Advanced Practice Nursing Procedures

by Colyar, Margaret R.

• ISBN13: 9781719649650
• ISBN10: 1719649650
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-10-01
• Publisher: F.A. Davis Company

Summary

Here is an illustrated, easy-to-reference handbook with step-by-step instructions for 110 procedures performed by primary care clinicians in office, hospital, and other outpatient settings. Organized by major body systems, each section reviews the diagnostic procedures for that system, followed by all of the information you need to perform the procedure, including required equipment, CPT coding guidelines, health promotion and safety prevention tips, post-procedure care, and more. Multiple methods for performing each procedure are included, followed by rationales, indications, and contraindications.
 
A Definite Book for any Learning Clinician, Easy To Read and Understand With Pictures. “I would definitely say this is by far one of the best books I have gotten. Pictures, clear and precise information as well as easy to read and understand. Definitions for everything being performed as well as information regarding irregular findings.”—Online Reviewer
 

• New, Revised & Updated! Thoroughly reviewed to incorporate the newest evidence and changes in health care
• New! New, full-color content and illustrations for suture insertion, X-ray interpretation, pessary insertion, and more
• Comprehensive collection of 110 procedures commonly performed by adult and family nurse practitioners in various care settings.

Each procedure provides...

• Coding Guidelines—CPT codes as well as modifiers
• Procedure Overview—Causes, incidence, and other procedure-specific information
• Health Promotion/Prevention—Tips to pass on to the client to promote health or prevent the need for the procedure in the future
• Options—One to four methods of performing the procedure and offers a choice of how to perform the procedure
• Rationale—The reasons to perform the procedure
• Indications and Contraindications—When the procedure should/should not be performed
• Procedure—The required equipment and illustrated, step-by-step instructions for performing each procedure listed under “Options.”
• Client Instructions—Post-procedure instructions for the client.
• Bibliography—Sources for additional information.

 

Table of Contents

I.DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES
Diagnostic Testing
1.Punch Biopsy
2.Skin Biopsy
3.Wood’s Light Examination
Procedures
4.Abscesses—Incision and Drainage: Furuncle, Felon, Paronychia, Pilonidal Cyst, Perianal Cyst
5.Bites: Ants, Arthropods (Spiders), Bees, and Wasps
6.Bites: Cats, Dogs, and Humans
7.Burns: Debridement
8.Digital Nerve Block
9.Fishhook Removal
10.Nail Removal
11.Ring Removal
12.Sebaceous Cyst Removal
13.Skin Closure: Dermabond Application
14.Skin Lesion Removal: Cautery and Cryosurgery
15.Skin Lesion Removal: Keloids, Moles, Corns, Calluses
16.Skin Tag (Acrochordon) Removal
17.Soft Tissue Aspiration
18.Staple Insertion
19.Staple Removal
20.Steri-Strip Application
21.Suture Insertion
22.Suture Selection
23.Suture Removal
24.Tick Removal
25.Topical Hemostatic Agent Application
26.Ulcer Debridement
II.MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURES
Diagnostic Testing
27.X-Ray Interpretation: Bones
Procedures
28.Arthrocentesis
29.Compartment Syndrome Assessment
30.Clavicle Immobilization Techniques: Clavicle Strap, Figure Eight, Sling and Swath
31.Dislocation Reduction
32.Ganglion Cyst Aspiration and Injection
33.Intra-Articular and Bursa Corticosteroid Injection
34.Sling Application
35.Splinting and Taping
36.Trigger Point Injection
III.GENITOURINARY AND BREAST PROCEDURES
Diagnostic Testing
37.Breast Biopsy: Fine Needle Aspiration
38.Breast Examination
39.Colposcopy: Endocervical Curettage and Cervical Biopsy
40.Endometrial Biopsy
41.Specimen Collection: Gram Stain, Wet Mount (Saline and KOH)
42.Specimen Collection: Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear
Procedures
43.Administration of Vaginal Medications and Condoms
44.Bartholin Cyst Abscess: Incision and Drainage
45.Cervical Cap Fitting, Insertion, and Removal
46.Cervical Lesions: Cryotherapy
47.Condyloma Acuminata Removal
48.Diaphragm Fitting, Insertion, and Removal
49.IUD Fitting, Insertion, and Removal
50.Nexplanon Insertion
51.Nexplanon Removal
52.Paracervical Nerve Block
53.Pessary Insertion
54.Vaginal Examination
IV.OBSTETRICAL PROCEDURES
Diagnostic Testing
55.At-Risk Fetal Assessment: Third-Trimester Testing
56.Leopold’s Maneuver
57.Fundal Assessment
58.Obstetric Ultrasound
Procedures
59.Emergency Delivery
60.Teaching Breastfeeding
V.HEAD: EYES, EARS, NOSE, AND MOUTH
Diagnostic Testing
61.Audiometry Testing
62.Tympanometry
63.Visual Function Evaluation: Snellen, Illiterate E, Pictorial
Procedures—Eyes
64.Corneal Abrasion and Foreign Body Removal: Eye
65.Eye Drop Insertion
66.Eye Irrigation
67.Eye Trauma Stabilization
68.Eyebrow Laceration Repair
69.Eyelid Eversion
Procedures—Ears/Nose
70.Auricular Hematoma Evacuation
71.Cerumen Impaction Removal: Irrigation of the Ear and Curette Technique
72.Epistaxis Control
73.Laryngoscopy: Indirect and Direct Flexible
74.Nasal Lavage (Irrigation)
75.Removal of Foreign Body: Ear and Nose
Procedures—Mouth
76.Frenotomy for Ankyloglossia
77.Lip Laceration Repair
78.Tongue Laceration Repair
VI.CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES
Diagnostic Testing
79.Doppler Technique
80.Electrocardiogram (EKG) Interpretation
81.Electrocardiogram (EKG) Lead Placement
82.Holter Monitor Application: Continuous 24-Hour Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring
83.Stress Testing (Stress EKG)
84.Types of Pacemakers
Procedures
85.Arterial Puncture
86.Central Venous Catheter Access (Portacath)
87.Defibrillation
88.Unna’s Boot Application
VII.RESPIRATORY PROCEDURES
Diagnostic Testing
89.Aerosol/Inhalation Administration (Nebulizer)
90.Assessing Respiratory Distress
91.Peak Flowmeter vs Incentive Spirometer
92.Pulmonary Function Testing (Spirometry)
93.Pulmonary Stress Test
94.X-Ray Interpretation: Chest
Procedures
95.Chest Tubes for Emergency Transport
96.Flail Chest Stabilization: With or Without Open Chest Wound
97.Stab/Penetrating Wound Stabilization
VIII.GASTROINTESTINAL PROCEDURES
Diagnostic Testing
98.Anoscopy
99.Hemoccult
100.Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
101.Urea Breath Test
102.X-Ray Interpretation: Abdominal
Procedures
103.Gastric Lavage
104.Inguinal Hernia Reduction
105.Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tube Reinsertion
106.Perianal Skin Tags/External Hemorrhoidal Skin Tags
107.Pilonidal Cyst/Abscess Incision and Drainage (I&D)
108.Prostate Massage
109.Rectal Prolapse Reduction
110.Thrombosed Hemorrhoid Removal
Glossary