Weber, Janet.

Health assessment in nursing / Janet Weber, Jane Kelley. - 2nd edition. - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2003. - xxix, 838 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Contents
Unit 1. Overview of the Health Assessment Process
1. Nurse's Role in Health Assessment: Collecting and Analyzing Data
2. Assessment Frameworks
3. The Client in Context: Culture, Family, and Community
4. Collecting Subjective Data
5. Collecting Objective Data
6. Validating and Documenting Data
7. Using Diagnostic Reasoning Skills to Analyze Data
Unit 2. Nursing Assessment of the Adult
8. General Survey and Nutritional Assessment
9. Skin, Hair, and Nail Assessment
10. Head and Neck Assessment
11. Eye Assessment
12. Ear Assessment
13. Mouth, Throat, Nose, and Sinus Assessment
14. Thoracic and Lung Assessment
15. Breast and Lymphatic Assessment
16. Heart and Neck Vessel Assessment
17. Peripheral Vascular Assessment
18. Abdominal Assessment
19. Male Genitalia Assessment
20. Female Genitalia Assessment
21. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate Assessment
22. Musculoskeletal Assessment
23. Neurologic Assessment
Unit 3. Nursing Assessment of Special Groups
24. Assessment of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
25. Assessment of the Childbearing Woman
26. Assessment of the Frail Elderly Client
27. Assessment of the Family
28. Community Assessment

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0781732077 (cloth) 9780781732079

2001050698


Nursing assessment.
Nursing Assessment.

RT48 / .W43 2003

610.73 / WEB

WY 100.4 / W374h 2002