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050 _aRT 48 .W55 2013
100 _aWilson, Susan.
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245 0 _aHealth assessment for nursing practice /
_cSusan Wilson and Jean Gidden
250 _a5th edition
260 _aMissouri :
_bElsevier Science,
_cc2013
300 _axxii, 606 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm
365 _bUSD82.99
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aImportance of health assessment -- Interviewing paients to obtain a health history -- Techniques and equipment for physical assessment -- General inspecion and measurement of vital signs -- Pain assessment -- Mental health and abusive behabior assessment -- Nutritional assessment -- Skin, hair, and nails -- Heads, eyes, ears, nose, and throat -- Lungs and respiratory system -- Heart and peripheral vascular system -- Abdomen and gastrointestinal system -- Musculoskeletal system -- Neurologic system -- Breast and acillae -- reproductive system and the perineum -- Developmental assessment throughout the life span -- Assessment of the infant, child and adolescent -- Assessment of the pregnant patient -- Assessment of the older adult -- Conducting a head-to-toe examination -- Documentating the comprehensive health assessment -- Adapting health assessment to the hospitalized patient
520 _aHealth assessment for nursing pracive is organized into four units to assesst students and faculty efficiently to find their areas of interest.
650 _aNURSING ASSESSMENT
700 _aGiddens, Jean
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