Procedures for Nurse Practitioners

This one-of-a-kind book is the definitive guide to more than 130 procedures performed in adult, family, acute, pediatric, gerontologic, neonatal, and women's health care.

Practicing NPs and students find concise instructions for each procedure, including description, purpose, indications, contraindications, equipment, preparation, procedure steps, patient education, complications, and billing codes.

More than 200 illustrations and photos clarify techniques and use of equipment.

Contents include cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, dermatologic, ear, nose, throat, gynecologic, obstetric, and pediatric procedures; appendices, including English-Spanish words and phrases, wound dressings, CPR, and website resources; and an index