Renowned for its holistic perspective and "see and do" approach, this full-color, pocket-sized handbook offers step-by-step guidance on every phase of the nursing assessment—for adults, children, and special populations.

The focus is on what nurses need to know to assess clients:

• the health history
• physical examination
• normal and abnormal findings
• nursing interventions
• nursing diagnoses

This edition features new chapters on:

• pain assessment and domestic violence assessment
• a new Spanish-to-English terminology appendix
• more illustrations of examination techniques
• greater emphasis on deviations from normal findings

Contents

1. the nursing health history
2. Components of the nursing health history
3. Physical assessment
4. General physical survey
5. Pain assessment: the fifth vital sign
6. Nutritional assessment
7. Skin, hair, and nail assessment
8. Head and neck assessment
9. Eye assessment
10. Ear assessment
11. Mouth, throat, nose, and sinus assessment
12. Thoracic and lung assessment
13. Breast assessment
14. Heart assessment
15. Periphreal vascular assessment
16. Abdominal assessment
17. Genitourinary assessment
18. Musculoskeletal assessment
19. Neurologic assessment
20. Assessment of the childbearing woman
21. Assessment of newborns and infants
22. Assessment of families using violence

Appendices
Index

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