Nursing health assessment : clinical pocket guide /
Patricia M. Dillon
- Second edition.
- Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co., c2007.
- xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Health assessment and the nurse -- The Health history -- Approach to the physical assessment -- Assessing pain -- Approach to the mental health assessment -- Teaching the patient -- Assessing wellness -- Assessing nutrition -- Spiritual assessment -- Assessing the integumentary system -- Assessing the head, face, and neck -- Assessing the eye and ear -- Assessing the respiratory system -- Assessing the cardiovascular system -- Assessing the peripheral-vascular and lymphatic systems -- Assessing the breasts -- Assessing the abdomen -- Assessing the female genitourinary system -- Assessing the male genitourinary system -- Assessing the musculoskeletal system -- Assessing the sensory-neurologic system -- Putting it all together -- Assessing the mother-to-be -- Assessing the newborn and infant -- Assessing the toddler and preschooler -- Assessing the school-age child and adolescent -- Assessing the older adult.
Follows the "Nursing Health Assessment: A Critical Thinking, Case Studies Approach" textbook chapter by chapter. This work includes: case studies that allow students to differentiate between normal and abnormal; abnormal case studies to augment the normal cases presented in the companion textbook; systems integration exercises; and more.
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NURSING ASSESSMENT NURSING ASSESSMENT -- CASE STUDIES