Nurses' Handbook of Health Assessment

• Unit 1  Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis
  • Chapter 1 Obtaining a Nursing Health History: Guidelines and Frameworks
  • Chapter 2 Performing the Physical Assessment: Skills and Techniques 
  • Chapter 3 Validating, Analyzing, Documenting, and Communicating Data 
• Unit 2  Integrative Holistic Nursing Assessment
  • Chapter 4 Assessing Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Moral Development
  • Chapter 5 Assessing Mental Status and Substance Abuse
  • Chapter 6 Assessing General Health Status and Vital Signs 
  • Chapter 7 Assessing Pain
  • Chapter 8 Assessing for Violence 
  • Chapter 9 Assessing Nutritional Status 
• UNIT 3  Nursing Assessment of Physical Systems
  • Chapter 10 Assessing Skin, Hair, and Nails
  • Chapter 11 Assessing Head and Neck
  • Chapter 12 Assessing Eyes
  • Chapter 13 Assessing Ears
  • Chapter 14 Assessing Mouth, Throat, Nose, and Sinuses 
  • Chapter 15 Assessing Thorax and Lungs 
  • Chapter 16 Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic System 
  • Chapter 17 Assessing Heart and Neck Vessels 
  • Chapter 18 Assessing Peripheral Vascular System 
  • Chapter 19 Assessing Abdomen 
  • Chapter 20 Assessing Musculoskeletal System 
  • Chapter 21 Assessing Neurologic System 
  • Chapter 22 Assessing Male Genitalia and Rectum 
  • Chapter 23 Assessing Female Genitalia and Rectum
• UNIT 4  Nursing Assessment of Special Groups
  • Chapter 24 Assessing Childbearing Women 
  • Chapter 25 Assessing Newborns and Infants 
  • Chapter 26 Assessing Older Adults 
• Appendices
• 1 Nursing Assessment Form Based on Functional Health Patterns 
• 2 Physical Assessment Guide: Pulling It All Together 
• 3 Sample Adult Nursing Health History and Physical Assessment 
• 4 Assessment of Family Functional Health Patterns 
• 5 Child Cognitive (Piaget) And Psychosocial (Erickson) Development (Birth To 18 Years) 
• 6 Collaborative Problems 
• 7 Spanish Translation for Nursing Health History and Physical Examination 
• Index

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