Recommended Text: Not just Exam Prep Reviews

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I asked this question before and got the patented answers of Fitzgerald, Liek, etc. Please read my question and please don't assume what my question is.....

I am 15 years out of graduation, was deployed to Afghanistan for a couple years, then returned and went into Ortho Surgery. I am now looking for more options in both employment and living location. I now want to take the AANP, despite not needing it to continue billing Medicare etc., as I was licensed so long ago. I know ortho and trauma inside and out, but no FNP practice since 1999.

My question: Please don't give me ideas on exam prep programs and materials, as that is obvious here in all the other posts and not what I am asking for..... Please advise on a couple good texts to purchase covering today's modern family practice standards so I can prepare myself to be where a new FNP graduate would be upon graduation. Then I can move to the exam review materials everyone seems so eager to share here which is great info, but I need a previous starting point.

Thank you for your time in your responses.

Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

You do not have a national certification is that correct?

current medical diagnosis and family practice standards.

No National Cert. Was not required for anything I did in Ortho.

Specializes in psychiatric.

Not sure exactly what you are looking for but these were used in my program and I found them very helpful. My program is very rigorous and is well respected Brick and Mortar. I know you arent interested in the reviews, but they really do capture what you need to know, I would look at tthe works cited and see what they are using to create the exam and grab a few of those texts to review as well.

Lange, "Symptom to Diagnosis, an evidence based guide" This covers a lot of territory and gives a great breakdown of tests and differentials

Dains, Baumann, & Sheibel "Advanced Health Assesment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care" same thing but in a broader format

Bates pocket guide to Physical Examination and History Taking

Mosby's manual of diagnostic and laboratory tests

The 5-minute clinical consult by Domino Baldor, Goulding, & Stephens. this is priceless and has an app that you can get for your phone

Good Luck

Thanks Barnstormin, this is exactly what I was interested in. So it seems that you feel the review books, ie Fitzgerald, Liek etc have the same information at the same level? I was thinking I needed to go back to basics before grabbing a review book as I have not addressed any general medicine family stuff since 1999.

Thank you kindly for your time......

Specializes in Advanced Practice Nrsg, Hospice & Palliative Care.

Hi, honestly, I would recommend that you go to National Guideline Clearinghouse | Home and download /print the most common guidelines you'll use in primary care... JNC 8, cholesterol guidelines, ADA diabetes guidelines, GOLD for COPD, etc

PTO is serving lunch to the teachers today, I'm going since the mom in charge wished me a Happy Nurses Day this morning and invited me. Not expecting much else from school.

Specializes in NP, ICU, ED, Pre-op.

Hi,

There are a lot of great suggestions here. One text I have really valued is "Clinical Guidelines in Family Practice" 5th ed. Constance Uphold and Mary Graham....

Really large text with great guidelines.

Good Luck

Specializes in psychiatric.

I forgot about "clinical pathophysiology made ridiculously simple" by A. Berkowitz MD. Sums up patho pretty well.

I am using Fitzgerald review for PMHNP and it is a summary of everything that I learned in my program, so honestly the reviews are pretty important to look at, even though it seems like you are working backwards, they will show you where you are weakest. Sounds like a tough job you have ahead of you, good luck!

robin and cohans pathology is probably the one stop shop for diseases if your looking for a one hit wonder, follow it up with the current medical dx and a physical exam book and youll have more knowledge than most practitioners out there. I try to stay away from books written by nps, they almost always are inferior to actual medical texts.

Specializes in Cardiac, ER.

Clinical Guidelines in Family Practice by Uphold & Graham is good for the current guidelines, especially for wellness like mammograms, Pap's and preventative guides.

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