Nurses' handbook of health assessment
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Nurses' handbook of health assessment
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2001
4th ed
- alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This quick-reference handbook enables the user to relate physical examination techniques to clinical nursing practice. New to this completely updated edition are: an updated list of nursing diagnoses; new anatomic and physiologic art; new colored illustrations of abnormal findings and enhanced line drawings; useful and comprehensive focus questions regarding subjective data; and abnormal findings that are related to specific disease processes. Key features include: a clear, three-column (Procedure, Normal Findings, Deviations from Normal Findings), step-by-step outline format that allows quick access to information; extensive and easy-to-use appendices; Teaching Tips for nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems
Table of Contents
- The nursing health history
- components of the nursing health history
- physical assessment
- general physical survey
- skin, hair, and nail assessment
- head, neck, and cervical lymph node assessment
- mouth, oropharynx, nose, and sinus assessment
- eye assessment
- ear assessment
- thoracic and lung assessment
- cardiac assessment
- peripheral vascular assessment
- breast assessment
- abdominal assessment
- genitourinary -reproductive assessment - assessment of female genitalia, assessment of male genitalia, assessment of inguinal area, assessment of external rectal area
- musculoskeletal assessment
- neurological assessment -mental status assessment, cranial nerve assessment, sensory nerve assessment, motor assessment, cerebellar assessment, reflex assessment
- nutritional assessment
- maternal physical assessment - prenatal maternal assessment, prenatal foetal assessment, intrapartal maternal assessment, postpartal maternal assessment
- initial new-born physical assessment. Appendices: nursing assessment form based on functional health patterns
- developmental information - age 1 month to 18 years
- recommended childhood immunisation schedule unites States, January-December 2000
- psychosocial developmental tasks of the young adult, mature adult, and ageing adult
- height-weight-head circumference charts for children
- height and weight tables fop adults
- Rosenbaum pocket vision screener
- recommended daily dietary allowances
- protein and calorie counter
- selected laboratory values for adults and children
- sample adult nursing health history and physical assessment
- sample paediatric nursing health history and physical assessment
- assessment of family functional health patterns
- nursing diagnoses (wellness, risk, and actual) grouped according to functional health patterns
- collaborative problems.
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