Nurses' Handbook of Health Assessment

by Weber, Janet R

• ISBN13: 9781975161248
• ISBN10: 1975161246
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2021-10-29
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

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  Renowned for its holistic perspective and “see and do” approach, Nurses’ Handbook of Health Assessment, 10th Edition delivers streamlined, step-by-step guidance at every phase of nursing assessment to help students ensure accurate and effective assessments across all patient populations. This full-color handbook — updated to reflect the latest clinical insights in Health Assessment for Nursing, 7th Edition  — details everything students need to interview clients and conduct thorough physical assessments with ease, including up-to-date assessment guidelines, full-color anatomy and physiology illustrations, images of normal and abnormal findings, and more — all in a convenient format ideal for today’s on-the-go learning.
 
 

Table of Contents

• Unit 1  Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis
  • Chapter 1 Obtaining a Nursing Health History: Guidelines and Frameworks
  • Chapter 2 Performing the Physical Assessment: Skills and Techniques 
  • Chapter 3 Validating, Analyzing, Documenting, and Communicating Data 
• Unit 2  Integrative Holistic Nursing Assessment
  • Chapter 4 Assessing Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Moral Development
  • Chapter 5 Assessing Mental Status and Substance Abuse
  • Chapter 6 Assessing General Health Status and Vital Signs 
  • Chapter 7 Assessing Pain
  • Chapter 8 Assessing for Violence 
  • Chapter 9 Assessing Nutritional Status 
• UNIT 3  Nursing Assessment of Physical Systems
  • Chapter 10 Assessing Skin, Hair, and Nails
  • Chapter 11 Assessing Head and Neck
  • Chapter 12 Assessing Eyes
  • Chapter 13 Assessing Ears
  • Chapter 14 Assessing Mouth, Throat, Nose, and Sinuses 
  • Chapter 15 Assessing Thorax and Lungs 
  • Chapter 16 Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic System 
  • Chapter 17 Assessing Heart and Neck Vessels 
  • Chapter 18 Assessing Peripheral Vascular System 
  • Chapter 19 Assessing Abdomen 
  • Chapter 20 Assessing Musculoskeletal System 
  • Chapter 21 Assessing Neurologic System 
  • Chapter 22 Assessing Male Genitalia and Rectum 
  • Chapter 23 Assessing Female Genitalia and Rectum
• UNIT 4  Nursing Assessment of Special Groups
  • Chapter 24 Assessing Childbearing Women 
  • Chapter 25 Assessing Newborns and Infants 
  • Chapter 26 Assessing Older Adults 
• Appendices
• 1 Nursing Assessment Form Based on Functional Health Patterns 
• 2 Physical Assessment Guide: Pulling It All Together 
• 3 Sample Adult Nursing Health History and Physical Assessment 
• 4 Assessment of Family Functional Health Patterns 
• 5 Child Cognitive (Piaget) And Psychosocial (Erickson) Development (Birth To 18 Years) 
• 6 Collaborative Problems 
• 7 Spanish Translation for Nursing Health History and Physical Examination 
• Index