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Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 3e

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Although the initial chapter on Clinical Reasoning and Differential Diagnosis is limited, it is a concisely written prelude to a wealth of focused symptom assessment strategies. As a practitioner and a faculty member in a nurse practitioner program, I have found this book to be an excellent teaching resource. Each chapter contains several of the most common symptoms related to a specific body system. For example, the cardiovascular and respiratory systems are represented by the symptoms of dyspnea, chest pain and cough. The overlapping of these systems is artfully woven together is a manner that consistently prompts the reader to be focused yet complete. Each chapter outlines key questions to ask and also provides analysis of the possible patient responses. Included is a relational inference between each symptom and age specific concerns. At the end of each chapter, the authors have developed "Differential Diagnosis" tables that are particulary useful to the novice nurse practitioner in a clinical setting. Overall the book's pocket size format lends it to easy reading and convenience.

Nice book. I have the 2nd edition and compared it with the newer edition. The 3rd edition is much the same as the 2nd but with 2 additional chapters--one on "Mood Changes, Behavior Changes..." and then one on clinical CXR (chest x-rays). Helpful book for students.

This book was invaluable while doing case studies for class. I found everything I needed in this one book.

I found this book to be very helpful. Based on symptoms instead of disease, which was easier to understand and help formulate differential diagnoses in clinical practice.

I think this book is great! It focuses on common symptom complaints in primary care and differential diagnosis. I am a FNP student about to graduate in 8 months and find this book to be very informative and worth every penny. I plan on suggesting this book to be required for the program.

great book for health care providers just starting out or for students like myself. It's well- organized and concise. Worth the price.

If you don't buy another health assessment book in the Nurse Practitioner program buy this one!! It is easy to use and has some great illustrations for derm terms that let's face it everyone needs a refresher on now and then. It has been very helpful and I refer back to it frequently.

I needed this book for class, the latest edition was a little too pricey for me, so I bought this edition used. What a great buy! It's compact and would fit in a lab coat pocket. Not many pictures, but I don't think it detracts from the book. The best thing about this book is that it is not simply an assessment guide, it focuses on specific problems with diagnostic reasoning for differential diagnoses.

I am really excited about using this book for clinicals this fall...
So far, the little info I read has been very helpful in putting the pieces of the puzzles together!

Recieved this book in adequate time and it is a good book for learning. Thanks