This newly revised second edition of Clinical Guidelines for Advanced Practiced Nursing: An Interdisciplinary Approach is a process-oriented resource that contains disease- and procedure-specific guidelines to help readers make clinical decisions int he most proficient manner. This up-to-date text addresses common healthcare conditions and procedures done in ambulatory care settings. Divided into four sections--General Medicine, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Pediatrics--for ease of use; Follows the S-O-A-P (Subjective-Objective-Assessment-Plan) format to underscore the process of clinical decision making; Provides readers with the single, most up-to-date resource of clinical guidelines; Offers readers a set of guidelines that describe prescriptive authority for nurse practitioners and certified nurse-midwives; Proposes recommendations concerning physician consultation and referral; and includes up-to-date patient education supplements to enhance patients' self-care efforts.

Revised edition of: Nurse practitioner/physician collaborative practice / edited by Geraldine M. Collins-Bride and JoAnne M. Saxe. San Francisco, Calif. : School of Nursing, University of California, UCSF Nursing Press, c1998. "In cooperation with UCSF School of Nursing"--Cover.

Legal scope of advanced nursing practice -- Pediatric health maintenance and promotion -- First well baby visit -- Care of the postneonatal intensive care graduate -- 0 to 3 years of age interval visit -- 3 to 6 years of age interval visit -- 6 to 11 years of age interval visit -- The adolescent and young adult (12 to 21 years of age) interval visit -- Developmental assessment: screening for developmental delay and autism -- Common pediatric presentations -- Atopic dermatitis in children -- Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents -- Childhood asthma -- Childhood depression -- Child maltreatment -- Failure to thrive during infancy -- Urinary incontinence in children -- Gynecology -- Abnormal uterine bleeding -- Amenorrhea and polycysticovary syndrome -- Cervical, vaginal, and vulvar cancer screening -- Female and male sterilization -- Hormonal contraception -- Menopause transition -- Nonhormonal contraception -- Urinary incontinence in women -- Obstetric health maintenance and promotion -- The initial prenatal visit -- Prenatal genetic screening -- The return prenatal visit -- The postpartum visit -- Guidelines for medical consultation and referral during pregnancy -- Common obstetric presentations -- Anemia in pregnancy -- Birth choices for women with a previous Cesarean delivery -- Common discomforts of pregnancy -- Gestational diabetes mellitus: early detection and management in pregnancy -- Preeclampsia -- Prenatal genetic diagnosis -- Preterm labor management -- Urinary tract infection: prevention and management in pregnancy -- Adult health maintenance and promotion -- Health care maintenance of the adult -- Health care maintenance for adults with developmental disabilities -- Health care maintenance for transgendered individuals -- Postexposure prophylaxis for HIV infection -- Common adult presentations -- Abscess assessment & management -- Anemia -- Anticoagulation therapy (oral) -- Anxiety -- Asthma in adolescents and adults -- Benign prostatic hyperplasia -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Chronic nonmalignant pain management -- Chronic viral hepatitis -- Congestive heart failure -- Dementia -- Depression -- Diabetes mellitus -- Epilepsy -- Low back pain -- Gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Herpes simplex infections -- Hypertension -- Intimate partner violence (domestic violence) -- Irritable bowel syndrome -- Neck pain -- Obesity -- Osteoarthritis -- Primary care of HIV-infected adults -- Smoking cessation -- Thyroid disorders -- Upper extremity tendinopathy: bicipital tendinopathy, lateral epiconylitis, and DeQuervain's tenosynovitis -- Wound care.