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Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care
Advanced Health Assessment Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care Author:Joyce E. Dains DrPH JD RN FNP BC DPNAP, Linda Ciofu Baumann PhD APRN BC FAAN, Pamela Scheibel RN MSN CPNP Designed for those who use history and physical examination skills in the clinical setting, this practical resource takes readers to the "next step" of health assessment - beyond basic history and physical examination and into a diagnostic reasoning process. Accessible and concise, it focuses the physical examination around a specific chief... more » complaint rather than a diagnosis or disease entity. Each chapter is organized in five major areas - Diagnostic Reasoning --Focused History; Key Questions; Diagnostic Reasoning -- Focused Physical Examination; Laboratory and Diagnostic Studies; and Differential Diagnosis - making it easier to accurately diagnose the majority of patients seen in practice today.« less