Advanced health assessment and clinical diagnosis in primary care

• Main Author: Dains, Joyce E. (Author)
• Other Authors: Baumann, Linda Ciofu (Editor), Scheibel, Pamela (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis Mosby 2012
• Edition: FOURTH EDITION
• Subjects: Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Primary Health Care
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• Physical Description: viii, 520 pages illustrations 24cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780323074179; 0323074170

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