Nurses' Handbook of Health Assessment

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Janet R. Weber

Brand: LWW

ISBN: 9781451188981

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Renowned for its holistic perspective and step-by-step approach, this pocket-size text takes you through every stage of the nursing assessment for adults and special populations. The book’s “see” and “do” guidance provides all that you need to perform a range of common assessment procedures with confidence.
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Renowned three-column format showing assessment techniques, normal findings, and abnormal findings side by side to enhance comprehension.Step-by-step guidance clearly demonstrating the “what,” “why,” and “how” of each phase of the assessment process.The latest NANDA nursing diagnoses and updated teaching tips helping you promote patient self-care.Pediatric, geriatric, and cultural considerations for each body system showing important variations for these special populations./ulBR/>

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Brand LWW

Reference 54696

EAN13 9781451188981

ISBN 9781451188981

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Publication date: 2013
Issue number: 8
Cover: soft binded
Pages count: 800
Dimensions (mm): 4597 x 2742
Weight (g): 267470

Unit 1:: Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis
Chapter 1
Obtaining a Nursing Health History
Chapter 2
Collecting Objective and Subjective Data
Chapter 3
Performing Physical Assessment Skills

Unit 2:: Integrative Holistic Nursing Assessment
Chapter 4
Assessing Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Moral Development
Chapter 5
Assessing Mental Status and Substance Abuse
Chapter 6
Assessing General Status and Vital Signs
Chapter 7
Assessing Pain:: The 5th Vital Sign
Chapter 8
Assessing for Violence
Chapter 9
Assessing Nutritional Status

Unit 3:: Nursing Assessment of Physical Systems
Chapter 10
Assessing Skin, Hair, and Nails
Chapter 11
Assessing Head and Neck
Chapter 12
Assessing Eyes
Chapter 13
Assessing Ears
Chapter 14
Assessing Mouth, Throat, Nose, and Sinuses
Chapter 15
Assessing Thorax and Lungs
Chapter 16
Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic System
Chapter 17
Assessing Heart and Neck Vessels
Chapter 18
Assessing Peripheral Vascular System
Chapter 19
Assessing Abdomen
Chapter 20
Assessing Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 21
Assessing Neurologic System
Chapter 22
Assessing Male Genitalia and Rectum
Chapter 23
Assessing Female Genitalia and Rectum

Unit 4:: Nursing Assessment of Special Groups
Chapter 24
Assessing Childbearing Women
Chapter 25
Assessing Newborns and Infants
Chapter 26
Assessing Older Adults
/b>Appendices
1:: Nursing Assessment Form Based on Functional Health Patterns
2:: Physical Assessment Guide:: Pulling It All Together
3:: Sample Adult Nursing Health History and Physical Assessment
4:: Assessment of Family Functional Health Patterns
5:: Developmental Information – Age 1 Month to 18 Years
6:: Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule
7:: Recommended Adult Immunization Schedules
8:: Height – Weight- Head Circumference Charts for Children
9:: Nursing Diagnoses (Health Promotion, Risk, and Actual) Grouped According to Functional Health Patterns
10:: Collaborative Problems
11:: Spanish Translation for Nursing Health History and Physical Examination

References and Bibliography