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Make the most of your study time and maximize your health assessment skills! Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 7th Edition focuses on what you need to know, providing easy-to-understand guidelines for an effective physical examination as well as preparation for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination (NGN). New to this edition is a greater emphasis on normal findings and less on abnormal findings, new LGBTQ Considerations boxes, and new NGN Exam-style case studies. Written by noted nursing educators Susan Fickertt Wilson and Jean Foret Giddens, this book has everything you need to conduct and document an accurate assessment, succeed on the NGN, and prepare for clinical practice.

Binder-Ready Edition: This loose-leaf copy of the full text is a convenient, accessible, and customizable alternative to the bound book. With this binder-ready edition, students can personalize the text to match their unique needs!

  • Straightforward, easy-to-understand coverage gives you the essential knowledge and confidence to perform an effective health assessment and physical examination.
  • Clear differentiation between basic skills and advanced skills helps you separate basic procedures from those that would be performed by an advanced practitioner or only in special circumstances.
  • Proven two-column format links assessment techniques with normal and abnormal findings.
  • Full-color photos and illustrations demonstrate how to perform key assessment techniques.
  • UNIQUE! Concept Overview boxes present core concepts in the context of health assessment.
  • UNIQUE! Clinical Reasoning boxes provide insight by explaining the thought process of an experienced nurse making a clinical decision.
  • Patients with Situational Variations sections address special circumstances or needs of patients who are hearing impaired, in wheelchairs, or have other limitations.
  • Documenting Expected Findings sections demonstrate how to chart normal findings, including documentation in the electronic health record. 
  • Case Studies at the end of each chapter give subjective and objective data about a patient and ask you to use clinical judgment skills to answer questions.
  • Health Assessment Across the Life Span unit contains four chapters that cover the examination of patients of different ages, including older adults, pregnant patients, infants, children, and adolescents.
  • Synthesis and Application of Health Assessment unit provides guidelines for combining the body system assessments into one comprehensive examination, for communicating the findings to other health care professionals, and for adapting the assessment to patients in a hospital setting.

1. CHAPTER 1 : Introduction to health assessment - p. Page xiv 2. CHAPTER 2 : Obtaining a health history - p. Page 7 3. CHAPTER 3 : Techniques and equipment for physical assessment - p. Page 22 4. CHAPTER 4 : General inspection and measurement of vital signs - p. Page 41 5. CHAPTER 5 : Culture competence - p. Page 50 6. CHAPTER 6 : Pain assessment - p. Page 57 7. CHAPTER 7 : Mental health assessment - p. Page 67 8. CHAPTER 8 : Nutritional assessment - p. Page 83 9. CHAPTER 9 : Skin, hair, and nails - p. Page 102 10. CHAPTER 10 : Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat - p. Page 137 11. CHAPTER 11 : Lungs and respiratory system - p. Page 186 12. CHAPTER 12 : Heart and peripheral vascular system - p. Page 213 13. CHAPTER 13 : Abdomen and gastrointestinal system - p. Page 248 14. CHAPTER 14 : Musculoskeletal system - p. Page 275 15. CHAPTER 15 : Neurologic system - p. Page 308 16. CHAPTER 16 : Breasts and axillae - p. Page 336 17. CHAPTER 17 : Reproductive system and the perineum - p. Page 357 18. CHAPTER 18 : Developmental assessment throughout the life span - p. Page 395 19. CHAPTER 19 : Assessment of the infant, child, and adolescent - p. Page 411 20. CHAPTER 20 : Assessment of the pregnant patient - p. Page 452 21. CHAPTER 21 : Assessment of the older adult - p. Page 471 22. CHAPTER 22 : Conducting a head-to-toe examination - p. Page 483 23. CHAPTER 23 : Documenting the comprehensive health assessment - p. Page 489 24. CHAPTER 24 : Adapting health assessment - p. Page 493 25. APPENDIX A : Abbreviations - p. Page 498 26. APPENDIX B : Answer key - p. Page 498 27. Glossary - p. Page 498 28. Illustration credits - p. Page 498 29. References - p. Page 498 30. GENERIC-TITLE - p. Page 498 31. Special features - p. Page 498

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Make the most of your study time and maximize your health assessment skills! Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 7th Edition focuses on what you need to know, providing easy-to-understand guidelines for an effective physical examination as well as preparation for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination (NGN). New to this edition is a greater emphasis on normal findings and less on abnormal findings, new LGBTQ Considerations boxes, and new NGN Exam-style case studies. Written by noted nursing educators Susan Fickertt Wilson and Jean Foret Giddens, this book has everything you need to conduct and document an accurate assessment, succeed on the NGN, and prepare for clinical practice.

