Nursing health assessment : a critical thinking, case studies approach / Patricia M. Dillon

Includes Bibliography and Index

Contents
Unit I: Understanding Assessment;
1. Health Assessment and the Nurse;
2. The Health History;
3. Approach to the Physical Assessment;
4. Assessing Pain;
5. Approach to the Mental Health Assessment;
Unit II: Promoting Health;
6. Teaching the Patient;
7. Assessing Wellness;
8. Assessing Nutrition;
9. Spiritual Assessment;

Unit III: Physical Assessment;
10. Assessing the Integumentary System;
11. Assessing the Head, Face, and Neck;
12. Assessing the Eye and Ear;
13. Assessing the Respiratory System;
14. Assessing the Cardiovascular System;
15. Assessing the Peripheral Vascular and Lymphatic Systems;
16. Assessing the Breasts;
17. Assessing the Abdomen;
18. Assessing the Female Genitourinary System;
19. Assessing the Male Genitourinary System;
20. Assessing the Motor-Musculoskeletal System;
21. Assessing the Sensory-Neurological System;
22. Putting it All Together;
Unit IV: Adapting Assessment to Special Populations Assessing the Mother-to-Be;
23. Assessing the Newborn and Infant;
24. Assessing the Toddler and Preschooler;
25. Assessing the School-age Child and Adolescent;
26. Assessing the Older Adult;