Health Assessment in Nursing

Innovative, systematic, and easy to understand,Health Assessment in Nursinghas already helped thousands of RN-level students develop the comprehensive knowledge base and expert nursing assessment skills necessary for accurate collection of client data.
In this revised Fifth Edition, the authors provide in-depth, accurate information, a compellingContinuing Case Studythat covers every step in the assessment process, a focus on diversity and health assessment through the lifespan, a striking photo and illustration program that includes photos of practicing registered nurses and nurse practitioners performing assessments, dynamic online video clips and animations, and much more.
Using this book you€ll have everything at your fingertips to master the knowledge and assessment skills you€ll need in your nursing career.

• Master the €œhow-to€s€ of conducting a nursing assessment through thereal worldContinuing Case Studyin every chapter that introduces a client with a health concern, guides you through investigation of symptoms using the COLDSPA mnemonic, and demonstrates a physical assessment, proper documentation techniques, diagnostic reasoning, and appropriate nursing conclusions.
• Access an easy-to-understand tool for data collection with theCollecting Subjective Data: Nursing Health Historytable, which presentsInformation in two columns:Questionsthat you will ask the client andRationalesexplaining why the questions are important.
• Master every aspect of the physical examination through theCollecting Objective Data: Physical Examinationtable,whichillustrates physical examination procedures in a step-by-step fashion across three columns:Assessment Procedure(which explains and illustrates exactly how to perform specific aspects of the examination),Normal Findings,andAbnormal Findings.
• Identify important distinctions through hundreds of photos exhibited in theAbnormal Findings displays.