Nursing Health Assessment

by Dillon, Patricia M.

• ISBN13: 9780803608818
• ISBN10: 0803608810
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: F a Davis Co

Summary

This pocket guide is a condensed version of the basic text, Nursing Health Assessment: A Critical Thinking Case Studies Approach. It provides students starting their clinical rotations with a portable guide to health assessment. Please refer to Patricia Dillon's Nursing Health Assessment: A Critical Thinking Case Studies Approach for a full description of the text and its features.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 The Complete Health Assessment	1	(10)
CHAPTER 2 Assessing the Integumentary System	11	(37)
CHAPTER 3 Assessing the Head, Face, and Neck	48	(28)
CHAPTER 4 Assessing the Eyes and Ears	76	(42)
CHAPTER 5 Assessing the Respiratory System	118	(15)
CHAPTER 6 Assessing the Cardiovascular System	133	(25)
CHAPTER 7 Assessing the Peripheral-Vascular and Lymphatic Systems	158	(17)
CHAPTER 8 Assessing the Breasts	175	(14)
CHAPTER 9 Assessing the Abdomen	189	(29)
CHAPTER 10 Assessing the Female Genitourinary System	218	(21)
CHAPTER 11 Assessing the Male Genitourinary System	239	(17)
CHAPTER 12 Assessing the Motor-Musculoskeletal System	256	(26)
CHAPTER 13 Assessing the Sensory-Neurological System	282	(29)
CHAPTER 14 Assessing the Mother-to-Be	311	(24)
CHAPTER 15 Assessing the Newborn and Infant	335	(38)
CHAPTER 16 Assessing the Toddler and Preschooler	373	(11)
CHAPTER 17 Assessing the School-Age Child and Adolescent	384	(27)
CHAPTER 18 Assessing the Older Adult	411	(33)
APPENDICES
CHAPTER 19 Assessing the Homeless Person	444	(7)
CHAPTER 20 Assessing Nutrition	451	(6)
CHAPTER 21 Assessing Spirituality	457	(4)
CHAPTER 22 Assessing Culture	461	(7)
CHAPTER 23 Assessing the Client's Environment	468	(12)
CHAPTER 24 Assessing Abuse	480	(9)
Index	489