Health assessment for nursing practice / Susan Fickertt Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens.

includes index

I: Foundations for health assessment. Introduction to health assessment ; Obtaining a health history ; Techniques and equipment for physical assessment ; General inspection and measurement of vital signs ; Culture competence ; Pain assessment ; Mental health assessment ; Nutritional assessment
II: Health assessment of the adult. Skin, hair, and nails ; Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat ; Lungs and respiratory system ; Heart and peripheral vascular system ; Abdomen and gastrointestinal system ; Musculoskeletal system ; Neurologic system ; Breasts and axillae ; Reproductive system and the perineum
III: Health assessment across the life span. Development assessment throughout the life span ; Assessment of the infant, child, and adolescent ; Assessment of the pregnant patient ; Assessment of the older adult
IV: Synthesis and application of health assessment. Conducting a head-to-toe examination ; Documenting the comprehensive health assessment ; Adapting health assessment

"Health Assessment for Nursing Practice is based on the assumption that every patient --from neonate to older adult--is an interactive, complex being who is more than a collection of his or her parts. Each patient's health status depends on the interactions of physiologic, psychologic, sociocultural, and spiritual factors. This book demonstrates caring and compassion when the faculty interacts with patients to act as role models for students. This book also helps students become knowledgeable and skilled in history-taking and physical assessment as well as teaching them how to be objective and nonjudgmental"--