Share Differential Diagnosis for the Advanced Practice Nurse -- Introduction to Differential Diagnosis and Diagnosis of Common Problems -- Abdominal Pain -- Ankle Pain -- Breast Lumps -- Chest Pain -- Cough -- Diarrhea -- Dizziness -- Ear Discharge -- Ear Pain -- Elbow Pain -- Enlarged Lymph Nodes -- Eye Discharge -- Eye Pain -- Eye Redness -- Fatigue -- Foot Pain -- Hand Pain and Swelling -- Headache -- Heartburn -- Heavy Menstrual Flow -- Hip Pain -- Knee Pain -- Low Back Pain -- Lower Extremity Edema -- Mouth Lesions -- Neck Pain -- Painful Intercourse -- Runny Nose -- Shortness of Breath -- Shoulder Pain -- Skin Lesions -- Skin Rashes -- Sore Throat -- Tinnitis--Ringing in the Ears -- Vaginal Discharge -- Vaginal Lesions -- Vomiting -- Wrist Pain
Summary
Establishing a differential diagnosis can be challenging even for expert advanced practice nurses (APRNs), let alone students. This easy-access clinical guide to commonly seen symptoms, written for APRN students and new practitioners, describes step by step how to obtain a reliable patient history and choose the appropriate directed physical exam for the presenting problem, followed by how to use this patient history and physical exam findings to form a differential diagnosis. Unfolding case scenarios provided for each symptom further demonstrate a sound process for formulating a differential
