Differential diagnosis for the advanced practice nurse [electronic resource].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Differential diagnosis for the advanced practice nurse -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Share Differential Diagnosis for the Advanced Practice Nurse -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Differential Diagnosis and Diagnosis of Common Problems -- Chapter 2: Abdominal Pain -- Chapter 3: Ankle Pain -- Chapter 4: Breast Lumps -- Chapter 5: Chest Pain -- Chapter 6: Cough -- Chapter 7: Diarrhea -- Chapter 8: Dizziness -- Chapter 9: Ear Discharge -- Chapter 10: Ear Pain -- Chapter 11: Elbow Pain -- Chapter 12: Enlarged Lymph Nodes -- Chapter 13: Eye Discharge -- Chapter 14: Eye Pain -- Chapter 15: Eye Redness -- Chapter 16: Fatigue -- Chapter 17: Foot Pain -- Chapter 18: Hand Pain and Swelling -- Chapter 19: Headache -- Chapter 20: Heartburn -- Chapter 21: Heavy Menstrual Flow -- Chapter 22: Hip Pain -- Chapter 23: Knee Pain -- Chapter 24: Low Back Pain -- Chapter 25: Lower Extremity Edema -- Chapter 26: Mouth Lesions -- Chapter 27: Neck Pain -- Chapter 28: Painful Intercourse -- Chapter 29: Runny Nose -- Chapter 30: Shortness of Breath -- Chapter 31: Shoulder Pain -- Chapter 32: Skin Lesion -- Chapter 33: Skin Rashes -- Chapter 34: Sore Throat -- Chapter 35: Tinnitis-Ringing in the Ears -- Chapter 36: Vaginal Discharge -- Chapter 37: Vaginal Lesions -- Chapter 38: Vomiting -- Chapter 39: Wrist Pain -- Index.

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Developing a comprehensive differential diagnosis for a specific complaint is a daunting task even for experienced advanced practice nurses. This user-friendly clinical guide provides a strategy or standard format for working through this complex task. It is a wonderful tool for both student and new advanced practice nurses... 5 stars." -- Kathleen M. Woodruff, DNP, Doody's Book Reviews Establishing a differential diagnosis can be challenging even for expert advanced practice nurses (APRNs), let alone students. This easy-access clinical guide to commonly seen symptoms, written for APRN students and new practitioners, describes step by step how to obtain a reliable patient history and choose the appropriate directed physical exam for the presenting problem, followed by how to use this patient history and physical exam findings to form a differential diagnosis. Unfolding case scenarios provided for each symptom further demonstrate a sound process for formulating a differential diagnosis that the APRN can use throughout clinical practice. The book features 38 of the most commonly presented symptoms, each of which includes exam findings and differential diagnosis. It describes diagnostic tests with a guide to when they should be ordered (or delayed) based on clinical findings, and common management plans for diagnostic testing. It discusses the correct approach to diagnostic reasoning including determining the focused assessment, choosing the appropriate assessment tests or lab tests, and critically thinking through the assessment and diagnostic data to arrive at an appropriate diagnosis. A unique feature of the guide is its provision of a Case Study History (presenting directed questions and patient responses), Physical Exam Findings, a Differential Diagnosis Table (clearly comparing potential diagnostic choices based on symptoms), a Diagnostic Examination Table (including estimated costs and codes), and a Case Study Summary, to further clarify strategies for arriving at the correct diagnosis.

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