Full Description
Publisher's Noteguaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.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. Look inside to find...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.
Contents
Unit 11Obtaining a Nursing Health HistoryChapter 2Collecting Objective and Subjective DataChapter 3Performing Physical Assessment Skills Unit 2: Integrative Holistic Nursing AssessmentChapter 4Assessing Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Moral DevelopmentChapter 5Assessing Mental Status and Substance AbuseChapter 6Assessing General Status and Vital SignsChapter 7Assessing Pain: The 5th Vital SignChapter 8Assessing for ViolenceChapter 9Assessing Nutritional Status Unit 3: Nursing Assessment of Physical SystemsChapter 10Assessing Skin, Hair, and NailsChapter 11Assessing Head and NeckChapter 12Assessing EyesChapter 13Assessing EarsChapter 14Assessing Mouth, Throat, Nose, and SinusesChapter 15Assessing Thorax and LungsChapter 16Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic SystemChapter 17Assessing Heart and Neck VesselsChapter 18Assessing Peripheral Vascular SystemChapter 19Assessing Abdomen Chapter 20Assessing Musculoskeletal SystemChapter 21Assessing Neurologic SystemChapter 22Assessing Male Genitalia and RectumChapter 23Assessing Female Genitalia and Rectum Unit 4: Nursing Assessment of Special GroupsChapter 24Assessing Childbearing WomenChapter 25Assessing Newborns and InfantsChapter 26Assessing Older Adults Appendices1: Nursing Assessment Form Based on Functional Health Patterns2: Physical Assessment Guide: Pulling It All Together3: Sample Adult Nursing Health History and Physical Assessment4: Assessment of Family Functional Health Patterns5: Developmental Information - Age 1 Month to 18 Years6: Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule7: Recommended Adult Immunization Schedules8: Height - Weight- Head Circumference Charts for Children9: Nursing Diagnoses (Health Promotion, Risk, and Actual) Grouped According to Functional Health Patterns10: Collaborative Problems11: Spanish Translation for Nursing Health History and Physical Examination References and Bibliography
