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Advanced Practice Nursing Procedures

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3rd Ed.

Margaret R. Colyar, DSN, ARPN, C-FNP

ISBN-13: 978-1-7196-4965-0

eISBN-13: 978-1-7196-5344-2

Nursing, Emergency Medical Services

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Here is an illustrated, easy-to-reference handbook with step-by-step instructions for 110 procedures 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, including required equipment, CPT coding guidelines, health promotion and safety prevention tips, post-procedure care, and more. Multiple methods for performing each procedure are included, followed by rationales, indications, and contraindications.

Comprehensive collection of 110 procedures commonly performed by adult and family nurse practitioners in various care settings.

Key Features

  • • Coding Guidelines—Lists CPT codes as well as modifiers.
  • • Procedure Overview—Outlines causes, incidence, and other procedure-specific information.
  • • Health Promotion/Prevention—Offers tips to pass on to the client to promote health or prevent the need for the procedure in the future.
  • • Options—Lists one to four methods of performing the procedure and offers a choice of how to perform the procedure.
  • • Rationale—Presents the reasons to perform the procedure.
  • • Indications and Contraindications—Explains when the procedure should/should not be performed.

New To This Edition

  • New, Revised & Updated! Thoroughly reviewed to incorporate the newest evidence and changes in health care
  • New! New, full-color content and illustrations for suture insertion, X-ray interpretation, pessary insertion, and more

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