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PRIMARY CARE
Primary Care
A Collaborative Practice
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Third Edition

By
Terry Buttaro, MS, APRN, BC, ANP, GNP, CEN, CCRN, Clinical Assistant Professor, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts; Lahey Amesbury, Amesbury, Massachusetts; Coastal Medical Associates, Salisbury, Massachusetts; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center North, Chelsea, Massachusetts
JoAnn Trybulski, PhD, APRN, BC, ARNP, Associate Dean for Master's Programs, University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, Miami, Florida
Patricia Bailey, MS, MPH, APRN, BC, FNP, CDE, BC-ADM, CDE, Family Nurse Practitioner, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Joanne Sandberg-Cook, MS, APRN, BC, ANP, GNP, BC-PCM, Adult/Gerontologic Nurse Practitioner, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Instructor in Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

Description
2007 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner

Now you can get back to the part of your job that matters most...caring for your patients! Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice, 3rd Edition is a focused and thorough primary care reference that covers a multitude of adult disorders and related issues. It presents disorders alphabetically so you can quickly find what you're looking for and it addresses disorders and issues not usually found in other primary care books – including barotrauma, rehabilitation, and domestic violence. Plus, each disorder is discussed from a primary care perspective, so you are given the information you need to treat your adult patients in a caring, cost-effective manner.

Contents


PART I: INTRODUCTION


1. Collaborative Practice

2. Collaboration in Research: The Partnership Between Clinicians and Academic Clinical Researchers – NEW!

3. Weighing the Evidence for Clinical Practice

4. The Provider-Patient Relationship

5. Ethical Analysis and Decision Making in Primary Care

6. Population Based Care and the Role of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner – NEW!

7. Chronic Disease Management Teams – NEW!

8. Reimbursement – NEW!

9. Health Literacy – NEW!



PART II: PRIMARY CARE: ADOLESCENCE THROUGH ADULTHOOD


10. Adolescent Issues

11. Pregnancy

12. Lactation

13. Aging and Common Geriatric Syndromes

14. Psychosociospiritual Issues

15. Palliative Care

16. Chronic Pain

17. Obesity

18. Rehabilitation

19. Sleep Disorders



PART III: HEALTH MAINTENANCE


20. Screening for Cancer

21. Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

22. Principles of Occupational and Environmental Health in Primary Care

23. College Health

24. Lifestyle Assessment

25. Immunizations

26. Travel Medicine

27. Presurgical Clearance

28. Preparticipation Sports Physical



PART IV: OFFICE EMERGENCIES


29. Acute Bronchospasm

30. Altitude Illness

31. Anaphylaxis

32. Bites and Stings

33. Bradycardia

34. Cardiac Arrest

35. Chemical Exposure

36. Electrical Injuries

37. Head Trauma

38. Hypotension

39. Poisoning

40. Sexual Assault

41. Syncope

42. Tachycardia

43. Thermal Injuries



PART V: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SKIN DISORDERS


44. Examination of the Skin and Approach to Diagnosing Skin Disorders

45. Surgical Office Procedures

46. Principles of Dermatologic Therapy

47. Screening for Skin Cancer

48. Acne Vulgaris

49. Alopecia

50. Animal and Human Bites

51. Burns, Minor

52. Cellulitis

53. Contact Dermatitis

54. Corns and Calluses

55. Cutaneous Herpes

56. Dermatitis Medicamentosa

57. Dry Skin

58. Eczematous Dermatitis (Atopic Dermatitis)

59. Fungal Infections (Superficial)

60. Herpes Zoster (Shingles)

61. Hidradenitis Suppurativa (Acne Inversa)

62. Hyperhidrosis

63. Intertrigo

64. Nail Disorders

65. Pigmentation Changes (Vitiligo)

66. Pruritis

67. Psoriasis

68. Purpura

69. Scabies

70. Seborrheic Dermatitis

71. Stasis Dermatitis

72. Urticaria

73. Warts

74. Wound Management



PART VI: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF EYE DISORDERS


75. Evaluation of the Eyes

76. Cataracts

77. Eyelid Disorders

78. Conjunctivitis

79. Corneal Surface Defects and Ocular Surface Foreign Bodies

80. Dry Eye Syndrome

81. Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction and Dacryocystitis

82. Orbital and Periorbital Cellulitis

83. Pterygium and Pingueculum

84. Traumatic Ocular Disorders



PART VII: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF EAR DISORDERS


85. Auricular Disorders

86. Cerumen Impaction

87. Cholesteatoma

88. Impaired Hearing

89. Inner Ear Disturbances

90. Otitis Externa

91. Otitis Media

92. Tympanic Membrane Perforation



PART VIII: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF NOSE DISORDERS


93. Chronic Nasal Congestion and Discharge

94. Epistaxis

95. Nasal Trauma

96. Rhinitis

97. Sinusitis

98. Smell and Taste Disturbances

99. Tumors and Polyps of the Nose



PART IX: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF OROPHARYNX DISORDERS


