Fast Facts for Nurse Practitioners: Current Practice Essentials for the Clinical Subspecialties

by Nadine Aktan PhD, APN-BC

Overview

The first book to provide an insider view of the latest advances and trends in the full range of clinical subspecialty areas.

Fast Facts for Nurse Practitioners: Practice Essentials for Clinical Subspecialties takes the busy advanced practice provider or student on a journey through the clinical subspecialties. The author, a highly experienced nurse practitioner, has immersed herself in each of these clinical areas and interviewed medical specialists to identify the latest advances, trends, and tips to more confidently and competently assess, diagnose, manage, and refer patients across the lifespan.

The book addresses hot topics in allergy and immunology, cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology and oncology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry, pulmonology, rheumatology, and urology. Each chapter provides information on common chief complaints, pathophysiology, diagnostic considerations, and key points for management or referral. This concise reference provides evidence-based strategies for managing ever-changing patient needs in an easy-to-digest format.

Key Features:
• Serves the needs of advanced practice providers and students
• Offers the latest advances and trends for all clinical subspecialty areas in one concise, quick-reference resource
• Provides evidence-based guidelines to support the principles of assessment, differential diagnosis, management, and referral
• Highlights only the most relevant and timely information, allowing readers to save time, stay current, and improve patient outcomes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826148735
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	07/14/2020
Series:	Fast Facts
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Nadine M. Aktan, PhD, APN-BC, served as the chairperson of nursing at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Dr. Aktan is currently professor of nursing focusing on teaching community health to future nurses and adult health and family practice to nurse practitioner students. She also practices as a family nurse practitioner at the Immedicenter, a primary care/urgent care/family practice with locations in Clifton, Bloomfield, and Totowa, New Jersey, and as a maternal–child and adult community health nurse for Valley Home Care in Paramus, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Advanced Practice Providers in Primary Care: Past and Present

2. The Intersection of Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health

3. Practice Essentials for Allergy and Immunology

4. Practice Essentials for Cardiology

5. Practice Essentials for Dermatology

6. Practice Essentials for Endocrinology

7. Practice Essentials for Gastroenterology

8. Practice Essentials for Hematology and Oncology

9. Practice Essentials for Infectious Disease

10. Practice Essentials for Nephrology

11. Practice Essentials for Neurology

12. Practice Essentials for Obstetrics and Gynecology

13. Practice Essentials for Ophthalmology

14. Practice Essentials for Orthopedics

15. Practice Essentials for Otolaryngology

16. Practice Essentials for Pediatrics

17. Practice Essentials for Psychiatry

18. Practice Essentials for Pulmonology

19. Practice Essentials for Rheumatology

20. Practice Essentials for Urology

Index