Assessment made incredibly easy!
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Assessment made incredibly easy!
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008
4th ed
Available at 3 libraries
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Completely updated, and now in full color, this Fourth Edition presents assessment skills in the reader-friendly Incredibly Easy! format that makes learning fun. Using light-hearted humor, the text provides the know-how nurses need to obtain pertinent health histories, perform physical examinations, and recognize normal and abnormal findings. Abundant full-color illustrations, charts, memory joggers, and other special features help nurses master assessment techniques and remember key information. This edition includes additional coverage of obesity. A new logo, Handle with care, spotlights the unique needs of pediatric, geriatric, and bariatric patients. The Practice makes perfect self-test includes updated NCLEX(r)-style questions with rationales for correct and incorrect answers. A companion Website will offer ancillary materials such as an image bank and printable study cards.
Table of Contents
Contributors and consultants Not another boring foreword Part I Beginning the assessment Health history Fundamental physical assessment techniques Nutritional assessment Mental health assessment Part II Assessing body systems Skin, hair, and nails Neurologic system Eyes Ears, nose, and throat Cardiovascular system Respiratory system Breasts and axilla Gastrointestinal system Female genitourinary system Male genitourinary system Musculoskeletal system Appendices and Index Practice makes perfect Glossary Selected references
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