Advances in Family Practice Nursing reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide family nurse practitioners with the current clinical information they need provide optimal primary care to patients. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Linda Keilman, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in family practice nursing inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.
Key Features
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Contains 20 articles on such topics as food insecurity in older adults; COVID and older adults; care for women with past trauma; the source of fever in children; mental health issues in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic; when it’s not just ADHD: coexisting depression and anxiety in pediatric primary care; new medications for ADHD; and more.
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Provides in-depth, clinical reviews in family practice nursing, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information in the field under the leadership of an experienced editorial team. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
Author Information
Edited by Linda Keilman, DNP, GNP-BC, FAANP, Associate Professor, Director AGPCNP Program, College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Older Adults and Late-Life Depression and Anxiety Screening: Choices in Care for Optimal Outcomes of Mental Health
The Surprising Effects of Social Isolation and Loneliness on Physical Health in Older Adults
The Mental Health and Well Being of Older Adults in Hospice and Palliative Care
Culturally Informed Mental Health Care of Marginalized Older Adults
The Medicare Wellness Visit: A Time to Address Mental Health and Well-Being
Basic Considerations for Understanding and Treating Delirium Psychosis in Older Adults
Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care for Women
The Well-Woman Visit: Adolescence Through End-of-Life
Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: Implications for Practice
Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: Assessment and Management Options
Postpartum Depression: Updates in Evaluation and Care
Measuring the Impact of Health Literacy on Perinatal Depression
The Good, the Bad, and the Potential: Best Practices for Navigating Technology Use Among Pediatric Populations
Treating Adolescent Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care Considering Pandemic Mental Health Fallout
Grief in Children
Mind-Body Therapies for Children with Functional Abdominal Pain