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