TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Susan Fickertt
AU  - Giddens,Jean
TI  - Health assessment for nursing practice
SN  - 0323091512
AV  - RT48 .W55 2013
U1  - 616.075 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - St. Louis, Mo.
PB  - Elsevier Mosby
KW  - Nursing assessment
KW  - Medical history taking
KW  - Nursing diagnosis
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Physical Examination
N1  - Previous ed.: 2009; Includes bibliographical references and index; Foundations for Health Assessment -- Importance of health assessment -- Interviewing patients to obtain a health history -- Techniques and equipment for physical assessment -- General inspection and measurement of vital signs -- Ethic, cultural, and spiritual considerations -- Pain assessment -- Mental health and abusive behavior assessment -- Nutritional assessment -- Health assessment of the adult -- Skin, hair and nails-- Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat -- Lungs and respiratory system -- Heart and peripheral vascular system -- Abdomen and gastrointestinal system -- Musculoskeletal system -- Neurologic system -- Breasts and axillae -- Reproductive system and the perineum -- Health assessment across the life span -- Developmental assessment throughout the life span -- Assessment of the infant, child, and adolescent -- Assessment of the pregnant patient -- Assessment of the older adult -- Synthesis and application of health assessment -- Conducting a head-to-toe examination -- Documenting the comprehensive health assessment -- Adapting health assessment to the hospitalized patient
N2  - "Using a nursing-oriented, holistic approach, this straightforward text provides you with a visual presentation to conducting physical examinations. This textbook clearly delineates the routine exam techniques from those exams for special circumstances or advanced practice."--Publisher's website
ER  -