TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson Susan Fickertt
AU  - Giddens Jeans Forest
TI  - Health Assessment For Nursing Practice
SN  - 9780323091510
AV  - RT48.W55 2013 
PY  - 2013///,2009,2005,2001,1996
CY  - St.louis,missouri
PB  - Mosby
KW  -  Diagnostics cliniques
KW  -  Nursing Assessment
KW  -  Nursing Diagnosis
N1  - Include index; Index; CONTENTS
Foundations for Health Assessment
Importance of health assessment
Interviewing patients to obtain a health history
Techniques and equipment for physical assessment
General inspection and measurement of vital signs
Ethic, cultural, and spiritual considerations
Pain assessment
Mental health and abusive behavior assessment
Nutritional assessment
Health assessment of the adult
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
Health assessment across the life span
Developmental assessment throughout the life span
Assessment of the infant, child, and adolescent
Assessment of the pregnant patient
Assessment of the older adult
Synthesis and application of health assessment
Conducting a head-to-toe examination
Documenting the comprehensive health assessment
Adapting health assessment to the hospitalized patient
N2  - "Using a nursing-oriented, holistic approach, this straightforward text provides you with a visual presentation to conducting physical examinations. This textbook clearly delineates the routine exam techniques from those exams for special circumstances or advanced practice."--Publisher's website

ER  -