Innovative, systematic, and easy to understand,
Health Assessment in Nursing
has already helped thousands of RN-level students develop the comprehensive knowledge base and expert nursing assessment skills necessary for accurate collection of client data. In this revised Fifth Edition, the authors provide in-depth, accurate information, a compelling
Continuing Case Study
that covers every step in the assessment process, a focus on diversity and health assessment through the lifespan, a striking photo and illustration program that includes photos of practicing registered nurses and nurse practitioners performing assessments, dynamic online video clips and animations, and much more. Using this book you’ll have everything at your fingertips to master the knowledge and assessment skills you’ll need in your nursing career.
Master the “how-to’s” of conducting a nursing assessment through thereal world
in every chapter that introduces a client with a health concern, guides you through investigation of symptoms using the COLDSPA mnemonic, and demonstrates a physical assessment, proper documentation techniques, diagnostic reasoning, and appropriate nursing conclusions.
Access an easy-to-understand tool for data collection with the
Collecting Subjective Data: Nursing Health History
table , which presentsInformation in two columns:
Questions
that you will ask the client and
Rationales
explaining why the questions are important.
Master every aspect of the physical examination through the
Collecting Objective Data: Physical Examination
table, whichillustrates physical examination procedures in a step-by-step fashion across three columns:
Assessment Procedure
(which explains and illustrates exactly how to perform specific aspects of the examination),
Normal Findings,
and
Abnormal Findings
.
Identify important distinctions through hundreds of photos exhibited in the
Abnormal Findings displays.