Book

Nurses' handbook of health assessment / [edited by] Janet R. Weber, RN, EdD.

Weber, Janet, (editor.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781451142822
ISBN: 145114282X
Physical Description: xii, 788 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Edition: Eighth edition.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 757-769) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Obtaining a nursing health history -- Collecting subjective and objective data -- Performing physical assessment skills -- Assessing psychosocial, cognitive, and moral development -- Assessing mental status and substance abuse -- Assessing general status and vital signs -- Assessing pain : the 5th vital sign -- Assessing for violence -- Assessing nutritional status -- Assessing skin, hair, and nails -- Assessing head and neck -- Assessing eyes -- Assessing ears -- Assessing mouth, throat, nose, and sinuses -- Assessing thorax and lungs -- Assessing breasts and lymphatic system -- Assessing heart and neck vessels -- Assessing peripheral vascular system -- Assessing abdomen -- Assessing musculoskeletal system -- Assessing neurological system -- Assessing male genitalia and rectum -- Assessing female genitalia and rectum -- Assessing childbearing women -- Assessing newborns and infants -- Assessing older adults.