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The first textbook to specifically target the scope of practice for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants

With a focus on promoting sound clinical decision-making and a streamlined and highly accessible approach, this text for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants delivers up-to-date primary care health assessment techniques for individuals throughout the lifespan. Each chapter offers a concise overview of anatomy and physiology and an in-depth review of normal and abnormal findings. The holistic assessment section for each system--emphasizing the importance of social considerations--further prepares students for informed clinical practice.

Chapters feature a comprehensive assessment of special populations, including patients with disabilities; pediatric, pregnant, and elderly patients; and transgendered and veteran populations, as well as differential diagnosis guidance in tabular format. Chapters are further enhanced with illustrations, images, and case studies that demonstrate clinical reasoning and application of principles to practice. A robust ancillary package includes an instructor manual, discussion questions, multiple-choice questions, and PowerPoint slides.

Key Features:

• Addresses anatomy and physiology, normal and abnormal findings, and holistic health assessment, including assessment of special populations
• Offers case studies with examples of documentation and coding information
• Fosters diagnostic reasoning and critical-thinking with thorough differential diagnosis tables
• Provides visual guidance on the recognition and assessment of normal and abnormal findings with illustrations and images
• Includes a robust ancillary package with an instructor manual, discussion questions, multiple-choice questions, and PowerPoint slides
• Purchase includes access to the eBook for use on most mobile devices or computers

Karen M. Myrick, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, is a professor at Quinnipiac University with a joint appointment in the School of Nursing and the Frank Netter School of Medicine. She practices clinically as a nurse practitioner in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Glastonbury and Farmington, Connecticut, and her research focuses on athletes and sports medicine. The recipient of multiple grants, Dr. Myrick developed a newly designed physical examination technique for determining hip labral tears, The Hip Internal Rotation with Distraction (THIRD) test. In addition to publishing regularly in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Myrick has written an academic book chapter on preventing childhood obesity. She is the senior editor of the Journal of Clinical Case Reports, and she recently received an award for Outstanding Poster at a national nurse practitioner conference for her work on Recruiting and Retaining the Best and the Brightest Nurse Practitioner Faculty. (She has received several awards for Outstanding Poster at many other national conferences.) Dr. Myrick is the winner of the 2016 National Organizations of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Outstanding Researcher Award.