Developing Advanced Assessment Skills: Patients with Long Term Conditions

This book will help you to develop some of the essential assessment skills that are needed to support patients with long-term conditions in secondary and primary care settings. You may be at the beginning of your career, or you may be an experienced practitioner who is moving into long-term conditions care. At whatever level you may be, this book will give you some guidance on how to use appropriate assessment tools and to reflect on your experience from practice.Supporting patients with long-term conditions is not solely the domain of nursing. This book is intended to be suitable for a range of practitioners who are interested in developing their assessment skills further. However some examples have been given from a nursing perspective.The exercises throughout the book have been designed to encourage you to reflect on your practice and draw from the wide range of evidence that is available to support your development. You can work through them at your own pace and return to chapters that you need to learn more about. CONTENTS:Developing competence and skills in the care of long-term conditions Supporting people with long-term conditionsAssessment of patients with long-term conditionsHistory-taking and clinical assessmentAssessment of patients with chronic respiratory diseaseAssessment of patients with chronic heart failureAssessment of patients with diabetes mellitusAssessment of patients with musculoskeletal painAssessment of patients with multiple sclerosis