Includes bibliographic references and index.

Foundations for health assessment --
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 and mental status assessment --
Sleep 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 lifespan --
Developmental assessment throughout the lifespan --
Assessment of the infant and child --
Assessment of the pregnant client --
Assessment of the older adult --
Conducting a head-to-toe assessment --
Documenting the health assessment --

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