Original PDF Ebook – Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice6th Edition – 9780323570152

Original PDF Ebook – Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice6th Edition – 9780323570152

There’s no better preparation for Nurse Practitioners and others in the adult primary care field! Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, 6th Edition provides the concise yet thorough information that you need in today’s fast-paced, interprofessional, collaborative environment. With authorship reflecting both academic and clinical expertise, this comprehensive, evidence-based primary care text/reference shows you how to deliver effective, truly interdisciplinary health care. It covers every major adult disorder seen in the outpatient office setting and features a unique interprofessional collaborative approach with referral/consultation highlights and more. New to this edition is an increased emphasis on rationales for recommendations, pharmacotherapeutics and drug decision-making, and diagnostic direction providing guidance in management, prescribing medications, and ordering diagnostic tests._x000D_
Comprehensive, evidence-based, accurate, and current content focused on the needs of adult primary care providers._x000D_
UNIQUE! Interprofessional collaborative approach with referral/consultation highlights._x000D_
UNIQUE! Initial Diagnostics boxes provide quick reference to key decision-making content._x000D_
NEW and UPDATED! Increased emphasis on rationales for treatment recommendations, pharmacotherapeutics and drug decision-making, and diagnostic direction._x000D_
NEW and UPDATED! Revamped and new introductory chapters:_x000D_
NEW and UNIQUE! Patient/Family Education and Health Literacy chapter._x000D_
NEW and UNIQUE! New Human Trafficking chapter._x000D_
NEW chapters covering wellness, risk management, and LGBTQ patient care highlight risks, disparities in healthcare, and information to increase the well-being and care for all patients._x000D_
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Where We Are Today chapter now includes content on the importance of interprofessional collaboration to underscore the significance of this paradigm shift and stress that NPs and other adult primary care providers must increasingly view themselves as part of a team, especially in management of patients with multiple co-morbidities.