Health Assessment for Nursing Practice
- 7th Edition - December 19, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Susan Fickertt Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens
- Language: English
- LooseLeaf ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 7 6 6 - 5
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 6 1 1 9 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 6 3 1 9 - 6
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Request a sales quoteMake 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.
Students in ADN-level nursing programs (enrollment data not currently available but thought to be larger than BSN enrollment); students in BSN-level nursing programs (201,517 students per 2016 AACN data); students in RN-to-BSN programs (137,285 students per 2016 AACN data)
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Brief contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the authors
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- Unit I. Foundations for Health Assessment
- 1. Introduction to health assessment
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 2. Obtaining a health history
- Age-related variations
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 3. Techniques and equipment for physical assessment
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 4. General inspection and measurement of vital signs
- Age-related variations
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 5. Culture competence
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 6. Pain assessment
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Situational variations
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 7. Mental health assessment
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 8. Nutritional assessment
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- Unit II. Health Assessment of the Adult
- 9. Skin, hair, and nails
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Situational variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 10. Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 11. Lungs and respiratory system
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- General health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 12. Heart and peripheral vascular system
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 13. Abdomen and gastrointestinal system
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 14. Musculoskeletal system
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examiniation
- Age-related variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 15. Neurologic system
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 16. Breasts and axillae
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Situational variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 17. Reproductive system and the perineum
- Concept overview
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Age-related variations
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- Unit III. Health Assessment Across the Life Span
- 18. Developmental assessment throughout the life span
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 19. Assessment of the infant, child, and adolescent
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 20. Assessment of the pregnant patient
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- 21. Assessment of the older adult
- Anatomy and physiology
- Health history
- Examination
- Common problems and conditions
- Clinical application and clinical judgment
- Unit IV. Synthesis and Application of Health Assessment
- 22. Conducting a head-to-toe examination
- 23. Documenting the comprehensive health assessment
- 24. Adapting health assessment
- Appendix A: Abbreviations
- Appendix B: Answer key
- Glossary
- Illustration credits
- References
- Index
- Special features
- Edition: 7
- Published: December 19, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 560
- Language: English
- LooseLeaf ISBN: 9780323797665
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323661195
- eBook ISBN: 9780323763196
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Susan Fickertt Wilson
Emeritus Associate Professor Susan Fickertt Wilson works at the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas.
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Associate Professor, Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TexasJG
Jean Foret Giddens
Dean Jean Foret Giddens works at the School of Nursing, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas.
Affiliations and expertise
Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS