Primary care: a collaborative practice

Offering expert perspectives from a variety of primary care and nurse practitioners, Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice, 5th Edition helps you diagnose, treat, and manage hundreds of adult disorders. Care recommendations indicate when to consult with physicians or specialists, and when to refer patients to an emergency facility. This edition includes six new chapters, a fresh new design, the latest evidence-based guidelines, and a new emphasis on clinical reasoning. Combining academic and clinical expertise, an author team led by Terry Mahan Buttaro shows NPs how to provide effective, truly interdisciplinary health care.

Online generated contents note:1. The Changing Landscape of Collaborative Practice -- 2. Transitional Care -- 3. Translating Research into Clinical Practice -- 4. The Patient, the Provider, and Primary Care: An Integrated Perspective -- 5. Population-Based Care for Primary Care Providers -- 6. Health Literacy, Health Care Disparities, and Culturally Responsive Primary Care -- 7. Genetic Considerations in Primary Care -- 8. Risk Management -- 9. Adolescent Issues -- 10. LGBTQ Patient Care -- 11. Pregnancy and Prenatal Care -- 12. Lactation Guidance -- 13. Aging and Common Geriatric Syndromes -- 14. Palliative and End-of-Life Care -- 15. Obesity and Weight Management -- 16. Lifestyle Management -- 17. Routine Health Screening and Immunizations -- 18. Principles of Occupational and Environmental Health in Primary Care -- 19. College Health -- 20. Health Care of the International Traveler -- 21. Presurgical Clearance -- 22. Preparticipation Sports Physical -- 23. Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Response in Primary Care -- 24. Acute Bronchospasm -- 25. Anaphylaxis -- 26. Bites and Stings -- 27. Bradycardia and Tachycardia -- 28. Cardiac Arrest -- 29. Chemical Exposure -- 30. El…