6th Edition
by Terry Mahan Buttaro; Patricia Polgar-Bailey; Joanne Sandberg-Cook; JoAnn Trybulski
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.
- Comprehensive, evidence-based, accurate, and current content focused on the needs of adult primary care providers.
- UNIQUE! Interprofessional collaborative approach with referral/consultation highlights.
- UNIQUE! Initial Diagnostics boxes provide quick reference to key decision-making content.
- NEW and UPDATED! Increased emphasis on rationales for treatment recommendations, pharmacotherapeutics and drug decision-making, and diagnostic direction.
- NEW and UPDATED! Revamped and new introductory chapters:
- NEW and UNIQUE! Patient/Family Education and Health Literacy chapter.
- NEW and UNIQUE! New Human Trafficking chapter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Translating Research into Clinical Practice chapter refocused to emphasize DNP scholarly projects and quality improvement projects.
- UNIQUE! Patient/Family Education and Health Literacy chapter.
- Genetic Considerations in Primary Care chapter refocused on the graduate-level primary care genetics competencies.
- Palliative Care chapter refocused on pain management with special sensitivity to the opioid epidemic.
- NEW! Red Flag features highlight issues not to be missed.
- NEW! Consistent chapter format and features reflect the systematic approach used in adult primary care practice to promote improved clinical reasoning skills, facilitate learning, and foster quick clinical reference.
- UPDATED! Content on routine health screenings and immunizations converted to tables for quick reference.
