Description

Dunphy’s Primary Care, 6th Edition, is the advanced practice nursing textbook Primary Care: The Art and Science of Advanced Practice Nursing – an Interprofessional Approach, edited by Lynne M. Dunphy, Jill E. Winland-Brown, Brian Oscar Porter and Debera J. Thomas. Published by F.A. Davis Company in November 2022, this 1,568-page edition addresses primary care from the perspective of the advanced practice nurse working within an interprofessional team. This page gives you the bibliographic details, an online FlipBook preview and the PDF eBook of the textbook after purchase.

Who Dunphy’s Primary Care is for

• Nurse practitioner students, for example in family or adult-gerontology programmes, taking primary care courses.
• DNP and MSN students whose curriculum includes primary care management.
• Practising nurse practitioners and APRNs who want a broad primary care reference.
• Faculty and preceptors who supervise advanced practice students in primary care settings.

This is a graduate-level text. If you are still in a pre-licensure programme, start with a fundamentals and medical-surgical textbook; our guide to nursing textbooks for students outlines the usual progression.

What Dunphy’s Primary Care covers

As the title states, the book treats primary care as both an art and a science: clinical knowledge for assessing and managing patients, and the relational, holistic side of advanced practice nursing. The subtitle highlights an interprofessional approach, reflecting the reality that nurse practitioners work alongside physicians, pharmacists and other professionals. Expect coverage of the common conditions managed in primary care settings, organised to support clinical decision-making. Because Dunphy’s Primary Care is a large reference, most students use it chapter by chapter alongside their course modules rather than reading it in sequence.

For the exact chapter structure, open the online FlipBook preview on this page and browse the table of contents.

About the 6th Edition

This page offers the 6th Edition of Dunphy’s Primary Care, published by F.A. Davis Company in 2022 (ISBN-13 9781719644655). The publisher presents this edition together with online case studies and its Davis Edge platform; these online components are publisher resources and are not included with this eBook. If your course requires Davis Edge assignments, you will need access from the publisher. Also check that your programme uses the 6th Edition.

How to study primary care as an advanced practice student

1. Study by presenting complaint. Before clinic, review the conditions most likely to appear in the patients you will see that day.
2. Build one-page summaries. For each condition, note key history points, examination findings, first-line management and when to refer.
3. Check the latest evidence. Textbooks age; compare management with recent systematic reviews in the Cochrane Library and current guidelines.
4. Revise actively for certification. Our article on active recall explains how to retain large volumes of clinical content.

Format, preview and access

To compare digital formats for large clinical texts, read PDF vs EPUB for medical textbooks.

Complementary titles for advanced practice

• Essential Procedures for Emergency, Urgent, and Primary Care Settings, Third Edition: for the procedures performed in primary care.
• Mosby’s Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 7th Edition: to order and interpret investigations.
• Lehne’s Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 10th Edition: to revise the pharmacology behind prescribing decisions.
• Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 8th Edition: for the policy side of advanced practice roles.

Frequently asked questions

Does Dunphy’s Primary Care include Davis Edge access?

No. You receive the textbook as a PDF eBook. Davis Edge, the online case studies and any activation codes are not included.

Which edition is offered here?

The 6th Edition, published by F.A. Davis Company in November 2022.

Is it suitable for undergraduate nursing students?

It is written for advanced practice nursing. Undergraduate students will usually get more from a fundamentals or medical-surgical text first.

How quickly can I access it?

Access is available after payment confirmation. See our FAQ for details.