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Renowned for its holistic perspective and “see and do approach,Nurses' Handbook of Health Assessment, 10th Editiondelivers streamlined, step-by-step guidance at every phase of nursing assessment to help students ensure accurate and effective assessments across all patient populations. This full-color handbook — updated to reflect the latest clinical insights inHealth Assessment for Nursing, 7th Edition — details everything students need to interview clients and conduct thorough physical assessments with ease, including up-to-date assessment guidelines, full-color anatomy and physiology illustrations, images of normal and abnormal findings, and more — all in a convenient format ideal for today's on-the-go learning.

The perfect on-the-go companion toHealth Assessment for Nursing, 7th Edition, this compact handbook gives students quick, convenient access to the latest nursing assessment guidelines and findings in a “see and do format ideal for today's fast-paced nursing practice. Streamlined, step-by-step guidelines and full-color illustrations detail everything students need to interview clients and conduct thorough physical assessments with ease.

Unit 1 Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and AnalysisChapter 1 Obtaining a Nursing Health History: Guidelines and FrameworksChapter 2 Performing the Physical Assessment: Skills and TechniquesChapter 3 Validating, Analyzing, Documenting, and Communicating DataUnit 2 Integrative Holistic Nursing AssessmentChapter 4 Assessing Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Moral DevelopmentChapter 5 Assessing Mental Status and Substance AbuseChapter 6 Assessing General Health Status and Vital SignsChapter 7 Assessing PainChapter 8 Assessing for ViolenceChapter 9 Assessing Nutritional StatusUNIT 3 Nursing Assessment of Physical SystemsChapter 10 Assessing Skin, Hair, and NailsChapter 11 Assessing Head and NeckChapter 12 Assessing EyesChapter 13 Assessing EarsChapter 14 Assessing Mouth, Throat, Nose, and SinusesChapter 15 Assessing Thorax and LungsChapter 16 Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic SystemChapter 17 Assessing Heart and Neck VesselsChapter 18 Assessing Peripheral Vascular SystemChapter 19 Assessing AbdomenChapter 20 Assessing Musculoskeletal SystemChapter 21 Assessing Neurologic SystemChapter 22 Assessing Male Genitalia and RectumChapter 23 Assessing Female Genitalia and RectumUNIT 4 Nursing Assessment of Special GroupsChapter 24 Assessing Childbearing WomenChapter 25 Assessing Newborns and InfantsChapter 26 Assessing Older AdultsAppendices1 Nursing Assessment Form Based on Functional Health Patterns2 Physical Assessment Guide: Pulling It All Together3 Sample Adult Nursing Health History and Physical Assessment4 Assessment of Family Functional Health Patterns5 Child Cognitive (Piaget) And Psychosocial (Erickson) Development (Birth To 18 Years)6 Collaborative Problems7 Spanish Translation for Nursing Health History and Physical ExaminationIndex