Mosby's Primary Care Consultant

By Sheila Dunn-Merritt and Sheila A. Dunn

Mosby's Primary Care Consultant presents content for primary care practitioners on approximately 300 disorders commonly encountered in the adult patient. Disorders are arranged alphabetically, with information organized under six consistent column headings: Overview, Assessment, Interventions, Evaluation, For Your Information, and Pharmacotherapeutics. Although the focus is on the adult patient, the book also includes variations for children and older patients when appropriate.

* Presents 300 of the most common disorders in a consistent, six-column format (overview, assessment, interventions, evaluation, for your information and pharmacotherapeutics) to provide easy access to the most important information. * Features icons with each column heading to draw the reader's eye to important content. * Organizes disorders alphabetically to make the text easier to use. * Includes medication information in easy-to-use pharmacotherapeutics tables when appropriate for the practitioner's use as a mini-drug reference. * Provides a section on patient history with a reference section of history tests, including the use of mnemonics, for use as an aid for taking a patient history. * Features full-page, reproducible patient history forms for the child, adolescent and adult patient. * Includes a section on physical examination covering important assessment points, a head-to-toe assessment summary, and an alphabetical list of common assessment tests to provide the practitioner with a complete reference to be used in the clinical setting. * Includes an appendix about health information on the Internet and how to access that information. * Features a table on drugs metabolized by the P450 enzymes in an appendix, making this important information available to practitioners in an accessible format.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815129505
• ISBN13: 9780815129509
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 684 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Excellent for the beginning family nurse practitioner.

Logically organized for easy reference, an excellent study guide or quick review, this publication provides for all primary care practitioners current, researched therapies that are reliable and accurate. Lists of differential diagnoses jog the memory not to mention often forgotten patient education tips. Room for notes at each entry plus extra, pertinent information in back. Good for clinical rotation preparation/enhancement.