Medically reviewed by: Mark Aquino FNP-C – An Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner, author of Physical Assessment for Nurses Simplified. Based on real world healthcare experience and up-to-date clinical guidelines.
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- Urgent Care Practice, Documentation, and Coding: A Practical Guide to Defensible Notes, Medical Decision-Making, Procedures, Follow-Up, and Compliance
- Wounds and Procedures in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Lacerations, Bites, Burns, Abscesses, Foreign Bodies, and Procedural Safety
- Women’s Health Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Pelvic Pain, Bleeding, Pregnancy, Vaginal Symptoms, and Emergencies
- Respiratory Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Cough, Dyspnea, Wheeze, Pneumonia, and Respiratory Emergencies
- Pediatric Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Fever, Respiratory Illness, Dehydration, Injury, and Pediatric Emergencies
- Eye Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Red Eye, Pain, Vision Change, Trauma, and Ophthalmic Emergencies
- Neurologic Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Headache, Dizziness, Weakness, Seizure, and Neurologic Emergencies
- Musculoskeletal Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Pain, Injury, Fracture, Joint Swelling, and Limb Emergencies
- Infectious Disease in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Fever, Sepsis, Exposure, Testing, Isolation, and Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Genitourinary Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Dysuria, UTI, Flank Pain, Hematuria, and GU Emergencies
- Gastrointestinal Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Abdominal Pain, Vomiting, Diarrhea, GI Bleeding, and Abdominal Emergencies
- Ear, Nose, and Throat Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Otalgia, Sore Throat, Sinus Symptoms, Epistaxis, and ENT Emergencies
- Dermatologic Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Rash, Cellulitis, Abscess, and Skin Emergencies
- Cardiovascular Complaints in Urgent Care: A Practical Approach to Chest Pain, Palpitations, Syncope, Hypertension, and Edema
About the author/editor: Mark Aquino MSN, ARNP, FNP-C. Mark has a Master of Science in Nursing received from West Coast University and board certified family nurse practitioner (FNP-C) with over 8 years of real-world experience in the health care industry and currently practicing in an urgent care clinic diagnosing and prescribing treatments in California, USA. He is also author of Physical Assessment for Nurses Simplified.
Medically reviewed by: Mark Aquino FNP-C – An Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner, author of Physical Assessment for Nurses Simplified. Based on real world healthcare experience and up-to-date clinical guidelines.