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Student Laboratory Manual for Health Assessment for Nursing Practice

Get the review and practice you need to master health assessment skills! Corresponding to the major chapters in Wilson & Giddens’ Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 7th E… Leer más

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Get the review and practice you need to master health assessment skills! Corresponding to the major chapters in Wilson & Giddens’ Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 7th Edition, this student laboratory manual guides you through an assessment lab session for each of the textbook’s major topics and examination procedures. Step-by-step worksheets serve as a guide to techniques and as practice in documenting a comprehensive physical examination. New Performance Checklists ensure that you can understand and perform each assessment skill!

Puntos claves

  • Comprehensive guide allows you to practice assessments in the health assessment laboratory
  • Perforated worksheets are included for each major chapter of the Wilson & Giddens Health Assessment for Nursing Practice textbook
  • Dual function lets this lab manual serve as both a guide and as practice in documenting a comprehensive health assessment and physical examination

De interès para

Students in ADN-level nursing programs

Índice

Unit I: Foundations for Health Assessment

1. Introduction to Health Assessment

2. Interviewing Patients to Obtain a Health History

3. Techniques and Equipment for Physical Assessment

4. General Inspection and Measurement of Vital Signs

5. Ethnic, Cultural, and Spiritual Considerations

6. Pain Assessment

7. Mental Health and Abusive Behavior Assessment

8. Nutritional Assessment

Unit II: Health Assessment of the Adult

9. Skin, Hair, and Nails

10. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat

11. Lungs and Respiratory System

12. Heart and Peripheral Vascular System

13. Abdomen and Gastrointestinal System

14. Musculoskeletal System

15. Neurologic System

16. Breasts and Axillae

17. Reproductive System and the Perineum

Unit III: Health Assessment Across the Life Span

18. Developmental Assessment Throughout the Life Span

19. Assessment of the Infant, Child, and Adolescent

20. Assessment of the Pregnant Patient

21. Assessment of the Older Adult

Unit IV: Synthesis and Application of Health Assessment

22. Conducting a Head-to-Toe Examination

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Sobre los autores

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Susan Fickertt Wilson

Emeritus Associate Professor Susan Fickertt Wilson works at the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas.
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Emeritus Associate Professor, Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

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Jean Foret Giddens

Dean Jean Foret Giddens works at the School of Nursing, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas.
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Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA