Formulating a Differential Diagnosis for the Advanced Practice Provider 2nd Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0826152220

Formulating a Differential Diagnosis for the Advanced Practice Provider 2nd Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0826152220

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• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 2nd edition (November 17, 2017)
• Language: English
• 576 pages
• ISBN-10: 0826152228
• ISBN-13: 978-0826152220

This easy-access clinical guide to over 70 commonly seen symptoms, written for advanced practice provider (APP) students and new practitioners, describes a step-by-step process for obtaining a reliable patient history, choosing the appropriate physical exam, and using the patient history and physical exam findings to form a differential diagnosis. The second edition continues to include the case study approach, and is updated to incorporate 22 new symptoms along with contributions by a new editor, who is a leader in holistic health.

The guide is distinguished by several unique features including focused patient history questions and responses, physical exam findings, a differential diagnosis table (clearly comparing potential diagnostic choices based on symptoms), a diagnostic examination table (including estimated costs and codes), and a case study summary highlighting the critical thinking process. Symptoms are presented alphabetically in a systematic, unfolding case study approach and include chief complaint, presenting history, past history, and explicit methodology for determining correct diagnosis.

KEY FEATURES:

• Describes over 70 (22 new to the second edition) commonly presented symptoms with unfolding case scenarios
• Offers a step-by-step approach to building clinical decision-making skills
• Provides quick access to differential diagnosis, requisite diagnostic tests, and clinical decision making
• Guides APP students and novice practitioners in conducting a problem-focused history and examination
• Includes unique differential diagnosis tables and diagnostic examinations tables that help clarify strategies for diagnostic decision making

Jacqueline Rhoads, PhD, ACNP-BC, ANP-C, PMHNP-BE, CNL-C, FAANP, has held many faculty positions during her career and has taught in nurse practitioner programs since 1994. She has been awarded major research funding for a variety of research projects and continues to foster an evidence-based practice implementing outcomes-focused care. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and was awarded numerous commendations and medals for meritorious service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Dr. Rhoads has authored three books for major nursing publishers as well as numerous articles. Her 2012 book, Nurses’ Clinical Consult to Psychopharmacology, was awarded first place as an AJN Book of the Year. Her textbook. Clinical Consult to Psychiatric Mental Health Care, won second place as an AJN Book of the year in 2011.

Julie Penick, PhD, DNP, MSN, FNP, is a Board-Certified APRN and leader in Holistic Health. She has over 20 years of experience as a primary health care provider specializing in complementary and alternative medicine and is known as an accomplished diagnostician. Currently, Dr. Penick is full-time Faculty in the MSN Program at Western Governors University, where she teaches E-B Practice & Nursing Theory, Translational Research for Practice and Populations, Field Experience, and MSN Capstone courses.

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