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Jarvis's Physical Examination & Health Assessment Pocket Companion
- 2nd Edition - May 11, 2016
- Authors: Helen Forbes, Elizabeth Watt
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 4 1 9 7 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 4 6 8 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 2 3 6 - 0
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,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteJarvis’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.
- Interviewing, health history taking and assessment techniques clearly outlined
- Cultural and social considerations and Developmental considerations indicated throughout
- Over 150 full-colour illustrations and photos demonstrating anatomy, physiology and examination techniques
- Summary checklists
Chapter 1 - Getting started with health assessmentChapter 2 - The health assessment interview and the health historyChapter 3 - Physical assessment techniquesChapter 4 - General survey, measurement, vital signsChapter 5 - Mental health assessmentChapter 6 - Neurological functionChapter 7 - Pain assessmentChapter 8 - Eye functionChapter 9 - Ear functionChapter 10 - Peripheral vascular assessmentChapter 11 - Cardiac functionChapter 12 - Upper airwaysChapter 13 - Lower airwaysChapter 14 - Musculoskeletal functionChapter 15 - Nutritional and metabolic functionChapter 16 - Skin, hair and nailsChapter 17 - Abdominal assessmentChapter 18 - Urinary functionChapter 19 - Bowel functionChapter 20 - Female sexual and reproductive functionChapter 21 - Male sexual and reproductive functionChapter 22 - Breast assessment
- No. of pages: 336
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: May 11, 2016
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780729541978
- eBook ISBN: 9780729584685
- eBook ISBN: 9780729582360
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Helen Forbes
Affiliations and expertise
Nurse Consultant (Education), Formerly Associate Professor and Associate Head of School (Teaching & Learning), School of Nursing & Midwifery, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaEW
Elizabeth Watt
Affiliations and expertise
Nurse Consultant (Education), Senior Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia