Physical Examination and Health Assessment

by Carolyn Jarvis; Barbara N. Cullen

• ISBN13: 9780721659220
• ISBN10: 0721659225
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-12-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

Physical Examination and Health Assessment provides all the information necessary to conduct a holistic health assessment across the life span. The physical examination unit is organized by body system, pedagogically and clinically the most logical and efficient way to learn and perform health assessment. Each chapter has five major sections: (1) Structure and Function (A&P); (2) Subjective Data (history); (3) Objective Data (skills, expected findings, and common variations for healthy people and selected abnormal findings); (4) Abnormal Findings (illustrations of related disorders and conditions in atlas format); and (5) Application and Documentation (sample charting, clinical case studies, nursing diagnoses, and critical thinking questions tied to the Saunders video series).

Table of Contents

UNIT 1 Assessment of the Whole Person	1	(158)
CHAPTER 1 Assessment for Health and Illness	3	(8)
CHAPTER 2 Developmental Tasks and Health Promotion Across the Life Cycle	11	(36)
CHAPTER 3 Transcultural Considerations in Assessment	47	(12)
CHAPTER 4 The Interview	59	(20)
CHAPTER 5 The Complete Health History	79	(20)
CHAPTER 6 Mental Status Assessment	99	(26)
CHAPTER 7 Nutritional Assessment	125	(34)
UNIT 2 Physical Examination	159	(704)
CHAPTER 8 Assessment Techniques and Approach to the Clinical Setting	161	(14)
CHAPTER 9 General Survey, Measurement, Vital Signs	175	(38)
CHAPTER 10 Skin, Hair, and Nails	213	(54)
CHAPTER 11 Head and Neck, Including Regional Lymphatics	267	(32)
CHAPTER 12 Eyes	299	(52)
CHAPTER 13 Ears	351	(34)
CHAPTER 14 Nose, Mouth, and Throat	385	(40)
CHAPTER 15 Breasts and Regional Lymphatics	425	(34)
CHAPTER 16 Thorax and Lungs	459	(54)
CHAPTER 17 Heart and Neck Vessels	513	(56)
CHAPTER 18 Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System	569	(30)
CHAPTER 19 Abdomen	599	(46)
CHAPTER 20 Musculoskeletal System	645	(64)
CHAPTER 21 Neurologic System	709	(64)
CHAPTER 22 Male Genitalia	773	(30)
CHAPTER 23 Female Genitalia	803	(44)
CHAPTER 24 Anus, Rectum, and Prostate	847	(16)
UNIT 3 Integration of the Health Assessment	863	(33)
CHAPTER 25 The Complete Health Assessment: Putting It All Together	865	(24)
CHAPTER 26 Critical Thinking in Health Assessment	889	(7)
APPENDICES A-G	896	(11)
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS	907	(6)
INDEX	913