By Cynthia Salisbury:   This is a very informative book to read for both clinicians in practice and patients who may have many concerns about seeing a healthcare provider for the first time. Mrs. Aghanya has shown examples of many patients that clinicians encounter on a daily basis. With funny cartoon illustrations throughout the chapters to describe different patient personalities I thought that she did a very good job of giving her own personal examples and giving tips on how to handle these patients. I especially liked reading about an Opinionated Patient she had seen with an elevated blood pressure who was on Coumadin. This clinical scenario is very common in practice and the tip she used on how to handle this type of patient was very helpful.

I also think that this book would be very helpful for nursing/nurse practitioner students. It could be used as part of the curriculum for undergraduate/graduate school and as a tool for teachers to encourage students to give their own examples of patients that they will or have encountered.

I really enjoyed reading Mrs. Aghanya’s book and I could relate to many of the scenarios she discussed as a clinician. This is a must read for all clinicians!

Cynthia Setoodeh RN, MSN, APN-C