Assessment: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide

Assessment: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide 9781605472508
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Author(s): Lippincott 
Publication Date: Jul 10, 2009
Availability: IN STOCK
Format: Book
Edition: Second
ISBN/ISSN: 9781605472508
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Assessment: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide, Second Edition provides time-starved nurses with the essentials of assessment in a streamlined, bulleted, and highly visual format. The book fits into a pocket for quick reference anytime and anywhere and uses charts, illustrations, logos, and other Incredibly Easy! features to help nurses spot key facts at a glance. All elements of a thorough assessment are covered, including health history and physical examination techniques, nutritional and mental health assessments, and assessment of each body system. This edition has been revised and updated and includes new information on obesity.

Features

--NEW! All material reviewed,revised, and updated as needed
--NEW! Information on obesity
--Abnormal findings and their implications
--Key health history points
--Normal findings
--Physical assessment techniques
--Between the lines icon - indentifies information that helps interpret assessment findings
--Different strokes icon - highlights cultural differences
--Help desk icon - offers best practice pointers from experts
--Test zone - multiple choice questions for each chapter evaluates your mastery of the subject

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Specs

  • Edition: Second
  • Product Format: Softbound
  • ISBN: 9781605472508
  • Trim Size: 4.25 x 7.125
  • Pages: 352
  • Pub Date: Jul 10, 2009
  • Weight: 1.0

Table of contents

Contributors and consultants

    Road map to assessment

  • Chapter 1: Health history
  • Chapter 2: Fundamentals of physical assessment
  • Chapter 3: Nutritional assessment
  • Chapter 4: Mental health assessment
  • Chapter 5: Skin, hair, and nails
  • Chapter 6: Eyes
  • Chapter 7: Ears, nose, and throat
  • Chapter 8: Respiratory system
  • Chapter 9: Cardiovascular system
  • Chapter 10: Breasts and axillae
  • Chapter 11: Gastrointestinal system
  • Chapter 12: Female genitourinary system
  • Chapter 13: Male genitourinary system
  • Chapter 14: Musculoskeletal system
  • Chapter 15: Neurologic system
  • Appendices and index

The test zone

Selected references

Index