Nursing health assessment: a best practice approach. /
Sharon Jensen
- xxx, 967 p.: ill., portraits ; Missing 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
1 CD-ROM (inside front cover) - Missing
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: The nurse's role in health assessment -- The interview and therapeutic dialogue -- The health history -- Techniques of physical examination and equipment -- Documentation and interdisciplinary communication -- General survey and vital signs assessment -- Pain assessment -- Nutrition assessment -- Assessment of development stages -- Mental health assessment -- Assessment of social, cultural and spiritual health -- Assessment of human violence -- Skin and nails assessment -- Head and neck with lymphatics assessment -- Eyes assessment -- Ears Assessment-- Nose, sinuses, mouth, and throat assessment -- Thorax lungs assessment -- Heart and neck vessels assessment -- Peripheral vascular and lymphatic assessment -- Breasts and axillae assessment -- Abdominal assessment -- Musculoskeletal assessment -- Neurological assessment -- Male genitalia and rectal assessment -- Female genitalia and rectal assessment -- Pregnant women -- Newborns and infants -- Children and adolescents -- Older adults -- Head-to- toe assessment of the adult--
9780781780629 (hbk : alk. paper)
2014028217
Nursing Assessment--methods--Case Reports. Medical History Taking--methods--Case Reports. Physical Examination--methods--Case Reports.