Advanced Assessment 6/e

Principal, Institute for Nurse Practitioner Excellence, Augusta, Georgia Professor, Florida State University, College of Nursing, Tallahassee, Florida

I. The Art of Assessment and Clinical Decision Making 1. Clinical Decision Making: Assessment and Differential Diagnosis 2. Diagnostic Studies 3. Genomic Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses II. Advanced Assessment and Differential Diagnosis by Body Regions and Systems 4. Skin 5. Head, Face, and Neck 6. The Eye 7. Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat 8. Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Systems 9. Respiratory System 10. Breasts 11. Abdomen 12. Genitourinary System 13. Male Reproductive System 14. Female Reproductive System 15. Musculoskeletal System 16. Neurological System 17. Nonspecific Complaints 18. Psychiatric Mental Health III. Assessments and Differential Diagnosis with Special Patient Populations 19. Pediatric Patients 20. Pregnant Patients 21. Assessment of the Transgender or Gender Diverse Adult 22. Older Patients 23. Persons with Disabilities