department!"-Ken Stackhouse, MBA, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, ENP-BC"The pocket NP guide is an easy to use clinical companion guiding the assessment diagnosis and treatment of common presentations to the emergency setting. I personally use this resource in my clinical practice and also recommend it to all of my students. I highly recommend the pocket NP guide for any practitioners working or thinking of working in the emergency setting."-Theresa Campo DNP, FNP-C, ENP-BC, FAANPFast-track medical settings call for, at-your-fingertips‚ information. Here is an easy-to-use, quick-reference guide for nurse practitioners and otherhealth care providers in emergency, medical, screening, fast track, and/or primary care settings with pediatric patients. In a concise, optimally organizedformat that includes current, evidence-based guidelines, the resource delivers a wealth of information for assessment and management of the most commonlyencountered problems in these settings. Concise yet packed with crucial knowledge, The Pocket NP is arranged in a logical head-to-toe format that includes the history and physicalexamination and essential medical decision-making considerations. The material is organized in a true rapid-access format, with salient informationpresented for maximum efficiency and speed of retrieval. A variety of templates for dictation/documentation are provided to assist the clinician with thedevelopment of a concise and logical patient record. These templates can be mixed and matched as needed and, using a specific template for focused patientproblems (e.g., foreign body ingestion), will facilitate assessment fine tuning. Also included are frequently used illustrations for anatomical records aswell as templates to assist in identification of normal and abnormal presentations. Additional helpful features include ‚Tips and Miss‚ boxes withbullet points of critical information, a rapid review of systems, billing information, and a dedicated page for NP, Survival Information‚ and notes. Key Features: Provides ultra-quick access to patient treatment information Offers easy-to-use framework for quickly locating critical information Presents templates for identifying normal and abnormal presentations Contains a rapid ‚ review of systems Delivers content in head-to-toe format Includes Tips and Miss boxes with bullet points of critical information

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