Pocket companion for physical examination and health assessment
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Pocket companion for physical examination and health assessment
Saunders, c2000
3rd ed
Available at 4 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This portable, pocket-sized companion to the 3rd edition of the "Pocket Companion for Physical Examination and Health Assessment" provides on-the-spot access to the how-to's of taking a health history, conducting a physical exam, and charting the results. This handy reference tool features an attractive, four colour design, and includes special material on paediatric, pregnant, and aging populations along with valuable transcultural information. This pocketbook organizes each exam step by body system and each body system chapter by anatomy structure and function, subjective data, objective data, nursing diagnoses, and abnormal findings. It explains the method of examination in the objective data section of each chapter with full colour exam photographs accompanying the step-by-step instructions, and helps the reader spot patient problems with listings of normal and abnormal findings in a two-column format that makes them easy to compare.
Table of Contents
- The interview and the health history
- mental status
- assessment techniques and approach to the clinical setting
- the general survey, measurement, and vital signs
- skin, hair, and nails
- head, neck, and regional lymphatics
- eyes
- ears
- nose, mouth, and throat
- breast, axillae, and regional lymphatics
- thorax and lungs
- heart and neck vessels
- peripheral vascular system and lymphatics
- abdomen
- musculoskeletal system
- neurologic system
- male genitalia
- female genitalia
- anus, rectum, and prostate
- integration of the complete physical examination.
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