Binder-Ready Edition: This loose-leaf copy of the full text is a convenient, accessible, and customizable alternative to the bound book. With this binder-ready edition, students can personalize the text to match their unique needs!

  • Straightforward, easy-to-understand coverage gives you the essential knowledge and confidence to perform an effective health assessment and physical examination.
  • Clear differentiation between basic skills and advanced skills helps you separate basic procedures from those that would be performed by an advanced practitioner or only in special circumstances.
  • Proven two-column format links assessment techniques with normal and abnormal findings.
  • Full-color photos and illustrations demonstrate how to perform key assessment techniques.
  • UNIQUE! Concept Overview boxes present core concepts in the context of health assessment.
  • UNIQUE! Clinical Reasoning boxes provide insight by explaining the thought process of an experienced nurse making a clinical decision.
  • Patients with Situational Variations sections address special circumstances or needs of patients who are hearing impaired, in wheelchairs, or have other limitations.
  • Documenting Expected Findings sections demonstrate how to chart normal findings, including documentation in the electronic health record. 
  • Case Studies at the end of each chapter give subjective and objective data about a patient and ask you to use clinical judgment skills to answer questions.
  • Health Assessment Across the Life Span unit contains four chapters that cover the examination of patients of different ages, including older adults, pregnant patients, infants, children, and adolescents.
  • Synthesis and Application of Health Assessment unit provides guidelines for combining the body system assessments into one comprehensive examination, for communicating the findings to other health care professionals, and for adapting the assessment to patients in a hospital setting.

1. CHAPTER 1 : Introduction to health assessment - p. Page xiv 2. CHAPTER 2 : Obtaining a health history - p. Page 7 3. CHAPTER 3 : Techniques and equipment for physical assessment - p. Page 22 4. CHAPTER 4 : General inspection and measurement of vital signs - p. Page 41 5. CHAPTER 5 : Culture competence - p. Page 50 6. CHAPTER 6 : Pain assessment - p. Page 57 7. CHAPTER 7 : Mental health assessment - p. Page 67 8. CHAPTER 8 : Nutritional assessment - p. Page 83 9. CHAPTER 9 : Skin, hair, and nails - p. Page 102 10. CHAPTER 10 : Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat - p. Page 137 11. CHAPTER 11 : Lungs and respiratory system - p. Page 186 12. CHAPTER 12 : Heart and peripheral vascular system - p. Page 213 13. CHAPTER 13 : Abdomen and gastrointestinal system - p. Page 248 14. CHAPTER 14 : Musculoskeletal system - p. Page 275 15. CHAPTER 15 : Neurologic system - p. Page 308 16. CHAPTER 16 : Breasts and axillae - p. Page 336 17. CHAPTER 17 : Reproductive system and the perineum - p. Page 357 18. CHAPTER 18 : Developmental assessment throughout the life span - p. Page 395 19. CHAPTER 19 : Assessment of the infant, child, and adolescent - p. Page 411 20. CHAPTER 20 : Assessment of the pregnant patient - p. Page 452 21. CHAPTER 21 : Assessment of the older adult - p. Page 471 22. CHAPTER 22 : Conducting a head-to-toe examination - p. Page 483 23. CHAPTER 23 : Documenting the comprehensive health assessment - p. Page 489 24. CHAPTER 24 : Adapting health assessment - p. Page 493 25. APPENDIX A : Abbreviations - p. Page 498 26. APPENDIX B : Answer key - p. Page 498 27. Glossary - p. Page 498 28. Illustration credits - p. Page 498 29. References - p. Page 498 30. GENERIC-TITLE - p. Page 498 31. Special features - p. Page 498

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