Contents
Guide
Dermatology
for Advanced
Practice Clinicians
A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
Second Edition
Margaret A. Bobonich, DNP, FNP-C, DCNP, FAANP
Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Adjunct Faculty
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida
Mary E. Nolen, MS, ANP-BC, DCNP
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida
Jeremy Honaker, PhD, MSN, FNP-C, CWOCN, DCNP
Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Douglas DiRuggiero, DMSc, MHS, PA-C
Skin Cancer & Cosmetic Dermatology Center
Rome, Georgia
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bobonich, Margaret A., editor. | Nolen, Mary E., editor. | Honaker, Jeremy, editor. | DiRuggiero, Douglas, editor.
Title: Dermatology for advanced practice clinicians : a comprehensive guide to diagnosis and treatment / [edited by] Margaret A. Bobonich, Mary E.
Nolen, Jeremy Honaker, Douglas DiRuggiero.
Description: Second edition. | Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2021] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021006329 | eISBN 9781975148379
Subjects: MESH: Skin Diseasesdiagnosis | Skin Diseasestherapy
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Contributors
Lakshi M. Aldredge, MSN, ANP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Portland VA Medical Center
Portland, Oregon
Margaret A. Bobonich, DNP, FNP-C, DCNP, FAANP
Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Adjunct Faculty
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida
Nicole Bort, DNP, AGNP-C, DCNP
Dermatology Nurse Practitioner
Department of Dermatology
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
A. Matthew Brunner, MHS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Dermatology & Skin Surgery Center P.C.
Stockbridge, Georgia
Melissa E. Cyr, PhD, ANP, FNP
Dermatology Nurse Practitioner
Dermatology & Skin Health
Peabody, Massachusetts
Melissa Davis, PA-C, MSPAS
Adjunct Faculty
Sullivan University
Louisville, Kentucky
Douglas C. DiRuggiero, DMSc, MHS, PA-C
Skin Cancer and Cosmetic Dermatology
Rome, Georgia
Elizabeth Drumm
Family Nurse Practitioner
Dermatology Nurse Practitioner
Department of Dermatology
AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center La Grange
La Grange, Illinois
Wayne Emineth, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Dermatology
Georgia Regents University/University of Georgia
Atlanta Augusta/Athens, Georgia
Physician Assistant
Dermatology
Northside Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia
Victoria Garcia-Albea, PNP, MSN, DCNP, BSN, RN
Nurse Practitioner
Department of Dermatology
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Burlington, Massachusetts
Bethany Grubb, MPH, MPAS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
Department of PA Studies
UT-Southwestern
Dallas, Texas
Gail Batissa Handwork, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, DCNP
Dermatology Nurse Practitioner
Department of Dermatology
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Burlington, Massachusetts
Kathleen Haycraft, DNP, FNP/PNP-BC, DCNP, FAANP
Riverside Dermatology
General Dermatology
Hannibal, Missouri
Travis M. Hayden, MPAS, PA-C
Professor of Practice, Assistant Academic Coordinator
Department of Physician Assistant Studies
Le Moyne College
Voluntary Faculty, Clinical Instructor
Physician Assistant Program
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Jeremy Honaker, PhD, MSN, FNP-C, CWOCN, DCNP
Assistant Professor