Helps nurse practitioner students bridge the clinical judgment gap between acute and community care to care in a primary care setting. With this text, they will master the change in judgment processes required in their new role as primary care providers. It will also help them to use their developed communication skills to establish a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship enable the patient to share pertinent, personal information. "This unique text helps nurse practitioner students bridge the clinical judgment gap between acute and community care to care in a primary care setting. Nurse practitioner students will master the change in judgment processes required in their new role as primary care providers." -- Doody.com, 4/26/04 "It fills the gaps between the traditional advanced practice tests to present how the student builds a relationship with patients and families and evolves into competent practitioners." -- Doody Enterprises, 5/04