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Practical guide to health assessment through the lifespan
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- Creator
- Mildred O. Hogstel, Rhonda Keen-Payne, with pediatric adaptations by Laura Young Gibson and geriatric adaptations by Mira Kirk Nelson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, [1993]
- ©1993
- Physical Details
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- xxi, 290 pages : illustrations, ; 19 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780803646537, 0803646534
- OCLC
- ocm27975076
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-256) and index.
- Client interview and health history -- Review of nursing process -- Health history guidelines -- Psychosocial history -- Mental status assessment -- Review of systems -- Pediatric additions to the health history -- Geriatric additions to the health history -- Family assessment -- Environmental assessment -- Physical examination -- Physical examination guidelines -- Pediatric adaptations -- Geriatric adaptations -- Suggested sequence of the health examination -- General guidelines for documentation of findings -- Body organ and system assessment -- General overview -- Vital signs -- Integument -- Head -- Neck -- Eyes -- Ears -- Nose and sinuses -- Mouth and throat -- Lungs and thorax -- Breasts and axillae -- Cardiovascular -- Abdomen -- Musculoskeletal -- Neurologic -- Male genitalia and rectum -- Female genitalia and rectum -- Pregnancy -- Nanda nursing diagnoses -- Sample nursing history form including review of systems -- Sample physical assessment form with guide -- Sample mental status flow sheet -- Short portable mental status questionnaire (SPMSQ)
- (cont) APGAR scoring system -- Pediatric developmental milestones -- Fahrenheit and Celsius scales -- Physical signs of malnutrition and deficiency state -- Comparison of joint diseases -- Dermatomes -- Glasgow coma scale -- Height and weight tables -- Conversion rules -- Weights and measures -- Patient positions
Subjects
- Nursing assessment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Physical Examination -- handbooks.
- Medical History Taking -- handbooks.
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- Medical History Taking -- nurses' instruction.
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- Nursing Assessment -- handbooks.
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- Physical Examination -- handbooks.
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- Physical Examination -- nurses' instruction.
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