Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners by Karen Fenstermacher, Barbara Toni Hudson

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This portable reference provides thorough and detailed assessment information for all common primary care conditions, including signs and symptoms, diagnostic methods, drug therapies, and treatment. Written by expert nurse practitioners, it features complete, practical, up-to-date information on diagnosing and treating primary care disorders in the family practice setting. Separate sections are devoted to specific populations such as pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. This reference is well known for its concise guidelines, comparative charts, and tables that list the symptoms, physical assessment findings, and possible diagnoses in a quick-reference format.

• Numerous tables, outlines, and comparative charts are included for easy reference.
• Alerts are provided for both physician referral and emergency conditions.
• Practice Pearls are featured throughout the chapters to demonstrate the material's applicability to practice.
• Blank pages at the end of each chapter allow readers to make their own notes in the text.
• Signs and symptoms, diagnostic methods, drug therapies, and treatment options are described for common diseases.

• Reorganized content reflects a head-to-toe approach to the body systems for easy reference.
• Content is divided into two units: History and Physical Examination and Common Conditions with all special populations chapters located at the beginning of the book.
• Material has been added on syncope, chronic pelvic pain, and vulvar disease.
• A comparison table of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) lists the available brands/doses.
• Expanded coverage is provided for emphysema, anemia, hyperlipidemia, migraines,diabetes, breast conditions, HRT and bleeding, menopause, osteoporosis, pain management, and diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome.
• National guidelines are referenced where appropriate, e.g. pneumonia, asthma, STDs, and lipids.
• New thumb tabs in the design allow users to access content more easily.
• Updated herbal therapy information is provided.
• Appendices include new and updated information on Body Mass Index, food sources, peak expiratory flow rates, peak flow monitoring, diabetic foot care, allergen control measures, HSV/HPV symptomatic relief measures, oral contraceptives, pain management guidelines, herbal therapy information, and suggested hospital admission orders.
• A new appendix includes timely information on biological disease agents.
• Now includes ICD-9 codes
• New insert features 32 color photos of dermatologic conditions for easy identification.

Benita J. Walton-Moss

This is a quick reference for the most common primary care disorders across the lifespan. Not designed to be a text, this source contains concise and critical information in an easy to carry size. Although the authors state this book is a resource for a variety of disciplines, it is most useful for family nurse practitioners who care mostly for adults. Pediatric content is not nearly as thorough as adult content, and prenatal care content is omitted entirely. A chapter on the basics of the history and physical examination serves as an introduction. Body systems are individually covered in each chapter. A chapter for both pediatric and geriatric assessment is provided. Differential diagnosis for many symptoms includes specifics on how to exclude diagnoses as well as how to confirm them. There are multiple tables, figures, charts, and algorithms that are nice presentations of essential material. A substantial appendix of various agency and association resources, herbal therapy, and pain management guidelines serves as the conclusion. Content such as dietary supplements, Tanner's sexual maturity ratings, and anticipatory counseling guidelines are included as well. There is no other quick reference source for family nurse practitioners recently published. Overall, this is a valuable resource where critical information on the most common problems in primary care can be readily located.

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Reviewer:Benita J. Walton-Moss, DNS, MSN (Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing)
Description:This is a quick reference for the most common primary care disorders across the lifespan.
Purpose:Not designed to be a text, this source contains concise and critical information in an easy to carry size.
Audience:Although the authors state this book is a resource for a variety of disciplines, it is most useful for family nurse practitioners who care mostly for adults. Pediatric content is not nearly as thorough as adult content, and prenatal care content is omitted entirely.
Features:A chapter on the basics of the history and physical examination serves as an introduction. Body systems are individually covered in each chapter. A chapter for both pediatric and geriatric assessment is provided. Differential diagnosis for many symptoms includes specifics on how to exclude diagnoses as well as how to confirm them. There are multiple tables, figures, charts, and algorithms that are nice presentations of essential material. A substantial appendix of various agency and association resources, herbal therapy, and pain management guidelines serves as the conclusion. Content such as dietary supplements, Tanner's sexual maturity ratings, and anticipatory counseling guidelines are included as well.
Assessment:There is no other quick reference source for family nurse practitioners recently published. Overall, this is a valuable resource where critical information on the most common problems in primary care can be readily located.

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2 Stars from Doody

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