University of Cebu-Banilad Library

Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index.

Unit 1: Nursing data collection, documentation, and analysis -- Chapter 1 The nurses's role in health assessment -- Chapter 2 Collecting subjective data: the interview and health history -- Chapter 3 Collecting objective data: physical exam techniques -- Chapter 4 Validating and documenting data -- Chapter 5 Thinking critically to analyze data to make informed clinical judgments --
Unit 2: Integrative holistic nursing assessment -- Chapter 6 Assessing mental status including risk for substance abuse -- Chapter 7 Assessing psychosocial, cognitive, and moral development -- Chapter 8 Assessing general health status and vital signs -- Chapter 9 Assessing pain -- Chapter 10 Assessing for violence -- Chapter 11 Assessing culture -- Chapter 12 Assessing spirituality and religious practices -- Chapter 13 Assessing nutritional status -- Unit 3 Nursing assessment of physical systems -- Chapter 14 Assessing skin, hair, and nails -- Chapter 15 Assessing head and neck -- Chapter 16 Assessing eyes -- Chapter 17 Assessing ears --Chapter 18 Assessing mouth, throat, nose and sinuses -- Chapter 19 Assessing thorax and lungs -- Chapter 20 Assessing breasts and lymphatic system -- Chapter 21 Assessing heart and neck vessels -- Chapter 22 Assessing peripheral vascular system -- Chapter 23 Assessing abdomen -- Chapter 24 Assessing musculoskeletal system -- Chapter 25 Assessing neurologic system -- Chapter 26 Assessing male genitalia, anus, and rectum -- Chapter 27 Assessing female genitalia, anus, and rectum -- Chapter 28 Pulling it all together: integrated head-to-toe assessment -- Unit 4 Nursing assessment of special groups -- Chapter 29 Assessing childbearing women -- Chapter 30 Assessing newborns and infants -- Chapter 31 Assessing children and adolescents -- Chapter 32 Assessing older adults -- Chapter 33 Assessing families -- Chapter 34 Assessing communities -- Appendices -- A Nursing health history guide -- B Physical assessment guide -- C Manual of collaborative problems.

"The authors provide in-depth, accurate information, a compelling continuing case study that covers every step in the assessment process, a focus on diversity and health assessment through the lifespan. New features: focused/specialized assessments signaled with icons and introduced with explanatory text help differentiate between skills that are more specialized for specific settings. and communicating findings boxes that include brief biographical information and the patient's chief concern followed by a report of "significant positives" and "significant negatives."-- Publisher description

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C & E Publishing Apuhin, Mercy Milagros College of Nursing Nursing

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