Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care
by Joyce E. Dains, Linda Ciofu Baumann, Pamela Scheibel

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Book Review: great book for NP students
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Summary of Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care

• Emphasizes a symptom- or problem-based approach to diagnosis.
• Focuses on the use of history and physical examination to engage the process of clinical diagnosis.
• Highlights Key Questions to ask the patient, followed by an explanation of what the patient's responses may signify, to guide the practitioner toward an accurate assessment and focus on a precise diagnosis.
• Includes Diagnostic Reasoning: Focused Physical Examination content in each section to instruct the practitioner in what physical examination components to perform, assisting in the diagnostic process.
• Features Laboratory and Diagnostic Studies content in each section to provide an outline of what laboratory or diagnostic tests would be appropriate for the chief complaint and/or suspected diagnosis.
• Differential Diagnosis tables at the end of each chapter provide a comprehensive overview of previously discussed differential diagnosis content, offering the practitioner an at-a-glance summary of possible diagnoses.
• Includes integrated content on children, providing the practitioner with important information on how symptoms and diagnoses can vary in this population group.

• Mood, Behavior Changes, and Psychosocial Concerns chapter considers commonly encountered psychological conditions and psychosocial concerns, and provides an approach to elicit more information, determine suicidal risk, and evaluate for a diagnosable psychological disorder.
• The Chest Film chapter offers a guided approach to reading and interpreting chest x-rays.

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