Physical Examination and Health Assessment - Canada Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
Give your students a clear, logical, and holistic approach to physical examination and health assessment across the lifespan! Using easy-to-follow language, detailed illustrations, summary checklists, and new learning resources Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 3rd Canadian Edition is the gold-standard in physical examination textbooks. This new edition reflects the latest in what is happening in nursing today with coverage of emerging trends, examples of how to document patient assessments using the Electronic Health Record, and new evidence-informed content throughout. It's easy to see why this text is #1 with Canadian nursing students!
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- A two-column format distinguishes normal findings from abnormal findings, and uses colour, step-by-step photos to clarify examination techniques and expected findings.
- Sectional colour bars segment body systems according to content (Structure and Function, Subjective Data, Objective Data, Documentation and Critical Thinking, Abnormal Findings).
- Summary checklists offer reviews of key examination steps.
- Documentation and Critical Thinking sections provide real world clinical examples of specific patients and how to document assessment findings.
- Abnormal findings tables help you recognize, sort, and describe abnormalities.
- Separate chapter on Pregnancy provides a thorough foundation for assessing the pregnant patient.
- Developmental Considerations sections highlight content specific to infants, children, adolescents, pregnant women, and older adults.
- Promoting Health boxes focus on this key aspect of Canadian health care.
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- NEW! Content covering the Electronic Health Record, charting, and narrative recording provides examples of how to document assessment findings.
- UPDATED Case Studies provide you with opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and apply what you’ve learned.
- NEW! Approximately 150 normal and abnormal examination photos for the nose, mouth, throat, thorax, and pediatric assessment gives you a fresh perspective on these key system examinations, with cultural diversity and developmental variations.
- NEW! Social determinants of health considerations cover the shifting landscape of Canada’s populations with strategies for integrating social, economic and ethnocultural diversity into your health assessments.
- NEW! Assessment strategies relevant to Indigenous populations, harm reduction, nutrition, and transgender persons inform practitioners on respectful, complete care.
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UNIT 1: ASSESSMENT OF THE WHOLE PERSON 1. Critical Thinking and Evidence-Informed Assessment 2. Health Promotion in the Context of Health Assessment 3. Cultural Competence: Cultural Care 4. The Interview 5. The Complete Health History 6. Mental Health Assessment 7. Substance Use in the Context of Health Assessment NEW! 8. Interpersonal Violence Assessment
UNIT 2: APPROACH TO THE CLINICAL SETTING 9. Assessment Techniques and the Clinical Setting 10. General Survey, Measurement, and Vital Signs 11. Pain Assessment 12. Nutritional Assessment and Nursing Practice
UNIT 3: PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 13. Skin, Hair, and Nails 14. Head and Neck, Including Regional Lymphatic System 15. Eyes 16. Ears 17. Nose, Mouth, and Throat 18. Breasts and Regional Lymphatic System 19. Thorax and Lungs 20. Heart and Neck Vessels 21. Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System 22. Abdomen 23. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate 24. Musculoskeletal System 25. Neurological System 26. Male Genitourinary System 27. Female Genitourinary System
UNIT 4: INTEGRATION OF THE HEALTH ASSESSMENT 28. The Complete Health Assessment: Putting It All Together 29. Bedside Assessment of the Hospitalized Patient 30. Pregnancy 31. Functional Assessment of the Older Adult
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Carolyn Jarvis, PhD, APN, CNP, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University; Certified Nurse Practitioner (retired), Bloomington, Illinois, Annette J. Browne, RN, PhD, FCAHS, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar ,Associate Director, Graduate Programs School of Nursing University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, June MacDonald-Jenkins, RN, BScN, MSc, Sr. Dean Faculty of Social and Community Services Principal, Lakeshore Campus Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning Toronto, Ontario and Marian Luctkar-Flude, RN, BScN, MScN, Associate Professor,Reznick Scholar, Health Professions Education,Faculty of Health Sciences,Queen's University School of Nursing Kingston, Ontario
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