Description
Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive collection of over 115 procedures commonly performed by adult and family nurse practitioners in various care settings. Each procedure includes coding guidelines; an overview; health promotion/prevention; options; rationale; indications; contraindications; procedure; and client instructions.
Trade ReviewAwarded second place in the 2020 AJN Book of the Year Award in the Adult Primary Care category
A Definite Book for any Learning Clinician, Easy To Read and Understand With Pictures… "I would definitely say this is by far one of the best books I have gotten. Pictures, clear and precise information as well as easy to read and understand. Definitions for everything being performed as well as information regarding irregular findings." - Amazon Reviewer
Table of Contents
- SECTION ONE: DERMATOLOGIC PROCEDURES
- Diagnostic Testing
- 1 Punch Biopsy
- 2 Skin Biopsy
- 3 Wood's Light Examination
- Procedures
- 4 Abscesses--Incision and Drainage: Furuncle, Felon, Paronychia, Pilonidal Cyst, Perianal Cyst
- 5 Bites - Ants, Arthropods (spiders), Bees, and Wasps
- 6 Bites - Cats, Dogs, and Humans
- 7 Burns - Debridement
- 8 Digital Nerve Block
- 9 Fishhook Removal
- 10 Nail Removal
- 11 Ring Removal
- 12 Sebaceous Cyst Removal
- 13 Skin Closure - Dermabond Application
- 14 Skin Lesion Removal - Cautery and Cryosurgery
- 15 Skin Lesion Removal - Keloids, Moles, Corns, Calluses
- 16 Skin Tag (Acrochordon) Removal
- 17 Soft Tissue Aspiration
- 18 Staple Insertion
- 19 Staple Removal
- 20 Steri-Strip Application
- 21 Subungual Hematoma Excision
- 22 Suture Insertion
- 23 Suture Selection
- 24 Suture Removal
- 25 Tick Removal
- 26 Topical Hemostatic Agent Application
- 27 Ulcer Debridement
- SECTION TWO: MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURES
- Diagnostic Testing
- 28 Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy
- 29 X-ray Interpretation - Bones
- Procedures
- 30 Arthrocentesis
- 31 Compartment Syndrome Assessment
- 32 Clavicle Immobilization Techniques - Clavicle Strap, Figure Eight, Sling and Swath
- 33 Crutch Walking
- 34 Dislocation Reduction
- 35 Ganglion Cyst Aspiration and Injection
- 36 Intra-Articular and Bursa Corticosteroid Injection
- 37 Sling Application
- 38 Splinting and Taping
- 39 Trigger Point Injection
- SECTION THREE: GENITOURINARY AND BREAST PROCEDURES
- Diagnostic Testing
- 40 Breast Biopsy - Fine Needle Aspiration
- 41 Breast Examination
- 42 Colposcopy - Endocervical Curettage and Cervical Biopsy
- 43 Endometrial Biopsy
- 44 Specimen Collection - Gram's Stain, Wet Mount (Saline and KOH)
- 45 Specimen Collection - Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear
- Procedures
- 46 Administration of Vaginal Medications and Condoms
- 47 Bartholin Cyst Abscess - Incision and Drainage
- 48 Cervical Cap Fitting, Insertion, and Removal
- 49 Cervical Lesions - Cryotherapy
- 50 Condyloma Acuminata Removal
- 51 Diaphragm Fitting, Insertion, and Removal
- 52 IUD Fitting, Insertion, and Removal
- 53 Nexplanon Insertion
- 54 Nexplanon Removal
- 55 Paracervical Nerve Block
- 56 Pessary Insertion
- 57 Vaginal Examination
- SECTION FOUR: OBSTETRICAL PROCEDURES
- 58 At-Risk Fetal Assessment - Third Trimester Testing
- 59 Leopold’s Maneuver
- 60 Fundal Assessment
- 61 Obstetric Ultrasound
- 62 Emergency Delivery
- 63 Teaching Breastfeeding
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- SECTION FIVE: HEAD – EYES, EARS, NOSE, AND MOUTH
- Diagnostic Testing
- 64 Audiometry Testing
- 65Tympanometry
- 66Visual Function Evaluation - Snellen, Illiterate E, Pictorial
- Procedures-Eyes
- 67Corneal Abrasion and Foreign Body Removal - Eye
- 68Eye Drop Insertion
- 69Eye Irrigation
- 70Eye Trauma Stabilization
- 71 Eyebrow Laceration Repair
- 72 Eyelid Eversion
- Procedures--Ears/Nose
- 73 Auricular Hematoma Evacuation
- 74 Cerumen Impaction Removal - Irrigation of the Ear and Curette Technique
- 75 Epistaxis Control
- 76 Laryngoscopy - Indirect and Direct Flexible
- 77 Nasal Lavage (Irrigation)
- 78 Removal of Foreign Body - Ear and nose
- Procedures--Mouth
- 79 Frenotomy for Ankyloglossia
- 80 Lip Laceration Repair
- 81 Tongue Laceration Repair
- 82 Tooth Avulsion and Fracture
- SECTION SIX: CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES
- Diagnostic Testing
- 83 Doppler Technique
- 84 Electrocardiogram (EKG) Interpretation
- 85 Electrocardiogram (EKG) Lead Placement
- 86 Holter Monitor Application - Continuous 24-hr Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring
- 87 Stress Testing (Stress EKG)
- 88 Type of Pacemakers
- Procedures
- 89 Arterial Puncture
- 90 Blood Culture Specimen Collection
- 91 Central Venous Catheter Access (Portacath)
- 92 Defibrillation
- 93 Unna's Boot Application
- 94 Venipuncture
- SECTION SEVEN: RESPIRATORY PROCEDURES
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- Diagnostic Testing
- 95 Aerosol/Inhalation Administration (Nebulizer)
- 96 Assessing Respiratory Distress
- 97 Peak Flowmeter
- 98 Pulmonary Function Testing (Spirometry)
- 99 Pulmonary Stress Test-Simple
- 100 X-ray Interpretation - Chest
- Procedures
- 101 Chest Tubes for Emergency Transport
- 102 Flail Chest Stabilization - With or Without Open Chest Wound
- 103 Stab/Penetrating Wound Stabilization
- SECTION EIGHT: GASTROINTESTINAL PROCEDURES
- Diagnostic Testing
- 104 Anoscopy
- 105 Hemoccult
- 106 Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- 107 Urea Breath Test
- 108 X-ray Interpretation - Abdominal
- Procedures
- 109 Gastric Lavage
- 110 Inguinal Hernia Reduction
- 111 Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tube Reinsertion
- 112 Perianal Skin Tags/External Hemorrhoidal Skin Tags
- 113 Pilonidal Cyst/Abscess Incision and Drainage (I & D)
- 114 Prostate Massage
- 115 Rectal Prolapse Reduction
- 116 Thrombosed Hemorrhoid Removal
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- INDEX
