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Nursing health assessment : a best practice approach / Sharon Jensen, MN, RN, Instructor, School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.

By: Jensen, Sharon, 1955- [author.].
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA : Wolters Kluwer Health, ©2015Edition: Second edition.Description: xxx, 993 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 9781451192865 (hbk : alk. paper).Subject(s): Nursing Assessment -- methods -- Case Reports | Medical History Taking -- methods -- Case Reports | Physical Examination -- methods -- Case ReportsDDC classification: 616.075 J45 Other classification: CHS/N
Contents:
Unit 1: Foundations of nursing health assessment -- The nurses role in health assessment -- The health history and interview -- Physical examination techniques and equipment. Unit 2: General examinations -- Vital signs and general survey -- Pain assessment -- Nutrition assessment -- Assessment of developmental stages -- Mental health and violence assessment -- Assessment of social, cultural, and spiritual health. Unit 3: Regional examinations -- Skin, hair, and nails assessment -- Head and neck, including lymph nodes and vessels -- Eyes assessment -- Ears assessment -- 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 assessment -- 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: Nursing Health Assessment: A Best Practice Approach reflects a progressive and modern view of nursing practice, featuring innovative elements that facilitate understanding of how best to obtain accurate data from patients. It includes thorough and comprehensive examinations for each specific topic, and also presents strategies for adapting questions and techniques when communication is challenging, the patient's responses are unexpected, or the patient's condition changes over time. Unique features assist with application and analysis, enhancing critical thinking skills and better preparing readers for practice. Each chapter includes a case study that requires critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning to analyze data, document, plan care, and communicate findings. Additional features, ancillary material, and media related to the book build on the in-text cases to reinforce correct elements of subjective and objective data collection and variations necessary for different problems, age groups, and cultures.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit 1: Foundations of nursing health assessment -- The nurses role in health assessment -- The health history and interview -- Physical examination techniques and equipment. Unit 2: General examinations -- Vital signs and general survey -- Pain assessment -- Nutrition assessment -- Assessment of developmental stages -- Mental health and violence assessment -- Assessment of social, cultural, and spiritual health. Unit 3: Regional examinations -- Skin, hair, and nails assessment -- Head and neck, including lymph nodes and vessels -- Eyes assessment -- Ears assessment -- 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 assessment -- 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.

Nursing Health Assessment: A Best Practice Approach reflects a progressive and modern view of nursing practice, featuring innovative elements that facilitate understanding of how best to obtain accurate data from patients. It includes thorough and comprehensive examinations for each specific topic, and also presents strategies for adapting questions and techniques when communication is challenging, the patient's responses are unexpected, or the patient's condition changes over time. Unique features assist with application and analysis, enhancing critical thinking skills and better preparing readers for practice. Each chapter includes a case study that requires critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning to analyze data, document, plan care, and communicate findings. Additional features, ancillary material, and media related to the book build on the in-text cases to reinforce correct elements of subjective and objective data collection and variations necessary for different problems, age groups, and cultures.

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