Health assessment in nursing / Janet Weber, Jane H. Kelley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Unit I
Conceptual Overview of Nursing Health Assessment
Chapter 1 Nurse's Role in Health Assessment: Collecting and Analyzing Data
Chapter 2 Client in Context: Culture, Spirituality, Family, and Community

Unit II
Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis
Chapter 3 Collecting Subjective Data
Chapter 4 Collecting Objective Data
Chapter 5 Validating and Documenting Data
Chapter 6 Analyzing the Data: Using Diagnostic Reasoning Skills

Unit III
Nursing Assessment of the Adult
Chapter 7 General Survey
Chapter 8 Pain Assessment
Chapter 9 Nutritional Assessment
Chapter 10 Spiritual Assessment
Chapter 11 Skin, Hair, and Nail Assessment
Chapter 12 Head and Neck Assessment
Chapter 13 Eye Assessment
Chapter 14 Ear Assessment
Chapter 15 Mouth, Throat, Nose, and Sinus Assessment
Chapter 16 Thoracic and Lung Assessment
Chapter 17 Breast and Lymphatic Assessment
Chapter 18 Heart and Neck Vessel Assessment
Chapter 19 Peripheral Vascular Assessment
Chapter 20 Abdominal Assessment
Chapter 21 Female Genitalia Assessment
Chapter 22 Male Genitalia Assessment
Chapter 23 Anus, Rectum, and Prostate Assessment
Chapter 24 Musculoskeletal Assessment
Chapter 25 Neurological Assessment
Chapter 26 Pulling It All Together

Unit IV
Nursing Assessment of Special Groups
Chapter 27 Assessment of the Childbearing Woman
Chapter 28 Assessment of the Newborn and Infant
Chapter 29 Assessment of Children: Toddlers Through Adolescents
Chapter 30 Assessment of the Frail Elderly
Chapter 31 Assessment of the Family
Chapter 32 Assessment of Families Using Violence
Chapter 33 Assessment of the Community

Appendices
A: Sample Adult Nursing Health History and Physical Assessment
B: NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses (2005-2006)
C: Selected Collaborative Problems
D: Mini-nutritional Assessment
E: Skin Self-Examination
F: Breast Self-Examination
G: Testicular Self-Examination
H: Pediatric Growth Charts