Advances in Family Practice Nursing is a yearly publication aimed at family practice nurse practitioners and brings you the best current clinical information from the expert editors and authors in pediatrics, geriatrics, women’s health, and primary care in general. The Editor and Associate Editors identify current advances and updates in nursing care and invite authors to contribute original articles on these topics. These insightful overviews bring concepts to a clinical level and explore their everyday impact on patient care and outcomes. Whether you’re looking to update your knowledge of a particular area or to read about the newest clinical advances to incorporate into your clinical care, this publication aims to appeal to all nurse practitioners providing primary care to patients.

Written by nurse practitioners for nurse practitioners in collaboration with a physician, this popular text builds a solid understanding of the theoretical foundation of nursing practice, while also providing comprehensive patient-care guidance based on the latest scientific evidence.

Advances in Family Practice Nursing, 2024

Each year, Advances in Family Practice Nursing focuses on providing current clinical information on important topics in primary care aimed at the family care nurse practitioner. Dr. Geri Reeves and her editorial board, comprised of top experts in the areas of pediatrics, adult/geriatric, and women's health have assembled authors to bring the following topics to publication in this year's edition: Older Adults and Driving Cessation: Knowing When and How to Approach the Conversation; Vaccination Update for Adults; Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Older Adults: Diagnosis and Management; Assessment and Management of Constipation in Older Adults; Dementia or Delirium: The Dilemma in Differentiating Diagnoses; Evidence-Based Care for Pregnancy Complicated by Obesity: What a Primary Care Provider Should Know; Update for Pap guidelines including HPV management; Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause - Screening and Treatment; Mammogram Update; Smoking and Maternal Health: Evidence that Female Infertility Can be Attributed to Smoking and Improved with Smoking Cessation; Opioid Use Disorder Screening for Women Across the Lifespan; Pharmacology Update in Pediatrics; Pediatric Infectious Disease and Influenza Vaccine Update; and Pain Management in Pediatrics.Readers will come away with the clinical information that supplements their professional knowledge so they can make informed clinical decisions that improve patient outcomes in pediatric, adult/geriatric, and female patients.? Each year, Advances in Family Practice Nursing focuses on providing current clinical information on important topics in primary care aimed at the family care nurse practitioner. Dr. Geri Reeves and her editorial board, comprised of top experts in the areas of pediatrics, adult/geriatric, and women's health have assembled authors to bring the following topics to publication in this year's edition: Older Adults and Driving Cessation: Knowing When and How to Approach the Conversation; Vaccination Update for Adults; Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Older Adults: Diagnosis and Management; Assessment and Management of Constipation in Older Adults; Dementia or Delirium: The Dilemma in Differentiating Diagnoses; Evidence-Based Care for Pregnancy Complicated by Obesity: What a Primary Care Provider Should Know; Update for Pap guidelines including HPV management; Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause - Screening and Treatment; Mammogram Update; Smoking and Maternal Health: Evidence that Female Infertility Can be Attributed to Smoking and Improved with Smoking Cessation; Opioid Use Disorder Screening for Women Across the Lifespan; Pharmacology Update in Pediatrics; Pediatric Infectious Disease and Influenza Vaccine Update; and Pain Management in Pediatrics.Readers will come away with the clinical information that supplements their professional knowledge so they can make informed clinical decisions that improve patient outcomes in pediatric, adult/geriatric, and female patients.

Each year, Advances in Family Practice Nursing focuses on providing current clinical information on important topics in primary care aimed aimed at the family care nurse practitioner. Dr. Geri Reeves and her editorial board, comprised of top experts in the areas of pediatrics, adult/geriatric, and women's health have assembled authors to bring the following topics to publication in this year's edition: Falls in Older Adults: Prevention and Assessment of Risk in Primary Care; Challenges of Treating Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) in Long-Term Care; Serious Illness Conversations with Older Adults in Primary Care; The Role of the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in Work-Up and Management of Parkinson's Disease; Irregularly Irregular: Atrial Fibrillation for Primary Care; Insights into the Management of Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes; Sexual violence screening for women across the lifespan; Self-management Apps for provider or patient use; Hypertension disorders in pregnancy; Caring for women with circumcision: A primary care perspective; Brief behavioral therapy for insomnia; Teens and Vaping: What you need to know; Autism for the PC Provider: Importance of Early Intervention; Human Trafficking: Identifying and Helping Victims; Encopresis Management in Primary Care; Childhood Obesity: Management and Evaluation for Primary Care; and HPV: How to Address Prevention and Vaccine Hesitancy. Readers will come away with the clinical information that supplements their professional knowledge so they can make informed clinical decisions that improve patient outcomes in pediatric, adult/geriatric, and female patients.

Advanced Practice Nursing:Essential Knowledge for the Profession, Fourth Edition is a core advanced practice text used in both Master's Level and DNP programs.

Addressing all major advanced practice nursing competencies, roles, and issues, Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, 5th Edition provides a clear, comprehensive, and current introduction to APN today. It applies APN core competencies to the major APN roles - including the burgeoning Nurse Practitioner role - and covers topics ranging from the evolution of APN to evidence-based practice, leadership, ethical decision-making, and health policy. This edition includes a new chapter on the international development of APN, new and enhanced illustrations, and a colorful new reader-friendly format for improved readability. From internationally known APN experts Ann Hamric, Charlene Hanson, Mary Fran Tracy, and Eileen O'Grady, along with a host of internationally recognized APN contributors, Advanced Practice Nursing introduces you to APN and helps you identify an APN role, develop key competencies for that role, and succeed as an APN. Coverage of APN core competencies defines and describes all competencies, including direct clinical practice, guidance and coaching, consultation, evidence-based practice (EBP), leadership, collaboration, and ethical decision-making. Operationalizes and applies APN core competencies to the major APN specialties including the Clinical Nurse Specialist, the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, the Certified Nurse-Midwife, and the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Content on managing APN environments addresses such factors as business planning and reimbursement; marketing, negotiating, and contracting; regulatory, legal, and credentialing requirements; health policy issues; and nursing outcomes and performance improvement research. Unique Exemplar boxes provide real-life scenarios, showing APN competencies in action. In-depth discussions of educational strategies show how nurses develop competencies as they progress into advanced practice. Discussions of APN role development clearly explain the career trajectory that you can anticipate as you transition to advanced practice. EXPANDED international focus includes a NEW International Development of Advanced Practice Nursing chapter that addresses common issues such as the public image and status of APN, dealing with physician resistance, discrepancies in titling, and educational standardization. ENHANCED reader-friendly format includes more headings, tables, and illustrations in lieu of long stretches of unbroken text. REVISED Evidence-Based Practice chapter emphasizes the key competency of evidence-based practice (EBP) and includes a comprehensive history and explanation of the steps of the EBP process. UPDATED Health Policy chapter covers key U.S. initiatives affecting APN including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing report, the Consensus Model of APRN Regulation, and how APNs can engage in the political process. ENHANCED Exemplar boxes (case studies), including Day in the Life vignettes of each APN specialty, emphasize innovative practices and coverage of advanced practice roles. Increased interprofessional content emphasizes the subjects of ethics, collaboration, and consultation. Enhanced integration of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) considerations and literature makes this text ideal for DNP programs.