CHAPTER 68   Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Menstrual Disorders Winifred C. Connerton, PhD, CNM The menstrual cycle begins with menarche between ages 12 and 15 years and ends with menopause…

CHAPTER 62   Community and Intimate Partner Violence William Jacobowitz, MS, MPH, EdD, RN, PMHCNS-BC The primary care provider working in a primary care (or family practice) setting has unique…

CHAPTER 44   Osteoarthritis Maureen F. Cooney, DNP, FNP-BC Osteoarthritis (OA) is a clinical condition of diarthroidal joints characterized by pain, stiffness, and structural alteration. Underlying this condition are destruction…

CHAPTER 34   Lymphoma Dana H. Manning, PharmD, RD, LDN Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) are neoplasms of lymphocytes and affect the anatomical sites where these cells develop…

CHAPTER 54   Seizure Disorders Henry Cohen, MS, PharmD, FCCM, BCPP, CGP • Samantha M. Smalley, PharmD, BCPS Seizures are the clinical manifestations of excessive and hypersynchronous, usually self-limiting, abnormal…

CHAPTER 75   Sarcoidosis Michele McDermott, DNP, RN, FNP-BC Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized pathologically by the presence of nonnecrotizing granulomatous lesions. It generally…

CHAPTER 28   Nephrotic and Nephritic Renal Disease Hillary Wall, PharmD Glomerular disease is the third largest cause of chronic renal insufficiency in the United States. The U.S. Renal Data…

CHAPTER 25   Peptic Ulcer Disease Michelle Santomassino, DNP, RN, FNP-C A peptic ulcer is a defect in the gastric or duodenal wall that extends through the muscularis mucosa and…

CHAPTER 23   Inflammatory Bowel Disease Catherine M. Concert, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, NE-BC, CGRN Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) are chronic inflammatory diseases of the bowel and…

CHAPTER 20   Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Michelle Santomassino, DNP, RN, FNP-C Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is such a common problem that it affects 10% to 20% of the Western world…