Full Description
Innovative, systematic, and easy to understand, Health Assessment in Nursing has already helped thousands of RN-level students develop the comprehensive knowledge base and expert nursing assessment skills necessary for accurate collection of client data. In this revised Fifth Edition, the authors provide in-depth, accurate information, a compelling Continuing Case Study that covers every step in the assessment process, a focus on diversity and health assessment through the lifespan, a striking photo and illustration program that includes photos of practicing registered nurses and nurse practitioners performing assessments, dynamic online video clips and animations, and much more. Using this book you'll have everything at your fingertips to master the knowledge and assessment skills you'll need in your nursing career. Master the "how-to's" of conducting a nursing assessment through thereal world Continuing Case Study in every chapter that introduces a client with a health concern, guides you through investigation of symptoms using the COLDSPA mnemonic, and demonstrates a physical assessment, proper documentation techniques, diagnostic reasoning, and appropriate nursing conclusions.Access an easy-to-understand tool for data collection with the Collecting Subjective Data: Nursing Health History table , which presentsInformation in two columns: Questions that you will ask the client and Rationales explaining why the questions are important. Master every aspect of the physical examination through the Collecting Objective Data: Physical Examination table, whichillustrates physical examination procedures in a step-by-step fashion across three columns: Assessment Procedure (which explains and illustrates exactly how to perform specific aspects of the examination), Normal Findings, and Abnormal Findings .Identify important distinctions through hundreds of photos exhibited in the Abnormal Findings displays.
Contents
Unit 1Chapter 1Nurse's Role in Health Assessment: Collecting and Analyzing DataChapter 2Collecting Subjective Data: The Interview and Health HistoryChapter 3Collecting Objective Data: The Physical ExaminationChapter 4Validating and Documenting DataChapter 5Thinking Critically to Analyze Data and Make Informed Nursing JudgmentsUnit 2: Integrative Holistic Nursing AssessmentChapter 6Assessing Mental Status and Substance AbuseChapter 7Assessing Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Moral DevelopmentChapter 8Assessing General Status and Vital SignsChapter 9Assessing Pain: The 5th Vital SignChapter 10Assessing for ViolenceChapter 11Assessing CultureChapter 12Assessing Spirituality and Religious PracticesChapter 13Assessing Nutritional StatusUnit 3: Nursing Assessment of Physical SystemsChapter 14Assessing Skin, Hair, and NailsChapter 15Assessing Head and NeckChapter 16Assessing EyesChapter 17Assessing EarsChapter 18Assessing Mouth, Throat, Nose, and SinusesChapter 19Assessing Thorax and LungsChapter 20Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic SystemChapter 21Assessing Heart and Neck VesselsChapter 22Assessing Peripheral Vascular SystemChapter 23Assessing AbdomenChapter 24Assessing Musculoskeletal SystemChapter 25Assessing Neurologic SystemChapter 26Assessing Male Genitalia and RectumChapter 27Assessing Female Genitalia and RectumChapter 28PUL>Unit 4: Nursing Assessment of Special GroupsChapter 29Assessing Childbearing WomenChapter 30Assessing Newborns and InfantsChapter 31Assessing Children and AdolescentsChapter 32Assessing Older AdultsChapter 33Assessing FamiliesChapter 34Assessing CommunitiesAppendicesA: Nursing History ChecklistB: Physical Assessment ChecklistC: NANDA Approved Nursing DiagnosesD: Selected Collaborative ProblemsE: Canada's Food GuideGlossary
