as a connection between clinical practice and the responsibilities of an APN. It is a brief yet all-encompassing text that enables students to navigate the data and presentation of symptoms that must be analyzed when determining a diagnosis and prescribing treatment. The book focuses on advanced-practice, linking changes in a patient’s health to symptoms and signs, thereby helping students identify a diagnosis and the corresponding treatment. Furthermore, the text provides an explanation of the reasoning behind the decisions and choices made by advanced practice nurses in their daily work. The key features of the book include an advanced practice nursing focus, coverage of gerontology, pediatrics, maternal and mental health content that meets the requirements for core advanced pathophysiology, comparison and contrast data of similar disease states to facilitate symptom recognition and differential diagnosis, features of common diagnostic tests such as labs and imaging studies, and discussion of the impact of cultural and gender variations on the presentation of disease.