Dillon, Patricia M.

Nursing health assessment : student applications / Patricia M. Dillon. - Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, c2003. - vii, 335 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Unit I: Understanding Assessment;
1. Health Assessment and the Nurse
2. The Health History
3. Approach to the Physical Assessment;

Unit II: Promoting Health;
4. Teaching the Patient
5. Assessing Wellness
6. Assessing Nutrition
7. Spiritual Assessment

Unit III: Systems Physical Assessment
8. Assessing the Integumentary System
9. Assessing the Head, Face, and Neck
10. Assessing the Eye and Ear
11. Assessing the Respiratory System
12. Assessing the Cardiovascular System
13. Assessing the Peripheral Vascular and Lymphatic Systems
14. Assessing the Breasts
15. Assessing the Abdomen
16. Assessing the Female Genitourinary System
17. Assessing the Male Genitourinary System
18. Assessing the Motor-Musculoskeletal System
19. Assessing the Sensory-Neurological System
20. Putting it All Together

Unit IV: Adapting Assessment to Special Populations
21. Assessing the Mother-to-Be
22. Assessing the Newborn and Infant
23. Assessing the Toddler and Preschooler
24. Assessing the School-age Child and Adolescent
25. Assessing the Older Adult


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Nursing assessment.
Nursing assessment--Case studies.
Nursing Assessment--examination questions.
Medical History Taking--methods--examination questions.
Physical Examination--methods--examination questions.

WY 18.2 D579n 2003