100. Dental Abscess

101. Diseases of the Salivary Glands

102. Epiglottitis

103. Oral Infections

104. Parotitis

105. Peritonsillar Abscess

106. Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis



PART X: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY DISORDERS


107. Acute Bronchitis

108. Asthma

109. Chest Pain (Noncardiac)

110. Chronic Cough

111. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

112. Dyspnea

113. Hemoptysis

114. Lung Cancer

115. Occupational Respiratory Disease

116. Pleural Effusions

117. Pleurisy

118. Pneumonia

119. Pneumothorax

120. Pulmonary Hypertension

121. Sarcoidosis



PART XI: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS


122. Cardiac Diagnostic Testing: Noninvasive Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease

123. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

124. Cardiac Arrhythmias

125. Carotid Artery Disease

126. Chest Pain and Coronary Artery Disease

127. Infective Endocarditis

128. Heart Failure

129. Hypertension

130. Myocarditis

131. Peripheral Arterial Insufficiency

132. Peripheral Edema

133. Peripheral Venous Insufficiency

134. Valvular Heart Disease and Cardiac Murmurs



PART XII: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS


135. Abdominal Pain and Infections

136. Anorectal Complaints

137. Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis

138. Cirrhosis

139. Constipation

140. Diarrhea, noninfectious

141. Diverticular Disease

142. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

143. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

144. Hepatitis

145. Inflammatory Bowel Disease

146. Irritable Bowel Syndrome

147. Jaundice

148. Nausea and Vomiting

149. Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

150. Pancreatitis

151. Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract

152. Ulcer Disease



PART XIII: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GENITOURINARY DISORDERS


153. Male Sexual Dysfunction

154. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia

155. Incontinence, Urinary

156. Infectious Processes: Urinary Tract Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

157. Obstructive Uropathy

158. Pregnancy and Renal Disease

159. Prostate Disorders

160. Proteinura and Hematuria

161. Renal Failure

162. Testicular Disorders

163. Tumors of the Genitourinary Tract

164. Urinary Calculi



PART XIV: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GYNECOLOGIC DISORDERS


165. Amenorrhea

166. Bartholin's Gland Cysts and Abscesses

167. Breast Disorders

168. Chronic Pelvic Pain

169. Dysmenorrhea

170. Dyspareunia

171. Ectopic Pregnancy

172. Fertility Control

173. Genital Tract Cancers

174. Infertility

175. Menopause

176. Pap Smear Abnormalities

177. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

178. Preconceptional Health Promotion

179. Sexual Dysfunction, Female

180. Unplanned Pregnancy

181. Vulvar and Vaginal Disorders



PART XV: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL AND ARTHRITIC DISORDERS


182. Ankle and Foot Pain

183. Bone Tumors

184. Bursitis

185. Elbow Pain

186. Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome

187. Gout

188. Hand and Wrist Pain

189. Hip Pain

190. Infectious Arthritis

191. Knee Pain

192. Low Back Pain

193. Neck Pain

194. Osteoarthritis

195. Osteomyelitis

196. Osteoporosis

197. Paget's Disease of the Bone

198. Shoulder Pain

199. Sprains, Strains, and Fractures

200. Stretch Exercises



PART XVI: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS


201. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

202. Bell's Palsy

203. Cerebrovascular Events

204. Delirium

205. Dementia

206. Dizziness/Vertigo

207. Guillain-Barre

208. Headache

209. Infections of the Central Nervous System

210. Movement Disorders and Essential Tremor

211. Multiple Sclerosis

212. Parkinson's Disease

213. Seizure Disorder

214. Trigeminal Neuralgia

215. Tumors of the Brain



PART XVII: Evaluation and Management of Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders


216. Acromegaly

217. Adrenal Gland Disorders

218. Diabetes Mellitus

219. Hirsutism

220. Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia

221. Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia

222. Lipid Disorders

223. Metabolic Syndrome

224. Parathyroid Gland Disorders

225. Thyroid Disorders



PART XVIII: Evaluation and Management of Hematologic Disorders


226. Anemia

227. Blood Coagulation Disorders

228. Leukemias

229. Lymphomas

230. Myelodysplastic Disorders



PART XIX: Evaluation and Management of Rheumatic and Multisystem Disorders


Unit I. Rheumatic Disorders

231. Common Diagnostics in Rheumatologic Disorders

232. Ankylosing Spondylitis and Related Disorders

233. Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell Arteritis)

234. Raynaud Phenomenon

235. Rheumatoid Arthritis

236. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

237. Vasculitis

Unit II: Multisystem Disorders

238. Barotrauma and Other Diving Injuries

239. Fatigue

240. Immunodeficiencies, Primary

241. Lymphadenopathy

242. Weight Loss



PART XX: Evaluation and Management of Infectious Diseases


243. Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Disease – NEW!

244. Fever

245. Tuberculosis

246. HIV Infection

247. Influenza

248. Infectious Mononucleosis

249. Infectious Diarrhea – NEW!

250. Lyme Disease

251. West Nile Virus – NEW!



PART XXI: Evaluation and Management of Oncologic Disorders


252. Collaborative Management of the Oncology Patient

253. Basic Principles of Oncology Treatment

254. Detection of Tumor of Unknown Origin

255. Gastrointestinal Symptoms in the Oncology Patient

256. Management of Cancer Pain

257. Oncology Complication and Paraneoplastic Syndromes



PART XXII: Evaluation and Management of Mental Health Disorders


258. Alcohol Abuse

259. Anxiety Disorders

260. Bipolar Disorders

261. Depressive Disorders

262. Eating Disorders

263. Grief

264. Posttraumatic Stress Disorders

265. Psychotic Disorders

266. Somatization Disorder

267. Substance Abuse

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 1504 pages, publication date: JUN-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04742-5
ISBN-10: 0-323-04742-4
Imprint: MOSBY


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