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Health assessment for nursing practice

4th ed.
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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. The companion CD-ROM now provides the Core Assessment Skills Checklists as quick step-by-step summaries for each of the 30 Core Assessment Skills. - Publisher.

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Mosby, Mosby/Elsevier
Language
English
Pages
646

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Cover of: Health Assessment for Nursing Practice
Health Assessment for Nursing Practice
2021, Media Alternatives, INC.
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Health Assessment for Nursing Practice
2021, Elsevier
in English
Cover of: Health assessment for nursing practice
Health assessment for nursing practice
2009, Mosby, Mosby/Elsevier
Hardcover in English - 4th ed.
Cover of: Health assessment for nursing practice
Health assessment for nursing practice
2005, Elsevier Mosby
in English - 3rd ed.
Cover of: Health Assessment for Nursing Practice
Health Assessment for Nursing Practice: Text, Student Lab Guide and Interactive Student CD-ROM Package
October 4, 2004, Mosby
Hardcover in English - 3 edition
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Health assessment for nursing practice
2001, Mosby
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Table of Contents

Why learn health assessment?
Ethnic and cultural considerations
Interviewing to obtain a health history
Techniques and equipment for physical assessment
General inspection and measurement of vital signs
Pain assessment
Mental health assessment
Sleep assessment
Nutritional assessment
Health assessment of the adult
Skin, hair, nails
Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat
Lung 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 lifespan
Developmental assessment throughout the lifespan
Assessment of the infant and child
Assessment of the pregnant client
Assessment of the older adult
Putting it all together
Conducting a head-to-toe assessment
Documenting the health assessment.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
St. Louis, Mo

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.07/5
Library of Congress
RT48 .W55 2008, RT48.W55 2008

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xxii, 646 p. + 1 CD-ROM
Number of pages
646
Dimensions
29 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16926268M
Internet Archive
healthassessment0000wils_i4b3
ISBN 13
9780323053228
LCCN
2008025937
OCLC/WorldCat
225874463
Library Thing
8266693
Goodreads
3172263

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