Full Description
Reinforce your understanding of essential examination and assessment skills and with this lab manual companion to Carolyn Jarvis' Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 6th Edition. A wide variety of checklists, activities, and exercises challenge you to apply your knowledge and provide hands-on practice. A variety of learning activities test your understanding with multiple-choice, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and review questions.Clinical objectives for each chapter help you study more efficiently and effectively.Regional write-up sheets familiarize you with physical examination forms and offer practice in recording narrative accounts of patient history and examination findings.Anatomy labeling exercises offer additional practice with identifying key anatomy and physiology.Narrative summary forms reflect the charting format used for narrative accounts of health history and for physical examination findings.A comprehensive glossary provides fast, easy access to key terminology and definitions.Reading assignments help you review corresponding chapters in the textbook and include page references.Audio-visual assignments tie videos of specific examination procedures to practical applications in the lab.NEW NCLEX exam-style review questions help to prepare you for the NCLEX exam.NEW evidence-based guidelines reflect a focus on conducting the most effective, qualitative exams.NEW content on the Electronic Health Record, charting, and narrative recording includes examples of how to document assessment findings.
Contents
1. Evidence-Based Assessment2. Cultural Competence3. The Interview4. The Complete Health History5. Mental Status Assessment6. Substance Use Assessment7. Domestic and Family Violence Assessment8. Assessment Techniques and Safety in the Clinical Setting9. General Survey, Measurements, Vital Signs10. Pain Assessment: The Fifth Vital Sign11. Nutritional Assessment12. Skin, Hair, and Nails13. Head, Face, and Neck, including Regional Lymphatics14. Eyes15. Ears16. Nose, Mouth, and Throat17. Breasts and Regional Lymphatics18. Thorax and Lungs 19. Heart and Neck Vessels20. Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System21. Abdomen22. Musculoskeletal System23. Neurologic System24. Male Genitourinary System25. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate26. Female Genitourinary System27. The Complete Health Assessment: Adult28. The Complete Health Assessment: Infant, Young Child, and Adolescent29. Bedside Assessment and Electronic Health Recording30. The Pregnant Woman31. Functional Assessment of the Older Adult
