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Telephone Triage for Obstetrics & Gynecology

Publication Year:
2018
Edition:
3rd Ed.
Author:
Long, Vicki E.; McMullen, Patricia C.
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
ISBN:
978-1-49-636241-4
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Provide top-level obstetrics and gynecology telephone triage that is safe, efficient, and effective, with Telephone Triage for Obstetrics & Gynecology, 3rd edition.

This at-your-fingertips guide offers a wide range of current, evidence-based protocols, backed by proven patient-questioning techniques, quick-reference charts, and real-life patient scenarios. Adaptable to private practice, hospital, clinic, or call center, this invaluable guide will help ensure that your telephone triage standards stay high, while your practice serves individual patient situations with empathy and accuracy, right from the start.
  • NEW chapter on incorporating internet research into advice on specific protoc
  • NEW and expanded protocols that offer updated content on preconceptual screening, infectious disease impacts on pregnancy, infertility management, and emergency contraception
  • Quick-reference sections that arrange protocols alphabetically for fast locating
  • Easy-to-follow, data-gathering, flowchart format that helps you quickly determine the nature and urgency of the caller’s problem, and choose the appropriate intervention
  • Easy-to-explain patient-education sections after each protocol 
  • Basic Triage Assessment Forms that address specific problems and require vital patient data
  • Guidance on developing ""telephone charisma"" and the power of sympathetic listening
  • Effective patient questioning techniques - pertinent questions to ask, types of questions, time management, getting clarification
  •  Real-life call scenarios that point out problems with not listening fully to the patient, skipping relevant questions, or exerting judgments
  • Covers telephone triage basics, including logistical and legal considerations, assessments, telephone communication basics and challenges, and more
  • Offers obstetric protocols, including overviews of preconceptual and infertility, early management of unintended pregnancy, fetal prenatal screening, early pregnancy evaluation and surveillance, and more
  • Offers gynecologic protocols, including overviews of abnormal bleeding and spotting, amenorrhea, barrier contraceptives, breast complaints, emergency contraception, injectable contraceptives, intrauterine contraception, menopausal concerns, and more
  • Vital guidance for all gynecologic nurses, obstetric nurses, certified nurse midwives, OB/GYN nurse practitioners, all triage nurses, and health professionals at call centers
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Platform:
OvidSP
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Long, Vicki E.; McMullen, Patricia C.
ISBN:
978-1-49-636241-4
Specialty:
  • Obstetrics & Women's Health
Language:
English
Edition:
3rd Ed.
Pages:
448
Publication Year:
2018

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