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The Nurse Practitioner in Long Term Care: Guidelines for Clinical Practice
The Nurse Practitioner in Long Term Care Guidelines for Clinical Practice Author:Barbara White, Deborah Truax This comprehensive text addresses the growing trend to utilize the nurse practitioner in the skilled nursing facility (SNF) to manage patients in long-term care. This book will serve as a practical resource for managing those conditions commonly encountered in the geriatric patient. It includes an introduction to nursing homes, medicatio... more »n management, practical health promotion/disease prevention, and management of common clinical conditions specific to the skilled and long term care nursing home settings. It will alsoaddress important topics such as elder abuse, legal issues, reimbursement, and regulatory issues. Subjects covered are pertinent to everyday practice and this text is useful in graduate programs for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists as well as for physician's assistant (PA) students. It also provides practical guidelines and is an excellent resource book for nurse practitioners and PAs new to nursing home practice or to seasoned professionals« less