Health Assessment in Nursing

Health Assessment in Nursing

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<DIV> <BR/>Innovative, systematic, and easy to understand,<B>Health Assessment in Nursing</B>has already helped thousands of RN-level students develop the comprehensive knowledge base and expert nursing assessment skills necessary for accurate collection of client data. <BR/>In this revised Fifth Edition, the authors provide in-depth, accurate information, a compelling<I>Continuing Case Study</I>that covers every step in the assessment process, a focus on diversity and health assessment through the lifespan, a striking photo and illustration program that includes photos of practicing registered nurses and nurse practitioners performing assessments, dynamic online video clips and animations, and much more. <BR/>Using this book you€ll have everything at your fingertips to master the knowledge and assessment skills you€ll need in your nursing career. <UL><LI>Master the €œhow-to€s€ of conducting a nursing assessment through the<B/B>real world<B>Continuing Case Study</B>in every chapter that introduces a client with a health concern, guides you through investigation of symptoms using the COLDSPA mnemonic, and demonstrates a physical assessment, proper documentation techniques, diagnostic reasoning, and appropriate nursing conclusions.</LI><LI>Access an easy-to-understand tool for data collection with the<B>Collecting Subjective Data: Nursing Health History</BB>table</B>, which presents<B/B>Information in two columns:<I>Questions</I>that you will ask the client and<I>Rationales</I>explaining why the questions are important. </LI><LI>Master every aspect of the physical examination through the<B>Collecting Objective Data: Physical Examination</BB>table,</B>which<B/B>illustrates physical examination procedures in a step-by-step fashion across three columns:<I>Assessment Procedure</I>(which explains and illustrates exactly how to perform specific aspects of the examination),<I>Normal Findings,</I>and<I>Abnormal Findings</I>.</LI><LI>Identify important distinctions through hundreds of photos exhibited in the<B>Abnormal Findings displays.</B/li/ulBR//DIV></div>