Beschreibung:
This handbook provides a concise outline of the origins and continuing development of the advanced nurse practitioner role and a highly practical guide to setting up a minor illness clinic. It then offers recommendations on patient history taking and outlines the multitude of conditions likely to present in the minor illness clinic.
About the author. Nurse practitioners and advanced nurse practitioners. Setting up a minor illness clinic. History taking: general aspects. Respiratory. Cardiology. Gastrointestinal. Gynaecology. Ear, nose and throat (ENT). Eyes. Skin. Neurology. Musculoskeletal. Blood disorders. The elderly: common infections. Understanding blood results. Choosing the right antibiotic. Prescribing. Index.