advanced_practice_nursing_procedures test bank

advanced_practice_nursing_procedures test bank Fitzgerald Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination and Practice Preparation Winland-Brown & Dunphy Adult-Gerontology and Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination Review Questions and Strategies Goolsby Advanced Assessment Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses Kennedy-Malone Advanced Practice Nursing in the Care of Older Adults Perese Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nursing A Biopsychosocial Foundation for Practice McCaffrey & Youngkin NP Notes Nurse Practitioner’s Clinical Pocket Guide BUY YOURS TODAY! www.FAD The new nurse practitioner and the practicing nurse practitioner in the ambulatory care setting must be prepared to perform an increasing array of skills competently to meet patient care needs. The inspiration for this book came when, on graduating from a nurse practitioner program, I found no procedural resources directed toward the needs of the nurse practitioner in ambulatory care. The need to perform many procedures—those not taught in my nurse practitioner program—was apparent. The physician I practiced with required a knowledge base in procedural skills greater than the one I possessed. Fortunately, this physician was willing to teach me the necessary procedures. This improved care to our patients and decreased the necessity to refer many patients for procedures easily performed in the ambulatory care (outpatient) setting. This text was developed to assist in the many demands on the newly graduated nurse practitioner and the nurse practitioner currently in practice. We believe the procedures outlined will improve the marketability of the nurse practitioner and serve as a good reference tool for family and/or adult nurse practitioners in an ambulatory care setting. Prerequisites for this book are basic anatomy and physiology, microbiology, pharmacology, principles of aseptic technique, and basic nursing skills. This book would be an appropriate text for incorporation of procedural techniques throughout a family or an adult nurse practitioner curriculum. It also would be appropriate for an elective on minor surgery and diagnostic procedures and inter- pretation. Another potential use for this book would be as part of the protocol/ guidelines in the nurse practitioner’s practice.