Family Nurse Practitioner (eBook)

Leslie Neal-Boylan, PhD, APRN, CRRN, FAAN, FARN, is a Nurse Practitioner at the Mansfield Kaseman Health Clinic in Rockville, MD, USA.

1 - The neonate

Cardiovascular screening exam- 1.1

Pulmonary screening exam-1.2

Skin screening exam- 1.3

Oxygenation- 1.4

Nutrition and weight- 1.5

2 - The infant

Nutrition and weight- 2.1

Breastfeeding Infant- 2.2

Growth and development- 2.3

Heart murmer- 2.4

Cough- 2.5

Diarrhea- 2.6

Fall from height- 2.7

3 - The toddler/preschool child

Earache-3.1

Enuresis- 3.2

Burn-3.3

Toothache-3.4

Abdominal pain- 3.5

Lesion on penis-3.6

Rash without fever - 4.1

4 - The school aged child

Red eye- 4.3

Sore throat- 4.4

Rash - 4.2 with fever

Disruptive behavior- 4.5

Cough and difficulty breathing- 4.6

Left arm pain 4.7

Nightmares -4.8

Gastrointestinal complaint-4.9

Food allergies-4.10

Obesity-4.11

5 - The adolescent

Drug use -5.1

Weight loss-5.2

Menstrual Cramps-5.3

Missed periods-5.4

Knee pain-5.8

Birth control options-5.5

Chlamydia-5.6

Sexual identity-5.7

6 - Women's health

Pre-conception planning-6.1

Birth control decision making-6.2

First trimester bleeding-6.3

Night sweats-6.4

Pelvic pain-6.5

abdominal pain-6.8

9urinary frequency-6.9

Fatigue and joint pain-6.10

Muscle tenderness-6.11

Insomnia-6.12

Vaginal itching-6.6

Redness and swelling of breast-6.7

sexual assault- 6.8

7 - Men's health

Fatigue-7.1

Testicular pain-7.2

Prostate changes-7.3

Diminished libido - 7.4

8 - General adult health

Substance use disorder-8.1

Flatulence and bloating 8.2

Foot ulcer-8.3

Abdominal pain and weight gain-8.4

Burning pain in leg-8.5

Hyperthermia and Mental Status Changes in the Elderly-8.6

Difficulty breathing-8.7

Burning and epigastric pain after meals-8.8

Facial pain-8.13

Chronic diarrhea-8.16

Chest pain with dyspnea without radiation-8.9

Chest pain -8.10

Persistent cough and joint tenderness-8.11

Wrist pain and swelling-8.18

Hand numbness-8.15

Morning Headache-8.12

Intractable pain-8.17

Fatigue-8.14

9 - Mental health

Sad mood-9.1

Suicidality/self harm -9.2

Postpartum melancholy-9.3

Trauma-9.5

anxiety-9.4

10 - The older adult

tremor-10.3

Forgetfulness-10.1

Back pain-10.6

Acute joint pain-10.7

Itching and soreness-10.8

Knee pain-10.9

Behavior change-10.2

Visual changes-10.5

weight gain and fatigue -10.4

11 - Resolutions

For all cases