Includes bibliographical references (p. 440-442) and index.

Contents: The Nursing health history: Definition and purpose -- Nursing model versus medical model -- Guidelines for obtaining a nursing health history -- Components of the nursing health history: Client profile -- Developmental history -- Health perception-health management pattern -- Nutritional-metabolic pattern -- Elimination pattern -- Activity-exercise pattern -- Sexuality-reproduction pattern -- Sleep-rest pattern -- Sensory-perceptual pattern -- Cognitive pattern -- Role-relationship pattern -- Self-perception-self-concept pattern -- Coping-stress tolerance pattern -- Value-belief pattern -- Physical assessment -- General physical survey -- Skin, hair, and nail assessment -- Head, neck, and cervical lymph node assessment -- Mouth, oropharynx, nose, and sinus assessment: Mouth and oropharynx assessment -- 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 inguinal area -- Assessment of external rectal area -- Assessment of female genitalia -- Assessment of male genitalia -- Musculoskeletal assessment -- Neurological assessment: Mental status assessment -- Cranial nerve assessment -- Sensory nerve assessment -- Motor assessment -- Cerebellar assessment -- Reflex assessment -- Maternal physical assessment: Prenatal maternal assessment -- Prenatal fetal assessment -- Intrapartal maternal assessment -- Postpartal maternal assessment -- Nutritional assessment.