This full-colour quick-reference handbook covers all aspects of the patient history and physical examination to help nurses interpret assessment findings, recognize patient needs, and provide focused care.

Information is presented in a succinct, highly bulleted format, with lists, tables, and flowcharts to highlight key facts.

Recurring graphic icons include:

• Skill Check (tips for performing physical examination techniques)
• Culture Cue and Age Alert (specific variations in assessment findings and techniques related to age, culture, or ethnicity)
• Alert (life- or limb-threatening situations)
• Clinical Picture (quick-scan charts visually comparing clusters of abnormal findings and differentiating among possible causes)

Contents

1. Mental health
2. Nutrition
3. Cardiovascular system
4. Respiratory system
5. Nervous system
6. Gastrointestinal system
7. Endocrine system
8. Hematologic and immune systems
9. Sensory systems
10. Integumentary system
11. Musculoskeletal system
12. Female genitourinary system
13. Breasts and axillae
14. Male genitourinary system
15. The pregnant patient
16. The neonate

Index

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