in differential diagnosis
    • Diagnostic Reasoning: Focused Physical Examination sections explain how to perform more advanced diagnostic techniques and interpret the findings
    • Key Questions guide you through assessment and toward an accurate diagnosis by listing questions to ask the patient, followed by explanations of what the patient's responses might signify
    • Laboratory and Diagnostic Studies sections outline the types of tests that might be appropriate based on the focused history and focused physical examination
    • Differential Diagnosis sections offer the most common diagnoses for each patient problem and summarize the history and physical examination findings, along with recommended laboratory and diagnostic studies. Differential Diagnosis tables provide a quick-reference summary of possible diagnoses for each patient problem
    • UNIQUE! Contemporary Approaches in Primary Care Settings chapter applies public health principles to primary care in the era of COVID-19, and also includes coverage of telehealth/telemedicine, screenings, immunizations, epidemics and pandemics, health promotion, basic epidemiological terminology, and the cultural-spiritual-holistic context of primary care
    • UNIQUE! Care of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients chapter equips you with the necessary knowledge to properly assess and care for this underserved patient population.
  • Note: TOC to be updated in planning calls to be held in Spring 2024
    PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL REASONING
    1. Clinical Reasoning, Evidence-Based Practice, and Symptom Analysis
    2. Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
    3. Contemporary Approaches in Primary Care Settings

    PART II COMMON SYMPTOMS IN PRIMARY CARE
    4. Abdominal Pain
    5. Affective Changes
    6. Amenorrhea
    7. Breast Lumps and Nipple Discharge
    8. Breast Pain
    9. Chest Pain 10 Confusion in Older Adults
    11. Constipation
    12. Cough
    13. Diarrhea
    14. Dizziness
    15. Dyspnea
    16. Earache
    17. Fatigue
    18. Fever
    19. Genitourinary Problems in Patients with a Penis or Prostate Gland
    20. Headache
    21. Heartburn and Indigestion
    22. Hoarseness
    23. Limb Pain: Lower Extremity
    24. Limb Pain: Upper Extremity
    25. Low Back Pain
    26. Nasal Symptoms and Sinus Congestion
    27. Palpitations
    28. Penile Discharge
    29. Rashes and Skin Lesions
    30. Rectal Pain, Itching, and Bleeding
    31. Red Eye
    32. Scrotal Pain and Masses
    33. Sleep Problems
    34. Sore Throat
    35. Syncope
    36. Urinary Incontinence
    37. Urinary Problems in Patients With a Vagina and Associated Anatomical Structures
    38. Vaginal Bleeding
    39. Vaginal Discharge and Itching
    40. Vision Loss 41 Unintentional Weight Loss or Gain

    PART III POPULATION-CENTERED CARE
    42. Care of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients
    43. Veterans’ Health

    PART IV DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
    44. Abdominal X-Ray [e-only chapter]
    45. Chest X-Ray [e-only chapter] References [via QR code] Index
  • Joyce E. Dains, DrPH, JD, APRN, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN, Professor and Executive Director, Advanced Practice, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA, Linda Ciofu Baumann, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN, Professor, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA and Pamela Scheibel, MSN, RN, CPNP, Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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