Essential for today's advanced practice nurses! Today's advanced practice nurses are faced with challenging and exciting new opportunities for consultation! While nursing consultation has always been an integral part of the health care environment - increasingly apparent and important is the need for a community perspective. Revised and updated to include this new emphasis on consulting within communities, Nursing Consultation continues to provide nurses with both the theoretical background and practical strategies that are needed to successfully respond in today's health care environment. Features Include: A 5-phase process to resolve actual or potential problems related to the health status of clients or to health care delivery Three New Chapters - Communities, Nurses, and Consultation (Chapter 2), Team Building in Consultation (Chapter 12), and Working with Consultants (Chapter 18) Key search engine terms at the beginning of each chapter allow for easy access to the latest resources