ISBN:
9780443127472
Copyright:
2026
Publication Date:
04-17-2025
Page Count:
576
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$106.99
Health Assessment for Nursing Practice - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 8th Edition
by Susan Fickertt Wilson, PhD, RN and Jean Foret Giddens, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780443127472
Copyright:
2026
Publication Date:
04-17-2025
Page Count:
576
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$106.99
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Prepare your students to confidently perform a physical exam and help them succeed on the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination (NGN)! Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, Ninth Edition, focuses on what students need to know, providing easy-to-understand guidelines and timesaving teaching and learning tools that demonstrate how to perform an effective physical examination. This completely updated text is an ideal solution for nursing students in today’s concept-based curricula as well as traditional curricula, this book has everything you need to help your students succeed on the NGN, conduct and document an accurate assessment, and prepare for clinical practice.
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- Updated throughout to reflect the latest research and thinking in health assessment in nursing practice
- NGN Health Assessment Questions added to each chapter
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- UPDATED! Content reflects the latest research and thinking in health assessment in nursing practice
- Health assessment case studies on the Evolve companion website help prepare students for the Next Generation NCLEX® Exam
- This title is also available in Sherpath Vantage! Sold separately, this innovative teaching and learning technology offers interactive course content and resources that streamline class preparation and assessment and give students personalized help to reach their learning goals. Sherpath Vantage fully includes the ebook of this title for all-in-one digital course delivery
- Straightforward, easy-to-understand, need-to-know coverage gives students the knowledge and confidence to perform an effective health assessment and physical examination
- Clear differentiation between basic skills and advanced skills helps students differentiate need-to-know skills from skills that would be performed by an advanced practitioner or only in special circumstances
- Time-tested two-column format helps link assessment techniques with normal and abnormal findings
- Vivid full-color photos and illustrations visually demonstrate key assessment techniques to promote better understanding
- UNIQUE! Concept Overviews present core concepts in the context of health assessment, with discussions of pain, oxygenation, perfusion, tissue integrity, motion, sensory perception, nutrition, metabolism, and intracranial regulation
- UNIQUE! Clinical Judgment boxes explain the thought process of an experienced nurse making a clinical decision to help students gain an expert perspective on clinical judgment and the decision-making process in nursing practice
- UNIQUE! Situational Variations sections address special circumstances or needs for patients in wheelchairs or other limitations and exam variations
- Age-Related Variations sections address special considerations or needs for infants and children, adolescents, and older adults
- Summary of Findings sections demonstrate how to chart normal findings, including documentation in the Electronic Heath Record (EHR)
- Clinical Application and Clinical Judgment sections at the end of each chapter include review questions to help assess students’ understanding of need-to-know content, while case studies promote the development of clinical reasoning skills in the context of health assessment and physical examination
- UNIQUE! Adapting Health Assessment to the Hospitalized Patient chapter explains special techniques for performing a head-to-toe assessment of a patient in a hospital setting
- Ethnic, Cultural, and Spiritual Variations boxes help students anticipate the unique needs of a multicultural patient population
- Health Assessment Across the Life Span unit contains four separate chapters that cover all lifespan content, including older adults, pregnant patients, and infants, children, and adolescents
- Synthesis and Application of Health Assessment unit details how to conduct, document, and adapt the head-to-toe examination
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1. Introduction to Health Assessment
2. Obtaining a Health History
3. Techniques and Equipment for Physical Assessment
4. General Inspection and Measurement of Vital Signs
5. Cultural Competence
6. Pain Assessment
7. Mental Health Assessment
8. Nutritional Assessment
9. Skin, Hair, and Nails
10. Head and Neck
11. Eyes
12. Ears, Nose, and Throat
13. Respiratory System
14. Cardiovascular System
15. Abdomen
16. Musculoskeletal Assessment
17. Neurologic System
18. Breasts and Axillae
19. Female Reproductive System
20. Male Reproductive System
21. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
22. Assessment of the Infant, Child, Adolescent
23. Assessment of the Pregnant Patient
24. Assessment of the Older Adult
25. Conducting a Comprehensive Health Assessment
26. Adapting Health Assessment -
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