Primary Care E-Book: A Collaborative Practice

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Elsevier Health Sciences, Nov 4, 2019 - Medical - 1512 pages
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There’s no better preparation for Nurse Practitioners and others in the adult primary care field! Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, 6th Edition provides the concise yet thorough information that you need in today's fast-paced, interprofessional, collaborative environment. With authorship reflecting both academic and clinical expertise, this comprehensive, evidence-based primary care text/reference shows you how to deliver effective, truly interdisciplinary health care. It covers every major adult disorder seen in the outpatient office setting and features a unique interprofessional collaborative approach with referral/consultation highlights and more. New to this edition is an increased emphasis on rationales for recommendations, pharmacotherapeutics and drug decision-making, and diagnostic direction providing guidance in management, prescribing medications, and ordering diagnostic tests.

  • Comprehensive, evidence-based, accurate, and current content focused on the needs of adult primary care providers.
  • UNIQUE! Interprofessional collaborative approach with referral/consultation highlights.
  • UNIQUE! Initial Diagnostics boxes provide quick reference to key decision-making content.
  • NEW and UPDATED! Increased emphasis on rationales for treatment recommendations, pharmacotherapeutics and drug decision-making, and diagnostic direction.
  • NEW and UPDATED! Revamped and new introductory chapters:

    • NEW and UNIQUE! Patient/Family Education and Health Literacy chapter.
    • NEW and UNIQUE! New Human Trafficking chapter.
    • NEW chapters covering wellness, risk management, and LGBTQ patient care highlight risks, disparities in healthcare, and information to increase the well-being and care for all patients.
    • Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Where We Are Today chapter now includes content on the importance of interprofessional collaboration to underscore the significance of this paradigm shift and stress that NPs and other adult primary care providers must increasingly view themselves as part of a team, especially in management of patients with multiple co-morbidities.
    • Translating Research into Clinical Practice chapter refocused to emphasize DNP scholarly projects and quality improvement projects.
    • UNIQUE! Patient/Family Education and Health Literacy chapter.
    • Genetic Considerations in Primary Care chapter refocused on the graduate-level primary care genetics competencies.
    • Palliative Care chapter refocused on pain management with special sensitivity to the opioid epidemic.

  • NEW! Red Flag features highlight issues not to be missed.
  • NEW! Consistent chapter format and features reflect the systematic approach used in adult primary care practice to promote improved clinical reasoning skills, facilitate learning, and foster quick clinical reference.
  • UPDATED! Content on routine health screenings and immunizations converted to tables for quick reference.
 

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Contents

1 Introduction
1
Adolescence Through Adulthood
61
3 Health Promotion
129
4 Office Emergencies
180
5 Evaluation and Management of Skin Disorders
230
6 Evaluation and Management of Eye Disorders
342
7 Evaluation and Management of Ear Disorders
378
8 Evaluation and Management of Nose Disorders
399
14 Evaluation and Management of Gynecologic Concerns
837
15 Evaluation and Management of Musculoskeletal and Arthritic Disorders
950
16 Evaluation and Management of Neurologic Disorders
1052
17 Evaluation and Management of Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
1117
18 Evaluation and Management of Rheumatic Disorders
1196
19 Evaluation and Management of Multisystem Disorders
1229
20 Evaluation and Management of Infectious Diseases
1268
21 Evaluation and Management of Hematologic Disorders
1336

9 Evaluation and Management of Oropharynx Disorders
420
10 Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Disorders
442
11 Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Disorders
526
12 Evaluation and Management of Gastrointestinal Disorders
647
13 Evaluation and Management of Genitourinary Disorders
765
22 Evaluation and Management of Oncologic Disorders
1388
23 Evaluation and Management of Mental Health Disorders
1404
Index
1443
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TitlePrimary Care E-Book: A Collaborative Practice
AuthorsTerry Mahan Buttaro, Patricia Polgar-Bailey, Joanne Sandberg-Cook, JoAnn Trybulski
Edition6
PublisherElsevier Health Sciences, 2019
ISBN0323594573, 9780323594578
Length1512 pages
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