Advanced Practice Nursing Procedures

Here is an illustrated, easytoreference handbook with stepbystep instructions for the procedures most commonly performed by primary care clinicians in office, hospital, and other outpatient settings Organized by major body systems, each section reviews the diagnostic procedures for that system, followed by all of the information you need to perform the procedure Begin with an overview and a list of methods for performing the procedure, followed by rationales, indications and contraindications The procedure section lists the required equipment and provides stepbystep instructions for performing the procedure Youll also have CPT coding guidelines and health promotion and safety prevention tips for client teaching as well as postprocedure care êêêêê A Definite Book for any Learning Clinician, Easy To Read and Understand With Pictures I would definitely say this is by far one of the best books I have gotten Pictures, clear and precise information as well as easy to read and understand Definitions for everything being performed as well as information regarding irregular findingsAmazon Reviewer Comprehensive collection of over 115 procedures commonly performed by adult and family nurse practitioners in various care settings Each procedure provides Coding GuidelinesLists CPT codes as well as modifiers OverviewOutlines causes, incidence, and other procedurespecific information Health PromotionPreventionOffers tips to pass on to the client to promote health or prevent the need for the procedure in the future OptionsLists one to four methods of performing the procedure and offers a choice of how to perform the procedure RationalePresents the reasons to perform the procedure IndicationsExplains when the procedure should be performed ContraindicationsExplains when the procedure should not be performed ProcedureLists the required equipment and provides illustrated, stepbystep instructions for performing each procedure listed under Options Client InstructionsDetails postprocedure instructions for the client BibliographyOffers sources for additional information