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Nursing health assessment : a best practice approach / Sharon Jensen.

By: Jensen, Sharon.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA : Wolters Kluwer, ©2019Edition: Third edition.Description: xxxi, 982 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9781975141219 (pbk).Subject(s): Nursing assessment -- Methodology -- Case studies | Medical history taking -- Methodology -- Case studies | Periodic health examinations -- Methodology -- Case studiesDDC classification: 616.075 J45
Contents:
The nurse's role in health assessment -- The health history and interview -- Techniques of assessment and safety -- Documentation and interprofessional communication -- Vital signs and general survey -- Pain assessment -- Nutritional assessment -- Assessment of developing stages -- Mental health, violence, and drug abuse -- Cultural assessment -- Skin, hair, and nails assessment -- Head and neck, with vision and hearing basics -- Eye assessment for advanced and specialty practice -- Ear assessment for advanced and specialty practice -- Nose, sinuses, mouth, and throat -- Thorax and lung assessment -- Heart and neck vessels assessment -- Peripheral vascular and lymphatic assessment -- Breasts and axillae assessment -- Abdominal assessment -- Musculoskeletal assessment -- Neurological and mental status -- Male genitalia and rectal assessment -- Female genitalia and rectal assessment -- Pregnant women -- Newborns and infants -- Children and adolescents -- Older adults -- Assessment of the hospitalized adult -- Head-to-toe assessment of the adult.
Unit 1: Foundations of nursing health assessment. The nurse's role in health assessment -- The health history and interview -- Techniques of assessment and safety -- Documentation and interprofessional communication. Unit 2: General examinations. Vital signs and general survey -- Pain assessment -- Nutritional assessment -- Assessment of developmental stages -- Mental health, violence, and drug abuse -- Cultural assessment. Unit 3: Regional examinations, Skin, hair, and nails assessment -- Head and neck, with vision and hearing basics -- Eye assessment for advanced and specialty practice -- Ear assessment for advanced and specialty practice -- Nose, sinuses, mouth, and throat -- Thorax and lung assessment -- Heart and neck vessels assessment -- Peripheral vascular and lymphatic assessment -- Breasts and axillae assessment -- Abdominal assessment -- Musculoskeletal assessment -- Neurological and mental status -- Male genitalia and rectal assessment -- Female genitalia and rectal assessment. Unit 4: Special populations and foci. Pregnant women -- Newborns and infants -- Children and adolescents -- Older adults. Unit 5: Putting it all together. Assessment of the hospitalized adult -- Head-to-toe assessment of the adult.
Summary: Updated to reflect today's changing healthcare environment, this unique, modern approach to health assessment guides you progressively through realistic clinical case scenarios, emphasizing health promotion, risk factor reduction, evidence-based thinking, and diagnostic reasoning. Effective strategies help you adapt question and techniques to confidently manage communication challenges, unexpected patient responses, changes in a patient's condition over time, and more. -- From publisher's description.
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The nurse's role in health assessment --
The health history and interview --
Techniques of assessment and safety --
Documentation and interprofessional communication --
Vital signs and general survey --
Pain assessment --
Nutritional assessment --
Assessment of developing stages --
Mental health, violence, and drug abuse --
Cultural assessment --
Skin, hair, and nails assessment --
Head and neck, with vision and hearing basics --
Eye assessment for advanced and specialty practice --
Ear assessment for advanced and specialty practice --
Nose, sinuses, mouth, and throat --
Thorax and lung assessment --
Heart and neck vessels assessment --
Peripheral vascular and lymphatic assessment --
Breasts and axillae assessment --
Abdominal assessment --
Musculoskeletal assessment --
Neurological and mental status --
Male genitalia and rectal assessment --
Female genitalia and rectal assessment --
Pregnant women --
Newborns and infants --
Children and adolescents --
Older adults --
Assessment of the hospitalized adult --
Head-to-toe assessment of the adult.

Unit 1: Foundations of nursing health assessment. The nurse's role in health assessment --
The health history and interview --
Techniques of assessment and safety --
Documentation and interprofessional communication. Unit 2: General examinations. Vital signs and general survey --
Pain assessment --
Nutritional assessment --
Assessment of developmental stages --
Mental health, violence, and drug abuse --
Cultural assessment. Unit 3: Regional examinations, Skin, hair, and nails assessment --
Head and neck, with vision and hearing basics --
Eye assessment for advanced and specialty practice --
Ear assessment for advanced and specialty practice --
Nose, sinuses, mouth, and throat --
Thorax and lung assessment --
Heart and neck vessels assessment --
Peripheral vascular and lymphatic assessment --
Breasts and axillae assessment --
Abdominal assessment --
Musculoskeletal assessment --
Neurological and mental status --
Male genitalia and rectal assessment --
Female genitalia and rectal assessment. Unit 4: Special populations and foci. Pregnant women --
Newborns and infants --
Children and adolescents --
Older adults. Unit 5: Putting it all together. Assessment of the hospitalized adult --
Head-to-toe assessment of the adult.

Updated to reflect today's changing healthcare environment, this unique, modern approach to health assessment guides you progressively through realistic clinical case scenarios, emphasizing health promotion, risk factor reduction, evidence-based thinking, and diagnostic reasoning. Effective strategies help you adapt question and techniques to confidently manage communication challenges, unexpected patient responses, changes in a patient's condition over time, and more. -- From publisher's description.

College of Health Sciences Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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