Author: ISBN : 9781451142808 New from $92.00 Format: PDFInnovative, systematic, and easy to understand, Health Assessment in Nursing has already helped thousands of RN-level students develop the comprehensive knowledge base and expert nursing assessment skills necessary for accurate collection of client data.
In this revised Fifth Edition, the authors provide in-depth, accurate information, a compelling Continuing Case Study that covers every step in the assessment process, a focus on diversity and health assessment through the lifespan, a striking photo and illustration program that includes photos of practicing registered nurses and nurse practitioners performing assessments, dynamic online video clips and animations, and much more.
Using this book you’ll have everything at your fingertips to master the knowledge and assessment skills you’ll need in your nursing career.
- Master the “how-to’s” of conducting a nursing assessment through thereal world Continuing Case Study in every chapter that introduces a client with a health concern, guides you through investigation of symptoms using the COLDSPA mnemonic, and demonstrates a physical assessment, proper documentation techniques, diagnostic reasoning, and appropriate nursing conclusions.
- Access an easy-to-understand tool for data collection with the Collecting Subjective Data: Nursing Health History table, which presentsInformation in two columns: Questions that you will ask the client and Rationales explaining why the questions are important.
- Master every aspect of the physical examination through the Collecting Objective Data: Physical Examination table, whichillustrates physical examination procedures in a step-by-step fashion across three columns: Assessment Procedure (which explains and illustrates exactly how to perform specific aspects of the examination), Normal Findings, and Abnormal Findings.
- Identify important distinctions through hundreds of photos exhibited in the Abnormal Findings displays.
- Series: Health Assessment in Nursing
- Hardcover: 912 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fifth edition (October 4, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1451142803
- ISBN-13: 978-1451142808
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.5 x 1.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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