Bridging the Gap Between Clinical Experience and New AP Role 

ISBN: 9781284150452 | © 2021 | 500 pages

Applied Pathophysiology for the Advanced Practice Nurse answers the need for a pathophysiology text geared toward advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). Exploring the how, when, and why of health alterations, this text serves as a bridge between nurses’ clinical experience and their new advanced practice roles. It teaches students to compare and contrast presenting signs and symptoms, discern between possible diagnoses, and determine appropriate management options.

Disorders that have common presentation features are discussed together—because patients come in with symptoms, not diagnoses. Applied Pathophysiology for the Advanced Practice Nurse also features case studies based on real-life scenarios developed from the author’s and contributors’ decades of experience in the field. These activities help students apply and master the competencies necessary for advanced practice clinical encounters.

Key Features:

• Covers health alterations across the lifespan, from pediatrics to gerontology and from maternal issues to mental health

• Compares and contrasts data about similar disease states to help nurses recognize symptoms and create differential diagnoses

• Explores the rationale for common diagnostic tests (i.e., labs and imaging studies) and their links to health alterations

• Discusses the influence of cultural and gender variations in the presentation of disease

• Navigate 2 Premier Access includes over 150 multiple choice questions, interactive lectures, PowerPoint presentations, a correlation guide to nursing standards, and more