ISBN 9780170420587

Author/Module Code: ZATOR ESTES etal

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Health Assessment and Physical Examination is designed to teach students to assess a patient�s physical, psychological, cultural and emotional dimensions of health as a foundation of nursing care. The skills of interviewing, inspection, percussion, palpation, auscultation, and documentation are refined to help students to make clinical judgements and promote healthy patient outcomes. A strong emphasis on science encompasses all the technical aspects of anatomy, physiology, and assessment, while highlighting clinically relevant information. Emphasis on caring is displayed through themes of assessment of the whole person, which also encourages nurses to think about care for themselves as well as patients. UNIT 1: Laying the foundation 1. Critical thinking and nursing process as a basis for clinical decisions 2. Patient interview. 3. Complete health history including documentation 4. Physical assessment techniques 5. Cultural and spiritual assessment. UNIT 2: Physical examination 6. Examination requirements for every patient 7. Mental status and neurological 8. Skin, hair, nails 9. Head, neck, regional lymphatics 10. Eyes 11. Ears, nose, mouth and throat 12. Breast and regional nodes 13. Thorax and lungs 14. Heart and blood vessels 15. Abdomen and Nutrition 16. Musculoskeletal 17. Female genitalia 18. Male genitalia 19. Anus, rectum and prostate UNIT 3: Specific Lifespan Populations 20. The pregnant patient 21. The paediatric patient 22. The older adult UNIT 4: Putting it all together 23. The complete health history and physical examination Assessment in Brief � Tear out cards