The Nurse Practitioner in Long-Term Care: Guidelines for Clinical Practice by Barbara White

The Nurse Practitioner in Long-Term Care: Guidelines for Clinical Practice by Barbara White

An excellent resource for new or seasoned NPs and PAs! The Nurse Practitioner in Long-Term Care addresses the growing trend to utilize the nurse practitioner in the skilled nursing facility (SNF) to manage patients in long-term care and serves as a practical resource for managing those conditions commonly encountered in the geriatric patient. It includes an introduction to nursing homes, medication management, practical health promotion/disease prevention, and management of common clinical conditions specific to the skilled and long term care nursing home settings. It will also address important topics such as elder abuse, legal issues, reimbursement, and regulatory issues. Subjects covered are pertinent to everyday practice and this text is useful in graduate programs for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists as well as for physician’s assistant (PA) students.

Barbara Schwitz White received her MS in nursing as an adult/gerontological nurse practitioner from California State University, Long Beach and currently coordinates this program. She developed both theoretical content and experiences in skilled nursing facilities for both undergraduate and graduate students. She received a doctorate in public health from Loma Linda University in 1997 with an emphasis in aging. She also serves as the Director of the Gerontology Program at the University. Deborah Truax NP, MSN has been a gerontological nurse practitioner since 1987. Ms. Truax received her Masters Degree in Nursing Science from California State University Long Beach and has since been involved in clinical practice and education of nurse practitioner students. Ms. Truax is a Clinical Associate Professor at California State University Long Beach and serves as a clinical preceptor for Nurse Practitioner students. For the past 16 years her practice has been dedicated to providing health care to patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities and for the past 8 years, Ms. Truax has been employed at Kaiser Permanente, Southern California Region, Long Term Care Department.

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ISBN 13	9780763734299
ISBN 10	0763734292
Title	The Nurse Practitioner in Long-Term Care: Guidelines for Clinical Practice
Author	Barbara White
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Year published	2007-02-06
Number of pages	566
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