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Health assessment for nursing practice / 6 6 Susan Fickertt Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens. - fourth edition - - xxii, 646 pages : illustrations (mostly color) 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) - - - - - . - . - 0 . - . - 0 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 619-624) and index.
Foundations for health assessment -- Why learn health assessment? -- Ethnic and cultural considerations -- Interviewing to obtain a health history -- Techniques and equipment for physical assessment -- General inspection and measurement of vital signs -- Pain assessment -- Mental health and mental status assessment -- Sleep assessment -- Nutritional assessment -- Health assessment of the adult -- Skin, hair, and nails -- Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat -- Lungs and respiratory system -- Heart and peripheral vascular system -- Abdomen and gastrointestinal system -- Musculoskeletal system -- Neurologic system -- Breasts and axillae -- Reproductive system and the perineum -- Health assessment across the lifespan -- Developmental assessment throughout the lifespan -- Assessment of the infant and child -- Assessment of the pregnant client -- Assessment of the older adult -- Conducting a head-to-toe assessment -- Documenting the health assessment.
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Using a nursing-oriented, holistic approach, this straightforward text provides you with a visual presentation to conducting physical examinations. This textbook clearly delineates the routine exam techniques from those exams for special circumstances or advanced practice. The companion CD-ROM now provides the Core Assessment Skills Checklists as quick step-by-step summaries for each of the 30 Core Assessment Skills. - Publisher.
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978-0-323-05322-8 (alk. paper)
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Health assessment for nursing practice / 6 6 Susan Fickertt Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens. - fourth edition - - xxii, 646 pages : illustrations (mostly color) 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) - - - - - . - . - 0 . - . - 0 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 619-624) and index.
Foundations for health assessment -- Why learn health assessment? -- Ethnic and cultural considerations -- Interviewing to obtain a health history -- Techniques and equipment for physical assessment -- General inspection and measurement of vital signs -- Pain assessment -- Mental health and mental status assessment -- Sleep assessment -- Nutritional assessment -- Health assessment of the adult -- Skin, hair, and nails -- Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat -- Lungs and respiratory system -- Heart and peripheral vascular system -- Abdomen and gastrointestinal system -- Musculoskeletal system -- Neurologic system -- Breasts and axillae -- Reproductive system and the perineum -- Health assessment across the lifespan -- Developmental assessment throughout the lifespan -- Assessment of the infant and child -- Assessment of the pregnant client -- Assessment of the older adult -- Conducting a head-to-toe assessment -- Documenting the health assessment.
5
Using a nursing-oriented, holistic approach, this straightforward text provides you with a visual presentation to conducting physical examinations. This textbook clearly delineates the routine exam techniques from those exams for special circumstances or advanced practice. The companion CD-ROM now provides the Core Assessment Skills Checklists as quick step-by-step summaries for each of the 30 Core Assessment Skills. - Publisher.
5
978-0-323-05322-8 (alk. paper)
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