Optimize your study time and enhance your health assessment abilities with Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 7th Edition. This comprehensive resource is designed to equip you with the essential knowledge and practical guidelines for conducting an effective physical examination while also preparing you for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination (NGN). In this latest edition, there is an increased emphasis on normal findings, providing you with a solid foundation, as well as new LGBTQ+ Considerations boxes and NGN Exam-style case studies. Authored by renowned nursing educators Susan Fickertt Wilson and Jean Foret Giddens, this book encompasses everything necessary for performing and accurately documenting assessments, achieving success on the NGN, and getting ready for clinical practice.
Table of Content
Unit I: Foundations for Health Assessment
1. Introduction to Health Assessment
2. Interviewing Patients to Obtain a Health History
3. Techniques and Equipment for Physical Assessment
4. General Inspection and Measurement of Vital Signs
5. Ethnic, Cultural, and Spiritual Considerations
6. Pain Assessment
7. Mental Health and Abusive Behavior Assessment
8. Nutritional Assessment
Unit II: Health Assessment of the Adult
9. Skin, Hair, and Nails
10. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
11. Lungs and Respiratory System
12. Heart and Peripheral Vascular System
13. Abdomen and Gastrointestinal System
14. Musculoskeletal System
15. Neurologic System
16. Breasts and Axillae
17. Reproductive System and the Perineum
Unit III: Health Assessment Across the Life Span
18. Developmental Assessment Throughout the Life Span
19. Assessment of the Infant, Child, and Adolescent
20. Assessment of the Pregnant Patient
21. Assessment of the Older Adult
Unit IV: Synthesis and Application of Health Assessment
22. Conducting a Head-to-Toe Examination
23. Documenting the Head-to-Toe Health Assessment
24. Adapting Health Assessment
Appendixes
A: Abbreviations
B: Answer Key
Index
Sample - Health Assessment for Nursing Practice 7th Ed Test Bank
Chapter 1
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