Evidence-based Physical Examination Handbook

Provides succinct evidence-based guidance on the assessment of patients across the life span and development of sound clinical reasoning

A companion to the groundbreaking Evidence-Based Physical Examination: Best Practices for Health and Well-Being, this portable, full-color, richly illustrated handbook prepares you for practice in any clinical setting. A high-yield guide with only the most essential information for assessment of patients across the life span, it includes key questions and considerations for the patient history, a step-by-step guide to physical examination, tips for interpreting assessment findings, differential diagnoses, and coverage of special populations. Other useful features include Red Flag and Evidence-Based Considerations boxes, quick-reference tables, and sample documentation. The Evidence-Based Physical Examination set of products provide all of the information you need to develop sound clinical judgement&;access the handbook on the go or at point of care and refer to the comprehensive textbook for in-depth review.

Key Features:

• Provides succinct, evidence-based guidance on the history-taking and physical examination of patients across the life span
• Strengthens advanced assessment and clinical-reasoning skills in preparation for clinical rotations and practice
• Includes tips for interpreting assessment findings, Red Flag and Evidence-Based Considerations boxes, and sample documentation
• Highlights essential information with quick-reference tables
• Features abundant illustrations and images
• Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers

Kate Sustersic Gawlik, DNP, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP is an associate professor of clinical nursing at The Ohio State University. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an adult and family nurse practitioner. She has extensive background in primary care, with experience in family practice, college health, urgent care, and reproductive care. Her clinical interests are evidence-based practice, population health, preventive medicine, clinician well-being, parental burnout, health professionals’ education, wellness, and cardiovascular disease prevention. She has served as the project manager for the Million Hearts® initiatives at Ohio State's College of Nursing since 2013. She leads and serves on multiple state and national workgroups targeted at improving cardiovascular population health and improving student health and wellness.

Dr. Gawlik started her nursing career in 2006 and completed her MSc in nursing with a specialization as an adult/geriatric nurse practitioner in 2009 from The Ohio State University. In 2015, she graduated with her DNP and a post-master's certificate as a family nurse practitioner from The Ohio State University. Dr. Gawlik was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award in 2013 and the Outstanding Leadership Award in 2017 at The Ohio State University. She received an Abstract of Distinction at the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science Conference in 2016 and the Editor's Pick for 2017 Paper of the Year by the American Journal of Health Promotion for "An Epidemiological Study of Population Health Reveals Social Smoking as a Major Cardiovascular Risk Factor." She was awarded the 2018 American Association of Nurse Practitioner State Award for Excellence for Ohio. She was inducted as a fellow into the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in June 2018 and into the National Academies of Practice in March 2021. She received the 2022 American Association of Colleges of Nursing Innovations Award.

Dr. Gawlik has been teaching nursing students since 2007. She has taught a variety of undergraduate, RN--BSN, and graduate nursing courses and serves as a clinical preceptor for advanced practice nursing students. Her passion lies in teaching in the online platform, both in synchronous and asynchronous classrooms. She has been teaching solely online since 2012. Dr. Gawlik developed an online educational module on cardiovascular population health that is used nationally and internationally. The educational module has led to the cardiovascular screening of over 100,000 people. Her educational interests include the development of new and innovative teaching modalities and pedagogies for online teaching with a focus on advanced assessment, evidence-based practice, and health promotion courses.

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAA, is the Vice President for Health Promotion, University Chief Wellness Officer, and Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor of Evidence-Based Practice and Dean of the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University. She also is a Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the College of Medicine and Executive Director of the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare. Dr. Melnyk is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in evidence-based practice, intervention research, child and adolescent mental health, and health and wellness. She is both a pediatric nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, and co-editor of eight books, including Evidence-Based Physical Examination: Best Practices for Health and Well-Being Assessment; Evidence-Based Physical Examination Handbook; Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Improving Quality, Safety, and Outcomes; Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice (4th Edition); Implementing EBP: Real World Success Stories; A Practical Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Screening, Early Intervention and Health Promotion (3rd Edition); Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding (2nd Edition); and Evidence-Based Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Nursing and Healthcare. Dr. Melnyk has over 33 million dollars of sponsored funding from federal agencies and foundations and has authored over 450 publications. She is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Nursing, the National Academies of Practice, and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and serves as Editor of the journal Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing. Dr. Melnyk served a 4-year term on the United States Preventive Services Task Force and recently served on the mental health standing committee of the National Quality Forum. She is a currently a member of the board of directors for the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and a member of the National Academy of Medicine's Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-being and Resilience. She has received numerous national and international awards, including being named an edge-runner three times by the American Academy of Nursing.

Alice M. Teall, DNP, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, is an Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Graduate Health and Wellness Programming at The Ohio State University. An expert in nursing education, Dr. Teall was honored with the Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the Provost Award for Distinguished Teaching from Ohio State, and the Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence from Wright State University. While serving as director of the online Family Nurse Practitioner program at The Ohio State University, she was chosen as College of Nursing Graduate Educator of the Year for 4 consecutive years. Dr. Teall is coeditor of five textbooks, including Evidence-Based Physical Examination Handbook and Assessment and Diagnosis Review for APRN Certification Exams.

Alice M. Teall began her nursing career as a diploma graduate of Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing in 1983. She earned her BS in Nursing from Capital University, her MS with a specialization as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Wright State University, and her DNP from Ohio State. She has certifications as a Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and as an Integrative Nurse Coach. Her areas of clinical expertise include adolescent health, primary care of at-risk youth and families, college health, and recovery from substance use disorder. Dr. Teall is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the National Academies of Practice.

An experienced educator, Alice M. Teall has taught assessment online and on campus for students across nursing programs, including LPN, traditional undergraduate, RN--BSN completion, accelerated graduate entry, traditional master's, BS-to-DNP, post-master's, and doctoral programs. Dr. Teall has published and presented nationally about the effective use of classrooms as engaged and collaborative communities of inquiry, where active learning, timely feedback, diversity of thought, and support for self-care and wellness are norms. Her contributions to advanced practice education include innovative use of synchronous web-conferencing, incorporation of wellness coaching techniques in clinical practice, and preparation for the use of telehealth to improve access to quality care and effectively address population health.