Fast Facts for Nurse Practitioners: Practice Essentials for Clinical Subspecialties

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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


Author: Nadine Aktan
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 07/31/2020
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780826148728

About the Author
Aktan, Nadine: -

Nadine M. Aktan, PhD, APN-BC, received her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in nursing from Rutgers University College of Nursing and Graduate School in New Brunswick and Newark, New Jersey. Having 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.



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