| Discipline: | Medical Prof | | Subject Definition: | Nursing Assessment-Methods; Medical History Taking | | NLM Class: | W 100.4 | | LC Class: | RT48 | | Abstract: | Using a nursing-oriented, holistic approach, this straightforward text provides you with a visual presentation to conducting physical examinations. This textbook clearly delineates the routine exam techniques from those exams for special circumstances or advanced practice. The 30 Core Assessment Skills identified by research as most commonly performed by nurses are now highlighted with a unique icon. The companion CD-ROM now provides the Core Assessment Skills Checklists as quick step-by-step summaries for each of the 30 Core Assessment Skills. Two new chapters pull all of the essential exam and assessment content together into cohesive chapters for the infant and child and the older adult. Clinical Reasoning Exemplars walk you through the thinking process of how an experienced nurse makes decisions. Concept boxes feature eight concepts in the context of health assessment including pain, sleep, oxygenation, perfusion, tissue integrity, motion, sensory, and intracranial regulation. |
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