Health Assessment for Nursing Practice - Text, Student Lab Guide and Interactive Student CD-ROM Package

Name: Health Assessment for Nursing Practice - Text, Student Lab Guide and Interactive Student CD-ROM Package
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ISBN: 9780323025966

ISBN-10: 032302596X

ISBN-13: 9780323025966

Edition: 3rd 2005

Authors: Susan F. Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens

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Organized by body system, this text presents a straightforward, visual approach to conducting a physical examination, with a unique delineation between the routine exam and exams for special circumstances or advanced practice. This new edition presents assessment content in a consistent, two-column format with an emphasis on risk factors and health promotion, and how to alter the exam for clients of various ages or with situational variations. Using a nursing-oriented, holistic focus, Wilson has separate chapters on developmental assessment, ethnic and cultural considerations, mental health assessment, pain assessment, sleep and rest assessment, and nutritional assessment. And with an…

Book details

List price: $82.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 10/22/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.598
Language: English




Foundations for Health Assessment



Why Learn Health Assessment?



Developmental Assessment Through the Life Span



Ethnic and Cultural Considerations



Interviewing to Obtain a Health History



Techniques and Equipment for Physical Assessment



General Inspection and Measurement of Vital Signs



Mental Health and Mental Status Assessment



Pain Assessment



Sleep Assessment



Nutritional Assessment



Health Assessment and Documentation



Skin, Hair, and Nails



Lymphatic System



Head and Neck



Nose, Paranasal Sinuses, Mouth, and Oropharynx



Ears and Auditory System



Eyes and Visual System



Lungs and Respiratory System



Heart and Peripheral Vascular System



Breasts and Axillae



Abdomen and Gastrointestinal System



Female Genitalia and Reproductive System



Male Genitalia and Reproductive System



Anus, Rectum, and Prostate



Musculoskeletal System



Neurologic System



Assessment of the Pregnant Client



Head-to-Toe Examination and Documentation


Appendices



Sample Documentation



NANDA Nursing Diagnoses



Health History Using Functional Health Patterns



Conversion Tables



Abbreviations



Answer Key