Nursing health assessment : a best practice approach / Sharon Jensen.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, c2019.Edition: Third editionDescription: xxxi, 982 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781496349170 (hardcover)
- RT48 J45 2019
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Books | Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section | Non-fiction | RUS RT48 J45 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Room use only | 79348 | 00080815 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foundations of nursing health assessment -- The nurse's role in health assessment -- The health history and interview -- Techniques of assessment and safety -- Documentation and interprofessional communication -- General examinations -- Vital signs and general survey -- Pain assessment -- Nutritional assessment -- Assessment of developmental stages -- Mental health, violence, and drug abuse -- Cultural assessment -- Regional examination -- Skin, hair, and nails assessment -- Head and neck, with vision and hearing basics -- Eye assessment for advanced and specialty practice -- Ear assessment for advanced and specialty practice -- Nose, sinuses, mouth, and throat -- Thorax and lung assessment -- Heart and neck vessels assessment -- Peripheral vascular and lymphatic assessment -- Breasts and axillae assessment -- Abdominal assessment -- Musculoskeletal assessment -- Neurological and mental status -- Male genitalia and rectal assessment -- Female genitalia and rectal assessment -- Special populations and foci -- Pregnant woment -- Newborns and infants -- Children and adolescents -- Older adults -- Putting it all together --Assessment of the hospitalized adult -- Head-to-toe assessment of the adult.
"Updated to reflect today’s changing healthcare environment, this unique, modern approach to health assessment guides you progressively through realistic clinical case scenarios, emphasizing health promotion, risk factor reduction, evidence based thinking, and diagnostic reasoning. Effective strategies help you adapt questions and techniques to confidently manage communication challenges, unexpected patient responses, changes in a patient’s condition over time, and more."--Back cover
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