title: Management of patients with psoriatic arthritis.
abstract: Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory arthritis condition. If left untreated, patients with psoriatic arthritis may suffer pain, reduced quality of life, joint damage, and disability. Understanding clinical presentation and comorbidities of the disease, as well as current guidelines for treatment, allows the nurse practitioner to provide comprehensive care for patients.
authors.affiliation: Kori A. Dewing is a rheumatology nurse practitioner at the Department of Rheumatology at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Wash., and an affiliate assistant professor at University of Washington School of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, Seattle, Wash.
authors.forename: Kori A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dewing
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life