Jarvis's Health Assessment and Physical Examination

Australian and New Zealand

3rd Edition - August 1, 2020
Authors: Helen Forbes, Elizabeth Watt
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 4 3 3 7 - 8
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 7 9 3 - 8

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The third edition of Jarvis’s Health Assessment and Physical Examination is an ideal text for undergraduate nursing students new to health assessment and registered nurses wishing to further develop and refine their skills. Advanced health assessment skills are described and will be useful for Nurse Practitioner candidates.

The textbook is colour-coded and easy to follow. Each chapter sets out the eight key elements of health assessment: structure and function, developmental considerations, social and cultural considerations, subjective data, objective data, promoting a healthy lifestyle, documentation and critical thinking and abnormal findings. Advanced concepts allow students to progress once they understand the basics.

Edited by Helen Forbes and Elizabeth Watt, this comprehensive text has been adapted and updated by leading academics and expert clinicians across Australia and New Zealand.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Text features
About the Australian adapting editors
About the US author
Australian and New Zealand contributors
Contributors to US edition
Australian and New Zealand reviewers
Preface
Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
UNIT 1. Approaches and contexts of health assessment in nursing
1. The context and frameworks of health assessment
Bibliography
Websites
2. Critical thinking in health assessment
Bibliography
Websites
3. Developmental tasks across the life span
Bibliography
4. Cultural safety
Bibliography
Websites
5. Screening for family violence and abuse
Subjective data
Objective data
Bibliography
Websites
Australia
New Zealand
6. Screening for substance abuse
Bibliography
UNIT 2. Health assessment tools and techniques
7. The health assessment interview
Bibliography
8. The health history
Bibliography
9. Physical assessment techniques
Bibliography
Website
10. General survey and vital signs
Objective data
Bibliography
UNIT 3. Assessing mental health, neurological and sensory function
11. Mental health assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
12. Neurological assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
Websites
13. Pain assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Bibliography
14. Eye assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
15. Ear assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Bibliography
Websites
UNIT 4. Assessing cardiovascular function
16. Peripheral vascular assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
Websites
17. Cardiac assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
Websites
UNIT 5. Assessing respiratory function
18. Upper airways assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Bibliography
19. Lower airways assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
Web resources
UNIT 6. Assessing musculoskeletal function
20. Musculoskeletal assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
UNIT 7. Assessing nutrition and metabolic function
21. Nutritional and metabolic assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
Websites
22. Skin, hair and nails assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
UNIT 8. Urinary and bowel function
23. Abdominal assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
24. Assessment of urinary function
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Bibliography
Websites
25. Assessment of bowel function
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Bibliography
UNIT 9. Assessing sexuality and reproductive function
26. Female sexual and reproductive assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
Websites
27. Male sexual and reproductive assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further objective assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
Websites
28. Breasts assessment
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Further assessment for advanced practice
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
29. Assessing the pregnant woman
Structure and function
Subjective data
Objective data
Documentation and critical thinking
Abnormal findings for advanced practice
Bibliography
30. Using health assessment in clinical practice: Putting it all together
Bibliography
Illustration credits
Index
Weblinks