Provides experienced practice nurses with a solution to the problem of keeping up to date. This compilation from "Practice Nurse" magazine groups together the topics of relevance to the busy Practice Nurse.

Finding it hard to keep up to date with rapidly changing guidelines? "Advanced Practice Nursing" provides experienced Practice Nurses with an easy solution to the problem of keeping up to date. This compilation from "Practice Nurse" magazine groups together the topics of most relevance to the busy Practice Nurse. It pulls together recent articles that not only promote best practice but also encourage questioning and the implementation of change.

Section 1
Management of long-term illness Part 1 Asthma
1 Prevention
and detection
2 Management of the new patient 3 Long-term management 4 Promoting patient involvement Part 2 Diabetes
5 Prevention and detection 6 Management of the new patient 7 Long-term management 8 Promoting patient involvement Part 3 Mental health
9 Recognising depression 10 Diagnosis of dementia 11 Assessment and management of dementia 12 Suicide and self harm Part 4 Gastrointestinal disorders
13 Dyspepsia 14 Irritable bowel syndrome Section 2 Sexual health Part 1 Female sexual health
15 Sexually transmitted infections 16 Contraception and unwanted pregnancy I 17 Contraception and unwanted pregnancy II 18 Female sexual dysfunction Part 2 Male sexual health
19 Male sexual dysfunction
20 Prostate cancer: risk, symptoms and investigation 21 Prostate cancer: grading and staging, screening and treatment Section 3 Health promotion: cardiovascular disease 22 Coronary heart disease 23 Primary prevention of coronary heart disease 24 Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease 25 Hypertension Section 4 Finding useful information 26 Recognising the need for information 27 Addressing the information gap 28 Strategies for locating information
Index