Assessment: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide

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• ISBN13: 9781582554310
• ISBN10: 1582554315
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-22
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Assessment: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide provides time-starved nurses with the essentials of assessment in a streamlined, bulleted, and highly visual format. The book fits into a pocket for quick reference anytime and anywhere and uses charts, illustrations, logos, and other Incredibly Easy! features to help nurses spot key facts at a glance. All elements of a thorough assessment are covered, including health history and physical examination techniques, nutritional and mental health assessments, and assessment of each body system. Body-system chapters include key health history points, physical assessment techniques, normal findings, and abnormal findings and their implications.

Table of Contents

Contributors and consultants	p. iv
Road map to assessment	p. vi
Health history	p. 1
Fundamentals of physical assessment	p. 15
Nutritional assessment	p. 29
Mental health assessment	p. 43
Skin, hair, and nails	p. 55
Eyes	p. 77
Ears, nose, and throat	p. 99
Respiratory system	p. 123
Cardiovascular system	p. 145
Breasts and axillae	p. 171
Gastrointestinal system	p. 185
Female genitourinary system	p. 207
Male genitourinary system	p. 225
Musculoskeletal system	p. 249
Neurologic system	p. 277
Appendices and index
The test zone	p. 317
Selected references	p. 336
Index	p. 338
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