Jarvis's Health Assessment and Physical Examination - E-Book VBK, 4th Edition

• Ideal for pre-registration course students, beginning and experienced registered nurses and those undertaking advanced practice roles
• Clearly separates knowledge and skills for nurses at a beginning level and those who have clinical experience, making it easy for teachers and students to identify content relevant to their level of learning
• Includes case studies to illustrate the initial parts of the clinical reasoning process and documentation of health assessments
• Easy to navigate, with a clear structure and colour-coding
• Extensive use of illustrations to clarify important anatomical and physiological concepts
• Accompanying resources include videos showcasing physical examination skills, PowerPoints and summative MCQ test banks
• A focus on person-centred care, health education, inclusive practice and lifespan

Instructor resources on Evolve

• PowerPoints
• Image collection
• Test banks

Student and instructor resources on Evolve

• Skills videos

UNIT 1 Approaches and contexts of health assessment in nursing
1. The context and frameworks of health assessment
2. Clinical decision making
3. Developmental tasks across the life span
4. Cultural safety
5. Screening for family violence
6. Screening for substance misuse

UNIT 2 Health assessment tools and techniques
7. Person-centred communication in health assessment
8. The health history
9. Physical examination techniques
10. General survey and vital signs

UNIT 3 Assessing mental health, neurological and sensory function
11. Mental health assessment
12. Neurological assessment
13. Pain assessment
14. Eye assessment
15. Ear assessment

UNIT 4 Assessing cardiovascular function
16. Peripheral vascular assessment
17. Cardiac assessment

UNIT 5 Assessing respiratory function
18. Upper airways assessment
19. Lower airways assessment

UNIT 6 Assessing musculoskeletal function
20. Musculoskeletal assessment

UNIT 7 Assessing nutrition and metabolic function
21. Nutritional and metabolic assessment
22. Skin, hair and nails assessment

UNIT 8 Urinary and bowel function
23. Abdominal assessment
24. Assessing urinary function
25. Assessing bowel function

UNIT 9 Assessing sexuality and reproductive function
26. Female sexual and reproductive assessment
27. Male sexual and reproductive assessment
28. Breasts assessment
29. Assessing pregnant women

UNIT 10 Using health assessment in clinical practice
30. Using health assessment to promote safe and quality nursing care

Helen Forbes, RN, BAppSc (Adv Nurs) (La Trobe University), MEdSt (Monash University), PhD (University of Sydney), Nurse Consultant (Education), Formerly Associate Professor and Associate Head of School (Teaching & Learning), School of Nursing & Midwifery, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Elizabeth Watt, RN, DipN (College of Nursing Australia), BAppSc (Adv Nurs) (Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences), MNS (La Trobe University), Cert Prom Cont, FACN, Nurse Consultant (Education), Senior Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia