Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care

Joyce Dains, DrPH, JD, RN, FNP, BC, DPNAP, Advanced Practice Nursing Program Director, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Linda Baumann, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN, Professor and Associate Dean, Academic Nursing Practice, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Pamela Scheibel, RN, MSN, CPNP, Clinical Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing, Madison, WI

Designed for advanced practice nurses and advanced practice nursing students, as well as Physician's Assistant students and practitioners, Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 4th Edition, is a practical resource that takes you to the "next step" of health assessment, beyond basic history and physical examination and through the diagnostic reasoning process. Accessible and concise, it approaches physical examination by focusing on a specific chief complaint rather than a diagnosis of a disease entity. Each chapter is organized into four major areas: Focused History; Focused Physical Examination; Laboratory and Diagnostic Studies; and Differential Diagnosis. Those who master the diagnostic reasoning process in this text will be able to accurately diagnose the majority of conditions they will see in clinical practice.

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Paperback, 528 Pages

Published: May 2011

Imprint: Mosby

ISBN: 978-0-323-07417-9

PART I. AN INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL REASONING
1. Clinical Reasoning, Differential Diagnosis, and Evidence-Based Practice
PART II. COMMON SYMPTOMS IN PRIMARY CARE
2. Abdominal Pain
3. Affective Changes
4. Amenorrhea
5. Breast Lumps and Nipple Discharge
6. Breast Pain
7. Chest Pain
8. Confusion in Older Adults
9. Constipation
10. Cough
11. Diarrhea
12. Dizziness
13. Dyspnea
14. Earache
15. Fatigue
16. Fever
17. Genitourinary Problems in Males
18. Headache
19. Hoarseness
20. Limb Pain
21. Low Back Pain, Acute
22. Nasal Symptoms and Sinus Congestion
23. Palpitations (NEW!)
24. Penile Discharge
25. Rashes and Skin Lesions
26. Rectal Pain, Itching, and Bleeding
27. Red Eye
28. Sleep Problems
29. Sore Throat
30. Syncope
31. Urinary Incontinence
32. Urinary Problems in Females and Children
33. Vaginal Bleeding
34. Vaginal Discharge and Itching
35. Vision Loss
36. Weight Loss/Gain (Unintentional) (NEW!)
PART III. DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
37. The Chest X-ray
38. The Abdominal X-ray (NEW!)

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