Nurses' handbook of health assessment
By: [edited by] Janet R. Weber.
Contributors: Weber, Janet.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 704
ISBN-13: 9780781766326
Subjects: Nursing assessment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Nursing Assessment -- methods -- Handbooks; Medical History Taking -- methods -- Handbooks; Physical Examination -- methods -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nursing health history; title: Components of the nursing health history; title: Physical assessment; title: General physical survey; title: Pain assessment: the fifth vital sign; title: Nutritional assessment; title: Skin, hair, and nail assessment; title: Head and neck assessment; title: Eye assessment; title: Ear assessment; title: Mouth, throat, nose, and sinus assessment; title: Thoracic and lung assessment; title: Breast assessment; title: Heart assessment; title: Peripheral vascular assessment; title: Abdominal assessment; title: Genitourinary assessment; title: Musculoskeletal assessment; title: Neurologic assessment; title: Assessment of the childbearing woman; title: Assessment of newborns and infants; title: Assessment of families using violence.