Jarvis’s Physical Examination and Health Assessment Pocket Companion is the perfect clinical placement guide and bedside resource. Written by Helen Forbes and Elizabeth Watts, this must-have text provides the essential steps for health assessment in an user-friendly, pocket size format.
This updated second edition highlights the contrast between normal and abnormal findings, focusing on symptom, risk and function.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Preface - p. iii 6. Acknowledgements - p. v 7. Reviewers - p. vi 8. Inside Front Cover - p. vi 9. Companion resources - p. viii 10. Chapter One: Getting started with health assessment - p. x 11. Chapter Two: The health assessment interview and the health history - p. 6 12. Chapter Three: Physical assessment techniques - p. 12 13. Chapter Four: General survey, measurement, vital signs - p. 20 14. Chapter Five: Mental health assessment - p. 42 15. Chapter Six: Neurological function - p. 62 16. Chapter Seven: Pain assessment - p. 79 17. Chapter Eight: Eye function - p. 91 18. Chapter Nine: Ear function - p. 102 19. Chapter Ten: Peripheral vascular assessment - p. 115 20. Chapter Eleven: Cardiac function - p. 129 21. Chapter Twelve: Upper Airways - p. 150 22. Chapter Thirteen: Lower Airways - p. 158 23. Chapter Fourteen: Musculoskeletal function - p. 186 24. Chapter Fifteen: Nutritional and metabolic function - p. 197 25. Chapter Sixteen: Skin, hair and nails - p. 214 26. Chapter Seventeen: Abdominal assessment - p. 240 27. Chapter Eighteen: Urinary function - p. 256 28. Chapter Nineteen: Bowel function - p. 269 29. Chapter Twenty: Female sexual and reproductive function - p. 278 30. Chapter Twenty-one: Male sexual and reproductive function - p. 288 31. Chapter Twenty-two: Breast assessment - p. 297 32. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS - p. 310 33. INDEX - p. 311
Jarvis’s Physical Examination and Health Assessment Pocket Companion is the perfect clinical placement guide and bedside resource. Written by Helen Forbes and Elizabeth Watts, this must-have text provides the essential steps for health assessment in an user-friendly, pocket size format.
This updated second edition highlights the contrast between normal and abnormal findings, focusing on symptom, risk and function.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Preface - p. iii 6. Acknowledgements - p. v 7. Reviewers - p. vi 8. Inside Front Cover - p. vi 9. Companion resources - p. viii 10. Chapter One: Getting started with health assessment - p. x 11. Chapter Two: The health assessment interview and the health history - p. 6 12. Chapter Three: Physical assessment techniques - p. 12 13. Chapter Four: General survey, measurement, vital signs - p. 20 14. Chapter Five: Mental health assessment - p. 42 15. Chapter Six: Neurological function - p. 62 16. Chapter Seven: Pain assessment - p. 79 17. Chapter Eight: Eye function - p. 91 18. Chapter Nine: Ear function - p. 102 19. Chapter Ten: Peripheral vascular assessment - p. 115 20. Chapter Eleven: Cardiac function - p. 129 21. Chapter Twelve: Upper Airways - p. 150 22. Chapter Thirteen: Lower Airways - p. 158 23. Chapter Fourteen: Musculoskeletal function - p. 186 24. Chapter Fifteen: Nutritional and metabolic function - p. 197 25. Chapter Sixteen: Skin, hair and nails - p. 214 26. Chapter Seventeen: Abdominal assessment - p. 240 27. Chapter Eighteen: Urinary function - p. 256 28. Chapter Nineteen: Bowel function - p. 269 29. Chapter Twenty: Female sexual and reproductive function - p. 278 30. Chapter Twenty-one: Male sexual and reproductive function - p. 288 31. Chapter Twenty-two: Breast assessment - p. 297 32. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS - p. 310 33. INDEX - p. 311
