Welcome to Nursing in Practice Reference
Nursing in Practice Reference is the new product from Nursing in Practice designed to help nurses working in primary and community care make sense of patient presentations. Based on the best-selling book Symptom Sorter, it is written by GPs and adapted by nurses. It covers the vast majority of symptoms seen in primary care to inform different nursing disciplines with a range of responsibilities. Each symptom is organised into common, occasional or rare differentials, with distinguishing features, and symptom management is prompted through suggestions for investigations, top tips and red flags.
This was launched in October 2022, and we will continuously keep all content up to date.
Search by symptom...
Simply enter the symptom, keyword or illness to search our symptoms database.
Alternatively, search by system...
Abdominal
Click here to view all 14 symptoms related to Abdominal.
Anorectal
Click here to view all 5 symptoms related to Anorectal.
Breast
Click here to view all 4 symptoms related to Breast.
Cerebral
Click here to view all 8 symptoms related to Cerebral.
Chest
Click here to view all 7 symptoms related to Chest.
Ear
Click here to view all 4 symptoms related to Ear.
Eye
Click here to view all 7 symptoms related to Eye.
Face
Click here to view all 4 symptoms related to Face.
General Physical
Click here to view all 21 symptoms related to General Physical.
Genital
Click here to view all 11 symptoms related to Genital.
Hair and Nails
Click here to view all 4 symptoms related to Hair and Nails.
Limbs
Click here to view all 14 symptoms related to Limbs.
Neck
Click here to view all 6 symptoms related to Neck.
Nose
Click here to view all 3 symptoms related to Nose.
Oral
Click here to view all 5 symptoms related to Oral.
Pelvic
Click here to view all 3 symptoms related to Pelvic.
Periods
Click here to view all 4 symptoms related to Periods.
Skin
Click here to view all 9 symptoms related to Skin.
Urinary
Click here to view all 7 symptoms related to Urinary.