Description
For beginning-level courses in baccalaureate and associate degree nursing programs that cover health assessment or physical assessment, such as Fundamentals of Nursing Practice and Introduction to Concepts of Nursing Practice; will also supplement courses in Medical-Surgical Nursing.
This up-to-date text will help beginning nursing students master essential physical and health assessment skills, and integrate those skills with critical thinking, nursing processes, age span development, culture, and health promotion. It systematically prepares students for success: readers first learn each technique; then demonstrate their skills; and finally, practice and test themselves. The authors begin with the goals of health assessment and other basic concepts. In the second half, organized by body systems, each chapter reviews anatomy and physiology, teaches students how to conduct interviews, and walks through complete exams. This edition’s improvements include extensive new evidence-based practice resources; expanded coverage of obesity; and more student learning resources.
Table of Contents
1. Health Assessment
2. Wellness & Health Promotion
3. Health Assessment Across the Lifespan
4. Cultural Considerations
5. Psychosocial Assessment
6. Techniques & Equipment
7. General Survey
8. Pain Assessment
9. Nutritional Assessment
10. The Health History
11. Skin, Hair & Nails
12. Head, Neck & Related Lymphatics
13. Eye
14. Ears, Nose, Mouth & Throat
15. Respiratory System
16. Breasts and Axillae
17. Cardiovascular System
18. Peripheral Vascular System
19. Abdomen
20. Urinary System
21. Male Reproductive System
22. Female Reproductive System
23. Musculoskeletal System
24. Neurologic System
25. Assessment of Infants, Children & Adolescents
26. The Pregnant Female
27. Assessing the Older Adult
28. Putting it all Together
29. Assessment of the Hospitalized Client
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Health & Physical Assessment in Nursing, CourseSmart eTextbook, 2nd Edition
Format: Electronic Book
$45.99 | ISBN-13: 978-0-13-705226-4
