**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Advanced Practice Nursing, 2023**
**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Adult Primary Care, 2023**
The latest evidence-based guidelines keep you up to date for FNP practice! With updated content and full-color illustrations,
Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners, 6th Edition
provides essential information on the most current national and international guidelines and evidence-based protocols for primary care patients of all ages. Key details are easy to find with the book’s full-color format, concise outline-style guidelines, and abundant summary tables and charts. In addition to coverage of the most common conditions seen in outpatient settings, this edition includes the latest information on topics such as COVID-19 and STDs. Plus, the popular
Practice Pearls
boxes have been expanded throughout the book.
Current, evidence-based guidelines for patients of all ages
provide the latest guidance for managing disorders commonly seen by FNPs in primary care settings
Concise outline format
makes it easy to quickly locate essential information
Quick-reference tables and charts
include pediatric conditions charts, comparative charts for similar disorders, and health maintenance guidelines charts
Need-to-know coverage of the most common disorders
helps familiarize practitioners with situations frequently encountered in clinical practice
Content highlights
include "not-to-be-missed" content, non-urgent/non-emergent interprofessional referrals, and urgent/emergent interprofessional referrals
highlight practical clinical wisdom gleaned from the authors’ extensive practice knowledge base
NEW! Updated content
reflects the most common conditions and the latest national and international guidelines and evidence-based protocols, including guidelines for COVID-19 and new CDC guidelines for STDs
NEW! Full-color illustrations and design
with high-visibility
Not-to-be-Missed
points and referral information aid learning and comprehension
NEW! Expanded
emphasize the variety in appearance of certain findings depending on skin tone
NEW! Combined cardiac and vascular chapters
make information more intuitive and easier to reference
NEW! Expanded dermatology content
reflects conditions commonly seen in family practice
NEW! Topics and conditions presented in alphabetical order within each chapter
improve reference value, and a new alphabetical list of conditions is located on the inside the front cover of the print edition
NEW! Focused physical examinations are integrated into each body systems chapter
as appropriate
NEW! Two additional appendices
provide quick access to an acetaminophen dosing chart and an ibuprofen dosing chart