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"""This is an extraordinary and contemporary learning resource for all nursing students and faculty. This book is logically organized and enhances the student learning experience by explaining and describing concepts that guide students in the application and retention of nursing knowledge, assessing various health conditions across the life span. The illustrations teach students the importance of detailed interviewing, data collection, and how to think through simple to complex nursing assessments when caring for diverse populations."" -Jeffery Ramirez, PhD, PMHNP-BC, CNE, FNAP, FAANP, FAANDirector of Graduate Nursing Programs and ProfessorGonzaga University, School of Health Sciences ""This remarkable book prepares the nursing student for the rigors of clinical practice by integrating anatomy, physiology, health assessment, clinical presentation, and laboratory data in a compact, clean, yet comprehensive way. The ease of reading the 16 chapters cannot be overemphasized. This notable book will amplify essential 'knowing' for the newest to enter our profession. Quite simply, this little gem delivers!"" -Linda Honan, PhD, CNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF Professor Emerita, Yale University School of Nursing"

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Kristi Maynard, EdD, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, is an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) board-certified advanced practice registered nurse in the specialty area of family practice (FNP). She also achieved certification through the National League for Nursing as a certifiednurse educator (CNE). She received her BSN from Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York, and her MSN from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She began her career in nursing more than 15 years ago as a medical intensive care nurse. After graduating with her MSN, she entered full-time practice as an FNP in the primary care environment. She remains active in clinical practice in her independently owned and operated primary care practice. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Southern Connecticut StateUniversity and the lead family nurse practitioner faculty for their FNP program. She teaches in both the graduate and undergraduate nursing programs with a course load focused on health assessment, health assessment lab, pathophysiology, and pharmacology. In addition to her authorship, she contracts as an editorial consultant for nursing and nurse practitioner test bank content. Andrea Adimando, DNP, MSN, MS, APRN, PMHNP-BC, BCIM, is an Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the MSN program at Southern Connecticut State University. She is an ANCC board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP-BC) and a former pediatric medical-surgical nurse. She earned a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience from Lehigh University in 2003 and a master of science in nursing from Yale School of Nursing in 2006. She later earned a master of science in human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in 2012 and a DNP from Chatham University in 2014. In addition to her clinical practice, Adimando has published several peer-reviewed articles and presented at local and national conferences on her research interests. These include complementary and alternative therapies, multimodal educational strategies for nursing students, and compassion fatigue in nurses. She has also previously served as the Vice Chairperson on the ANCC's content expert panel for the PMHNP board certification exam, as well as a member of the panel for eight years. Recently, she received the ANCC's prestigious Certified Nurse Award for her contributions as a PMHNP in Connecticut. Adimando has over 15 years of pediatric and psychiatric nursing experience and continues to practice as a PMHNP in various levels of care across Connecticut. Within her previous positions in emergency psychiatry, inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, her private practice, and pediatric medical-surgical settings, she focused on the integration and interdependence of physical and mental health. The health assessment skills she acquired through this expansive background allow her to apply real-life clinical scenarios and relevant expertise to her teaching of health assessment to BSN and MSN students.

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