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Physical examination & health assessment / Carolyn Jarvis

By: Publication details: St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2012.Edition: 6th editionDescription: xv, 880 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781437701517
Other title:
  • Physical examination and health assessment
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • WB 205 J38 2012
Contents:
Contents; Unit 1: Assessment of the whole person 1. Evidence-based assessment 2. Cultural competence: cultural care 3. The interview 4. The complete health history 5. Mental status assessment 6. Substance use assessment 7. Domestic violence assessment Unit 2: Approach to the clinical setting 8. Assessment techniques and the clinical setting 9. General survey, measurement and vital signs 10. Pain assessment: the fifth vital sign 11. Nutritional assessment Unit 3: Physical examination 12. Skin, hair and nails 13. Head, face and neck, including regional lymphatics 14. Eyes 15. Ears 16. Nose, mouth and throat 17. Breasts and regional lymphatics 18. Thorax and lungs 19. heart and neck vessels 20. Peripheral vascular system and lymphatic system 21. Abdomen 22. Musculoskeletal system 23. Neurologic system 24. Male genitourinary system 25. Anus, rectum, and prostate 26. Female genitourinary system Unit 4: Integration of the health assessment 27. The complete health assessment: Putting it all altogether 28. Reassessment of the hospitalized adult 29. The pregnant female 30. Functional assessment of the older adult
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Contents;

Unit 1: Assessment of the whole person
1. Evidence-based assessment
2. Cultural competence: cultural care
3. The interview
4. The complete health history
5. Mental status assessment
6. Substance use assessment
7. Domestic violence assessment

Unit 2: Approach to the clinical setting
8. Assessment techniques and the clinical setting
9. General survey, measurement and vital signs
10. Pain assessment: the fifth vital sign
11. Nutritional assessment

Unit 3: Physical examination
12. Skin, hair and nails
13. Head, face and neck, including regional lymphatics
14. Eyes
15. Ears
16. Nose, mouth and throat
17. Breasts and regional lymphatics
18. Thorax and lungs
19. heart and neck vessels
20. Peripheral vascular system and lymphatic system
21. Abdomen
22. Musculoskeletal system
23. Neurologic system
24. Male genitourinary system
25. Anus, rectum, and prostate
26. Female genitourinary system

Unit 4: Integration of the health assessment
27. The complete health assessment: Putting it all altogether
28. Reassessment of the hospitalized adult
29. The pregnant female
30. Functional assessment of the older adult

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