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Fourth Edition
By
Susan Wilson, RN, PhD, CS, FNP, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, College of Health and Social Welfare, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK; Emeritus
Associate Professor, Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Jean Giddens, RN, PhD, APRN, BC, Professor and Coordinator, MSN Nursing Education Concentration, College of Nursing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Description
Using a nursing-oriented, holistic approach, this straightforward text provides you with a visual presentation to conducting physical
examinations. This textbook clearly delineates the routine exam techniques from those exams for special circumstances or advanced practice.
Contents
I. Foundations for Health Assessment
1. Why Learn Health Assessment?
2. Ethnic Cultural Considerations
3. Interviewing to Obtain a Health History
4. Techniques and Equipment for Physical Assessment
5. General Inspection
and Measurement of Vital Signs
6. Pain Assessment
7. Mental Health Assessment
8. Sleep Assessment
9.
Nutritional Assessment
II. Health Assessment of the Adult
10. Skin Hair, Nails
11. Head,
Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat
12. Lung and Respiratory System
13. Heart and Peripheral Vascular System
14. Abdomen
and Gastrointestinal System
15. Musculoskeletal System
16. Neurologic System
17. Breasts and Axillae
18.
Reproductive System and the Perineum
III. NEW! Health Assessment Across the Lifespan
19. Developmental
Assessment Throughout the Lifespan
20.
NEW!
Assessment of the Infant and Child
21. Assessment of the
Pregnant Client
22.
NEW!
Assessment of the Older Adult
IV. Putting It All Together
23.
Conducting a Head-to-Toe Assessment
24. Documenting the Health Assessment
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 672 pages, publication date: SEP-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-05322-8
ISBN-10: 0-323-05322-X
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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