Health Assessment in Nursing Practice

Name: Health Assessment in Nursing Practice
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ISBN: 9780316328319

ISBN-10: 0316328316

ISBN-13: 9780316328319

Edition: 4th 1996

Authors: Jorge Grimes, Elizabeth Burns

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This text teaches nurses how to assess the health of their patients and make a physical diagnosis, using a systematic approach to health assessment in order to provide complete health care.

Book details

List price: $40.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English

EB: Professor of Family Medicine and Community Assistant Dean, Michigan State University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Kalamazoo, MichiganKK: Leon County Health Department, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida; University of North Dakota, Physician Assistant Program, Grand Forks, North DakotaJW: Florida State University, College of Nursing, Tallahassee, Florida

Preface
Acknowledgments
Holistic Health Assessment	p. 3
Communication in Health Assessment	p. 33
Mental Health Assessment	p. 51
The Health History	p. 77
Introduction to Physical Assessment	p. 115
Assessment of the Integument	p. 133
Assessment of the Head and Neck	p. 155
Assessment of the Eye	p. 171
Assessment of the Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Pharynx	p. 193
Assessment of the Thorax and Lungs	p. 215
Assessment of the Cardiovascular System	p. 239
Assessment of the Breast	p. 271
Assessment of the Abdomen	p. 283
Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System	p. 307
Assessment of the Neurologic System	p. 335
Assessment of the Genitals and Rectum	p. 365
Assessment of the Newborn	p. 391
Assessment of the Child and Adolescent	p. 429
Assessment of Wellness	p. 463
Assessment of the Older Adult	p. 479
Assessment of Women's Health	p. 495
Assessment of Men's Health	p. 521
Appendix A: Developmental Aspects	p. 533
Appendix B: Childhood Infectious Diseases	p. 547
Appendix C: Skin Alterations, Assessment, and Nursing Management	p. 559
Appendix D: Common Laboratory Values	p. 569
Index	p. 579
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