Assessment made incredibly easy!
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9781451147278
Subjects: Nursing Assessment; Physical Examination; Methods; Handbooks
Description: "Assessment Made Incredibly Easy, 5e presents nursing assessment skills in the reader-friendly Incredibly Easy! format that makes learning fun. With an appealing 4-color interior and light-hearted humor throughout, the text provides the know-how nurses need to obtain pertinent health histories, perform physical examinations, and recognize normal and abnormal findings. Abundant full-color illustrations, charts, memory joggers, and other special features help nurses master assessment techniques and remember key information. The Practice Makes Perfect self-test includes updated NCLEX(r)-style questions with rationales for correct and incorrect answers. A companion Website offers ancillary materials, including an image bank, printable study cards, and numerous games newly added for this 5th edition"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:  Part I: Beginning the assessment; title: Health history; title: Fundamental physical assessment techniques; title: Nutritional assessment; title: Mental health assessment; title: Part II: Assessing body systems; title: Skin, hair, and nails; title: Neurologic system; title: Eyes; title: Ears, nose, and throat; title: Cardiovascular system; title: Respiratory system; title: Breasts and axillae; title: Gastrointestinal system; title: Female genitourinary system; title: Male genitourinary system; title: Musculoskeletal system Appendices Practice makes perfect (Posttest) Glossary Selected references Credits.