Bates' nursing guide to physical examination and history taking
Accompanied by a Lab Manual that incorporates nursing-specific case studies to reinforce content from a nursing perspective. This book can be packaged with the Bates for Nursing Online course for a complete nursing assessment solution
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ,
c2012
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction to health assessment
- 2. Critical thinking in health assessment
- 3. Interviewing and communication
- 4. The health history
- 5. Cultural and spiritual assessment
- 6. Physical examination
- 7. Beginning the physical examination : general survey, vital signs, and pain
- 8. Nutrition
- 9. The integumentary system
- 10. The head and neck
- 11. The eyes
- Ears, nose, mouth, and throat
- 12. The respiratory system 13.
- The cardiovascular system
- 14. The peripheral vascular system and lymphatic system
- 15. The gastrointestinal and renal systems
- 16. The breasts and axillae
- 18. The musculoskeletal system
- 19. Mental status
- 20. The nervous system
- 21. Reproductive systems
- 22. Putting it all together
- 23. Assessing children : infancy through adolescence
- 24. Assessing older adults