Patient Assessment in Clinical Pharmacy: A Comprehensive Guide

✍ Scribed by Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 432
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This comprehensive, first-of-its kind title is an indispensable resource for pharmacists looking to learn or improve crucial patient assessment skills relevant to all pharmacy practice settings. Pharmacists’ role as health care practitioners is evolving as they are taking a more active part in primary patient care -- helping patients manage their medications and diseases, providing patient education, and, in some jurisdictions, prescribing and adapting medications. To perform their day-to-day duties, pharmacists are best-served using a framework called the patient care process. This framework involves three steps: patient assessment; care plan development and implementation; and monitoring and follow up. Organized in four parts, this practical book begins with introductory chapters regarding the basics of patient assessment and the patient care process. Part II includes a detailed assessment of common symptoms encountered by pharmacists. Part III discusses assessment of patients with various chronic illnesses. Part IV addresses select specialized topics and assessment considerations. An invaluable contribution to the literature, Patient Assessment in Clinical Pharmacy: A Comprehensive Guide will be of great benefit to pharmacists, regardless of their practice setting, and to pharmacy students as well.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Introduction to the Patient Care Process (Theresa L. Charrois)....Pages 3-12
Principles of Patient Assessment (Camille Yearwood, Lisa M. Guirguis, Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud)....Pages 13-29
Physical Assessment for Pharmacists (Elizabeth Glashan, Theresa Eberhardt, Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud)....Pages 31-53
Front Matter ....Pages 55-55
Headache (Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud)....Pages 57-65
Cough (Elizabeth Glashan, Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud)....Pages 67-78
Nausea and Vomiting (Tara Leslie)....Pages 79-89
Diarrhea (Elizabeth Glashan, Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud)....Pages 91-100
Constipation (Sally Eliwa, Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud)....Pages 101-105
Heartburn (Mark Makowsky)....Pages 107-120
Fever (Mark Diachinsky)....Pages 121-132
Dermatological Symptom Assessment (Ravina Sanghera, Parbeer Singh Grewal)....Pages 133-154
Front Matter ....Pages 155-155
Diabetes Mellitus (Yazid N. Al Hamarneh, Rick L. Siemens, Kendra J. Townsend, Ross T. Tsuyuki)....Pages 157-170
Hypertension (Ann Thompson, Peter Hamilton)....Pages 171-184
Heart Failure (Sheri L. Koshman, Lesley C. Beique)....Pages 185-199
Asthma (Kathleen Hayward, Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud)....Pages 201-211
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Renette Bertholet, Inessa McIntyre)....Pages 213-224
Epilepsy (Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud)....Pages 225-234
Osteoporosis (Nese Yuksel, Theresa L. Charrois)....Pages 235-243
Rheumatoid Arthritis (Jill J. Hall, Jason Kielly)....Pages 245-256
Depression (Theresa Eberhardt, Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud)....Pages 257-281
Chronic Non-cancer Pain (Patrick R. Mayo, Sheila Walter)....Pages 283-296
Front Matter ....Pages 297-297
Pharmacokinetic Assessment (Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud)....Pages 299-307
Liver Function Assessment (Mohamed A. Omar)....Pages 309-319
Kidney Function Assessment (Rene R. Breault)....Pages 321-329
Infectious Disease Assessment (Cecilia Lau)....Pages 331-351
Critical Care Assessment (Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud, Camille Yearwood)....Pages 353-373
Assessment Considerations in Older Adults (Cheryl A. Sadowski)....Pages 375-386
Assessment Considerations in Pediatric Patients (Deonne Dersch-Mills)....Pages 387-401
Women’s Health (Nese Yuksel)....Pages 403-414
Anemia Assessment (Christine A. Hughes)....Pages 415-421
Back Matter ....Pages 423-439

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; General Practice / Family Medicine; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Primary Care Medicine; Internal Medicine