Nursing health assessment
Subtitle: a critical thinking, case studies approach
By: Patricia M. Dillon ; illustrated by Dimitri Karenitkov ; photography by B. Proud.
Publisher: F.A. Davis
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 969
Subjects: Nursing assessment; Nursing assessment -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: "The 2 CDs include 87 tracks with 136 heart, lung, bowel, and vascular sounds recorded from actual patients--there are no computer-generated sounds!"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

System requirements: Acrobat Reader 5.0 (included on the CD-ROM).

PCC copy on reserve for [SYL NUR 1ST & 2ND YEAR]
Table of contents: title: Unit I. Getting started; title: Health assessment and the nurse ; Health history ; Approach to the physical assessment; title: Unit 2. Promoting health; title: Teaching the client ; Assessing wellness ; Assessing nutrition ; Spiritual assessment; title: Unit III. Systems physical assessment; title: Assessing the integumentary system ; Assessing the head, face, and neck ; Assessing the eye and ear ; Assessing the respiratory system ; Assessing the cardiovascular system ; Assessing the peripheral-vascular and lymphatic systems ; Assessing the breasts ; Assessing the abdomen ; Assessing the female genitourinary system ; Assessing the male genitourinary (GU) system ; Assessing the motor-musculoskeletal system ; Assessing the sensory-neurological system ; Putting it all together; title: Unit IV. Adapting assessment to special populations; title: Assessing the mother-to-be ; Assessing the newborn and infant ; Assessing the toddler and preschooler ; Assessing the school-age child and adolescent ; Assessing the older adult.