Nurses' handbook of health assessment /
Weber, Janet.
Nurses' handbook of health assessment / Janet R. Weber. - 5th ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. - 613 p. ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Obtaining a nursing health history -- Collecting objective and subjective data -- Performing physical assessment skills -- Assessing mental status -- Assessing general status and vital signs -- Assessing pain : the fifth vital sign -- Assessing victims of violence -- Assessing nutrition -- Skin, hair, and nails -- Head and neck -- Eyes -- Ears -- Mouth, throat, nose, and sinuses -- Thorax and lungs -- Breasts -- Heart -- Peripheral vascular system -- Abdomen -- Female genitalia and urinary system -- Male genitalia and urinary system -- Musculoskeletal system -- Nervous system -- Assessing childbearing women -- Assessing newborns and infants -- Assessing frail elderly clients.
0781770165
Nursing assessment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nursing Assessment--methods--Handbooks.
Medical History Taking--methods--Handbooks.
Physical Examination--methods--Handbooks.
Nurses' handbook of health assessment / Janet R. Weber. - 5th ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. - 613 p. ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Obtaining a nursing health history -- Collecting objective and subjective data -- Performing physical assessment skills -- Assessing mental status -- Assessing general status and vital signs -- Assessing pain : the fifth vital sign -- Assessing victims of violence -- Assessing nutrition -- Skin, hair, and nails -- Head and neck -- Eyes -- Ears -- Mouth, throat, nose, and sinuses -- Thorax and lungs -- Breasts -- Heart -- Peripheral vascular system -- Abdomen -- Female genitalia and urinary system -- Male genitalia and urinary system -- Musculoskeletal system -- Nervous system -- Assessing childbearing women -- Assessing newborns and infants -- Assessing frail elderly clients.
0781770165
Nursing assessment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nursing Assessment--methods--Handbooks.
Medical History Taking--methods--Handbooks.
Physical Examination--methods--Handbooks.