Clinical Decision Making for Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioners

Joanne Thanavaro, Karen S. Moore (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

318 Seiten

2016
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-284-06580-0 (ISBN)

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Clinical Decision Making for Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioners provides a unique approach to clinical decision making for a wide variety of commonly encountered primary care issues in adult and geriatric practice. This text combines guidelines for the ANP/GNP role and case studies with real life practice examples, as well as a series of practice questions to help reinforce learning. The text is designed for both the Nurse Practitioner student as well as the newly practicing NP to help increase confidence with application of assessment skills, diagnostic choices and management approaches. The theory behind this text is to enable students to learn a systematic approach to clinical problems as well as apply evidence-based guidelines to direct their management decisions. Clinical Decision Making for Adult -Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioners is also appropriate for Nurse Practitioners preparing to take the ANP/GNP certification exam as it features summaries of evidence-based guidelines. Faculty may also use the text to incorporate a case study approach into their courses either for classroom discussion or as assignments to facilitate clinical decision making. The inclusion of "real life" cases simulate what NPs will actually encounter in their clinical practice environments. Key Features:Chapter ObjectivesCase StudiesReview Questions Summaries of newest evidence-based guidelinesClinician Resources such as tool kits for evaluation and

Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Saint Louis University School of Nursing, Saint Louis, Missouri Dr. Karen S. Moore is an assistant professor and Coordinator of the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program at Saint Louis University.' She has been teaching since 1997 in both'undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.' Her clinical practice has included oncology, infectious disease, acute medicine, hospice, palliative care, occupational health and international traveler's health.''Dr. Moore is a Nationally Registered Certified Medical Examiner, member of several state, national and international nursing organizations including Sigma Theta Tau International, American Nurses Association, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (affiliate), American Travel Health Nurses’ Association and the International Society of Travel Medicine.' Dr. Moore'currently serves as a reviewer for nurse practitioner and nurse educator journals and has presented as an invited speaker at regional and national nurse practitioner conferences.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.04.2016
Verlagsort	Sudbury
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	765 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
ISBN-10	1-284-06580-4 / 1284065804
ISBN-13	978-1-284-06580-0 / 9781284065800
Zustand	Neuware