Nurses' Handbook of Health Assessment

by Weber, Janet R.

• ISBN13: 9780781766326
• ISBN10: 078176632X
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2007-03-07
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Renowned for its holistic perspective and "see and do" approach, this full-color, pocket-sized handbook offers step-by-step guidance on every phase of the nursing assessment--for adults, children, and special populations. The focus is on what nurses need to know to assess clients: the health history, physical examination, normal and abnormal findings, nursing interventions, and nursing diagnoses. This edition features new chapters on pain assessment and domestic violence assessment, a new Spanish-to-English terminology appendix, more illustrations of examination techniques, and greater emphasis on deviations from normal findings.

Table of Contents

The nursing health history	p. 1
Components of the nursing health history	p. 15
Physical assessment	p. 37
General physical survey	p. 47
Pain assessment : the fifth vital sign	p. 65
Nutritional assessment	p. 79
Skin, hair, and nail assessment	p. 105
Head and neck assessment	p. 125
Eye assessment	p. 141
Ear assessment	p. 171
Mouth, throat, nose, and sinus assessment	p. 191
Thoracic and lung assessment	p. 217
Breast assessment	p. 245
Heart assessment	p. 263
Peripheral vascular assessment	p. 289
Abdominal assessment	p. 315
Genitourinary assessment	p. 345
Musculoskeletal assessment	p. 387
Neurologic assessment	p. 421
Assessment of the childbearing woman	p. 473
Assessment of newborns and infants	p. 511
Assessment of families using violence	p. 539
Nursing assessment form based on functional health patterns	p. 559
Physical assessment guide	p. 569
Developmental information - age 1 month to 18 years	p. 585
Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule	p. 593
Recommended adult immunization schedules	p. 597
Psychosocial development	p. 601
Height-weight-head circumference charts for children	p. 603
How to examine your own skin	p. 612
Breast self-examination (BSE)	p. 616
Testicular self-examination	p. 619
Classification and management of blood pressure for adults	p. 621
Sample adult nursing health history and physical assessment	p. 623
Assessment of family functional health patterns	p. 637
Nursing diagnoses (wellness, risk, and actual) grouped according to functional health patterns	p. 645
Collaborative problems	p. 652
Spanish translation for nursing health history and physical examination	p. 654
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