Geriatric Emergent/Urgent and Ambulatory Care: The Pocket NP

Praise for the First Edition:

"The pocket NP guide is an easy to use clinical companion guiding the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of common presentations to the emergency setting. I personally use this resource in my clinical practice and also recommend it to all of my students. I highly recommend the pocket NP guide for any practitioners working or thinking of working in the emergency setting."

-Theresa Campo DNP, FNP-C, ENP-BC, FAANP

Updated to promote ultra-quick access to current information NPs need daily

Now in its second edition, this reference guide for nurse practitioners and other health care providers in emergency, medical, screening, fast track, and/or geriatric settings continues to provide ultra-quick access to key assessment and management information.

The Pocket NP delivers a wealth of information for assessment and management of the most-commonly encountered problems in fast-track settings. Arranged in a logical head-to-toe format, it includes the history, physical examination, and essential medical decision-making considerations needed to walk you step-by-step through a typical patient encounter.

New to the Second Edition:
• Updated medical decision-making sections with documentation templates
• Updated pharmacology and drug administration information
• New ultrasound dictation templates for each section where it is performed
• New tables including eye chart for vision in trauma patients
• New ultrasound images
• New line drawings depicting various conditions
• Updated clinical guidelines

Key Features:
• Provides ultra-quick access to patient treatment information
• Offers easy-to-use framework for quickly locating critical knowledge
• Presents templates for identifying normal and abnormal presentations
• Delivers content in logical head-to-toe format
• Includes time-tested "Tips" and "Don't Miss" boxes with bullet points of critical information
• Provides anatomic illustrations that assist in diagnosis/management of conditions
• Contains billing information

is an emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) and works at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California. She is currently a clinical professor for the NP/DNP Programs at the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science at the University of San Diego. Dr. Hoyt has several peer-reviewed books and publications on clinical practice, research, and management/leadership topics. In 2006, she established the first

. She conceptualized and has implemented a 2-day course for training ENPs and a train-the-trainer course for NP faculty. She has taught minor procedures workshops for NPs/PAs across the country. As a consultant and educator, she has also written ENP continuing education programs. Dr. Hoyt spearheaded

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is an emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) with over 30 years of clinical experience. She works in the Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California. Ms. Shea established an emergency clinical fellowship for nurse practitioners and physician assistants that includes both didactic and clinical experiences. Ms. Shea is widely published and is an author and reviewer for the

, and was a contributing author to the

and

. Ms. Shea has taught NPs locally and nationally on a variety of emergent and urgent care topics.