Health Assessment for Nursing Practice - E-Book
  • NEW! Refocused and streamlined content eliminates "content saturation" by drastically reducing the amount of advanced practice and examination procedures, techniques, and content that are applicable to nurse practitioner levels; thus keeping readers focused on the most common and important learnings and procedures.
  • NEW! Student laboratory manual (sold separately) provides an invaluable resource for mastering physical examination.
  • NEW! Improved page layout features a less cluttered and more reader-friendly look thanks to the removal of extraneous tables and illustrations.
  • NEW! Improved text design includes updated fonts, photos, and illustrations to make the material more readable and the concepts easier-to-understand.
  • NEW! Two new concept overviews incorporate the physiological principles of metabolism and nutrition into text material.
  • NEW! Updated electronic documentation content ensures accuracy and congruency with the most current technology and best practices.
  • NEW! Updated ethnic/cultural/spiritual variations content reflects the latest trends currently being seen in practice today.
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Health Assessment for Nursing Practice - E-Book
  • NEW! Refocused and streamlined content eliminates "content saturation" by drastically reducing the amount of advanced practice and examination procedures, techniques, and content that are applicable to nurse practitioner levels; thus keeping readers focused on the most common and important learnings and procedures.
  • NEW! Student laboratory manual (sold separately) provides an invaluable resource for mastering physical examination.
  • NEW! Improved page layout features a less cluttered and more reader-friendly look thanks to the removal of extraneous tables and illustrations.
  • NEW! Improved text design includes updated fonts, photos, and illustrations to make the material more readable and the concepts easier-to-understand.
  • NEW! Two new concept overviews incorporate the physiological principles of metabolism and nutrition into text material.
  • NEW! Updated electronic documentation content ensures accuracy and congruency with the most current technology and best practices.
  • NEW! Updated ethnic/cultural/spiritual variations content reflects the latest trends currently being seen in practice today.
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Health Assessment for Nursing Practice - E-Book

Health Assessment for Nursing Practice - E-Book

Health Assessment for Nursing Practice - E-Book
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Health Assessment for Nursing Practice - E-Book

Overview

  • NEW! Refocused and streamlined content eliminates "content saturation" by drastically reducing the amount of advanced practice and examination procedures, techniques, and content that are applicable to nurse practitioner levels; thus keeping readers focused on the most common and important learnings and procedures.
  • NEW! Student laboratory manual (sold separately) provides an invaluable resource for mastering physical examination.
  • NEW! Improved page layout features a less cluttered and more reader-friendly look thanks to the removal of extraneous tables and illustrations.
  • NEW! Improved text design includes updated fonts, photos, and illustrations to make the material more readable and the concepts easier-to-understand.
  • NEW! Two new concept overviews incorporate the physiological principles of metabolism and nutrition into text material.
  • NEW! Updated electronic documentation content ensures accuracy and congruency with the most current technology and best practices.
  • NEW! Updated ethnic/cultural/spiritual variations content reflects the latest trends currently being seen in practice today.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780323377782
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date: 09/09/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 552
File size: 98 MB
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About the Author

Dean, School of Nursing, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas

Table of Contents

Unit I. Foundations for Health Assessment 1. Introduction to Health Assessment 2. Interviewing Patients to Obtain a Health History 3. Techniques and Equipment for Physical Assessment 4. General Inspection and Measurement of Vital Signs 5. Ethnic, Cultural, and Spiritual Considerations 6. Pain Assessment 7. Mental Health and Abusive Behavior Assessment 8. Nutritional Assessment

Unit II. Health Assessment of the Adult 9. Skin, Hair, and Nails 10. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat 11. Lungs and Respiratory System 12. Heart and Peripheral Vascular System 13. Abdomen and Gastrointestinal System 14. Musculoskeletal System 15. Neurologic System 16. Breasts and Axillae 17. Reproductive System and the Perineum

Unit III. Health Assessment Across the Life Span 18. Developmental Assessment Throughout the Life Span 19. Assessment of the Infant, Child, and Adolescent 20. Assessment of the Pregnant Patient 21. Assessment of the Older Adult

Unit IV. Synthesis and Application of Health Assessment 22. Conducting a Head-to-Toe Examination 23. Documenting the Head-to-Toe Health Assessment 24. Adapting Health Assessment to an Ill Patient

Appendixes A. Abbreviations B. Answer Key IBC: Special Features

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