Nurses Handbook Of Health Assessment

The perfect on-the-go companion to Health 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.

Renowned for its holistic perspective and step-by-step approach, this pocket-size text takes you through every stage of the nursing assessment for adults and special populations. The book's “see” and “do” guidance provides all that you need to perform a range of common assessment procedures with confidence. Look inside to find… Renowned three-column format showing assessment techniques, normal findings, and abnormal findings side by side to enhance comprehension. Step-by-step guidance clearly demonstrating the “what,” “why,” and “how” of each phase of the assessment process. The latest NANDA nursing diagnoses and updated teaching tips helping you promote patient self-care. Pediatric, geriatric, and cultural considerations for each body system showing important variations for these special populations.

Renowned for its holistic perspective and "see and do" approach, this full-color, pocket-sized handbook offers step-by-step guidance on every phase of the nursing assessment—for adults, children, and special populations. The focus is on what nurses need to know to assess clients: the health history, physical examination, normal and abnormal findings, nursing interventions, and nursing diagnoses. This edition presents a complete update of all content and references, and contains new chapters on mental status and assessing frail, elderly clients.

Now in its Fourth Edition, Health Assessment in Nursing is a colorful, user-friendly introductory level health assessment text for RN-level students. Targeted to ADN and BSN programs, this text presumes no prior knowledge of health assessment and is part of a suite that includes Lab Manual to Accompany Health Assessment in Nursing, Nurses' Handbook of Health Assessment, and Weber & Kelley's Interactive Nursing Assessment. For this edition, the COLDSPA mnemonic, which guides students through investigation of symptoms, has been revised to show specific applications to content in each chapter. A sample application of COLDSPA is presented at the beginning of each chapter's Nursing History section, and another accompanies each case study. The Frail Elderly chapter has been streamlined, with a stronger focus on the normal variations associated with assessment of elderly clients. Includes DVD-ROM.

The perfect on-the-go companion to Health 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.

Specifically designed to match the content in Health Assessment in Nursing, Fourth Edition, this lab manual will help students practice and apply the information they learn in their physical assessment course.

Renowned for its holistic perspective and "see and do" approach, Nurses' Handbook of Health Assessment, 10th Edition delivers 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 in Health 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. Ensure mastery of essential nursing skills and equip students for success throughout the nursing education continuum with the complete Health Assessment in Nursing, 7th Edition solution (available for separate purchase): Health Assessment in Nursing, 7th Edition Lippincott® CoursePoint+ for Health Assessment in Nursing, 7th Edition Nurses' Handbook of Health Assessment, 10th Edition vSim® for Nursing / Health Assessment Lippincott® DocuCare

Bonus: New FREE CD-ROM features interactive case studies, health promotion schedules & guidelines and special checklists and tools for domestic violence, pain and mental health assessment. Now in its Second Edition, this ideal text for nursing students features physical examination, history taking and health status assessment. Newly formulated into vertically set three portrait columns, its distinguishing emphasis on analysis of collected data and coverage of practical applications is clearly presented and user-friendly. Additional chapters include geriatrics and information on why and how to incorporate cultural, familial and community data into a patient assessment. Newly designed Risk Factor Displays list possible and actual risk factors, risk reduction tips and cultural considerations. A free CD-ROM of head-to-toe assessment is in the back of the book. A separate lab manual and a companion website on connection are also available.