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cover image - Physical Examination and Health Assessment - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card),6th Edition
ISBN: 9781455736430
Copyright: 2012
Publication Date: 03-14-2011
Page Count: 896
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $113.99

Physical Examination and Health Assessment - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 6th Edition

by Carolyn Jarvis, PhD, APN, CNP

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource - Access Card

cover image - Physical Examination and Health Assessment - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card),6th Edition
ISBN: 9781455736430
Copyright: 2012
Publication Date: 03-14-2011
Page Count: 896
Imprint: Saunders
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With an easy-to-read approach and unmatched learning support, Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 6th Edition offers a clear, logical, and holistic approach to physical exam across the lifespan. Detailed illustrations, summary checklists, and new learning resources ensure that you learn all the skills you need to know. This gold standard in physical exam reflects what is going on in nursing today with coverage of emerging trends and new evidence-based content. It's easy to see why this text is, far and away, #1 in this market!

This item is a stand-alone text.

    • A clear, conversational writing style makes learning easier.
    • A two-column format distinguishes normal findings from abnormal findings, and uses color, step-by-step photos to clarify examination techniques and expected findings.
    • Over 1,000 full-color illustrations present anatomy and physiology, examination techniques, and abnormal findings.
    • Developmental considerations help in caring for patients across the lifespan with age-specific assessment techniques for infants, children, adolescents, pregnant females, and older adults.
    • Abnormal findings tables include over 300 pathology photos to help in recognizing, sorting, and describing abnormalities.
    • Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle boxes enable patient teaching and health promotion while performing the health assessment.
    • An emphasis on cultural competencies reflects today's care considerations for an increasingly diverse patient population.
    • Documentation examples show how to record assessment findings in the patient's chart, using the SOAP format.
    • Summary checklists provide a quick review of examination steps.
    • Spanish-language translations on the inside back cover highlight important phrases for better communication during the physical examination.
    • A companion Evolve website helps you review key content offering case studies with critical thinking questions, printable health promotion handouts, a head-to-toe examination video, heart and lung sounds, audio chapter summaries, and more.
    • NEW evidence-based guidelines reflect a focus on conducting the most effective, qualitative exams.
    • NEW Substance Abuse Assessment chapter addresses this increasingly critical aspect of holistic patient assessments.
    • 100 new photos of step-by-step examination techniques include all-new exam panoramas for key systems.
    • 100 new abnormal findings photos provide instant visual cues for findings that are unexpected or that require referral for follow-up care.
    • Expanded chapter on assessment of the hospitalized adult provides a focused assessment of the patient in the hospital setting.
    • New content on obesity provides current information on this growing health problem.
  • UNIT 1: ASSESSMENT OF THE WHOLE PERSON

    1. Evidence-Based Assessment

    2. Cultural Competence: Cultural Care

    3. The Interview

    4. The Complete Health History

    5. Mental Status Assessment

    6. Substance Use Assessment NEW!

    7. Domestic Violence Assessment

    UNIT 2: APPROACH TO THE CLINICAL SETTING

    8. Assessment Techniques and the Clinical Setting

    9. General Survey, Measurement, Vital Signs

    10. Pain Assessment: The Fifth Vital Sign

    11. Nutritional Assessment

    UNIT 3: PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

    12. Skin, Hair, and Nails

    13. Head, Face, and Neck, including Regional Lymphatics

    14. Eyes

    15. Ears

    16. Nose, Mouth, and Throat

    17. Breasts and Regional Lymphatics

    18. Thorax and Lungs

    19. Heart and Neck Vessels

    20. Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System

    21. Abdomen

    22. Musculoskeletal System

    23. Neurologic System

    24. Male Genitourinary System

    25. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate

    26. Female Genitourinary System

    UNIT 4: INTEGRATION OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM

    27. The Complete Health Assessment: Putting It All Together

    28. Bedside Assessment of the Hospitalized Adult

    29. The Pregnant Woman

    30. Functional Assessment of the Older Adult

  • Carolyn Jarvis, PhD, APN, CNP, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University; Certified Nurse Practitioner (retired), Bloomington, Illinois
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