Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care

Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Diagnosis/Assessment

Enhance your health assessment skills with Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 7th Edition. This comprehensive guide goes beyond basic physical examination techniques, empowering you to accurately evaluate common health conditions through a well-structured diagnostic and clinical reasoning approach. Organized by patient symptoms and complaints, this edition emphasizes a systematic methodology that starts with a patient’s chief concern rather than a specific diagnosis or disease entity. You will be guided step-by-step through the diagnostic reasoning process to arrive at a clinical diagnosis.

This edition features:

• New Chapters: Explore emerging topics such as veterans’ health and contemporary approaches in primary care settings.
• Updated Content: Engage with the latest information on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity, addressing healthcare inequalities related to social determinants of health.
• A Unique Focus on Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients: A dedicated chapter equips you with the knowledge to assess and care for this underserved population effectively.

Written by a team of advanced practitioners led by Joyce E. Dains, this AJN award-winning textbook will help you think like an expert clinician. Here are some key features that make this book invaluable:

• Clear Diagnostic Reasoning: A consistent approach to health assessment that extends beyond history-taking and physical examination to include diagnostic reasoning and clinical diagnosis.
• Focused History and Physical

Authors:
Joyce E. Dains DrPH JD APRN FNP-BC FNAP FAANP FAAN (Author)
Edition:
7th
Publication Date:
January 18, 2023
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