Physical Examination and Health Assessment - Canadian
- 4th Edition - April 3, 2023
- Latest edition
- Author: Carolyn Jarvis
- Editors: Annette J. Browne, June MacDonald-Jenkins, Marian Luctkar-Flude
- Language: English
Learn how to take a clear, logical, and holistic approach to physical examination and health assessment across the lifespan! Using easy-to-follow language, detailed il… Read more
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Learn how to take a clear, logical, and holistic approach to physical examination and health assessment across the lifespan! Using easy-to-follow language, detailed illustrations, summary checklists, and new learning resources, Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 4th Canadian Edition, is the gold-standard in physical examination textbooks. This new edition reflects today’s nursing practice with a greater focus on diverse communities, evidence-informed content throughout, and new and enhanced case studies focusing on critical thinking and clinical judgement. It's easy to see why this text is #1 with Canadian nursing students!
- Approximately 150 normal and abnormal examination photos for the nose, mouth, throat, thorax, and pediatric assessment give you a fresh perspective on these key system examinations, with cultural diversity and developmental variations
- Social determinants of health considerations cover the shifting landscape of Canada’s populations with strategies for integrating social, economic, and ethnocultural diversity into students’ health assessments
- Assessment strategies relevant to Indigenous populations, harm reduction, nutrition, and transgender persons inform practitioners on respectful, complete care
- Sectional colour bars segment body systems according to content — Structure and Function, Subjective Data, Objective Data, Documentation and Critical Thinking, Abnormal Findings
- Documentation and critical thinking sections provide real world clinical examples of specific patients and how to document assessment findings
- Abnormal findings tables help you recognize, sort, and describe abnormalities
- Separate chapter on pregnancy provides a thorough foundation for assessing the pregnant patient
- Developmental Considerations sections highlight content specific to infants, children, adolescents, pregnant individuals, and older adults
- Content covering the electronic health record, charting, and narrative recording provides examples of how to document assessment findings
- Two-column format distinguishes normal findings from abnormal findings and uses full-colour, step-by-step photos to clarify examination techniques and expected findings
- Promoting Health boxes focus on this key aspect of Canadian health care
- Summary checklists offer reviews of key examination steps
University RN Students / College PN Students
Unit I. Assessment of the Whole Person
Chapter 1. Critical Thinking and Evidence-Informed Assessment
Chapter 2. Health Promotion in the Context of Health Assessment
Chapter 3. A Relational Approach to Cultural and Social Considerations in Health Assessment
Chapter 4. The Interview
Chapter 5. The Complete Health History
Chapter 6. Mental Health Assessment
Chapter 7. Substance Use and Health Assessment
Chapter 8. Interpersonal Violence and Health Assessment
Unit II. Approach to The Clinical Setting
Chapter 9. Assessment Techniques and the Clinical Setting
Chapter 10. General Survey, Measurement, and Vital Signs
Chapter 11. Pain Assessment
Chapter 12. Nutritional Assessment and Nursing Practice
Unit III. Physical Examination
Chapter 13. Skin, Hair, and Nails
Chapter 14. Head, Face, and Neck, Including Regional Lymphatic System
Chapter 15. Eyes
Chapter 16. Ears
Chapter 17. Nose, Mouth, and Throat
Chapter 18. Breasts and Regional Lymphatic System
Chapter 19. Thorax and Lungs
Chapter 20. Heart and Neck Vessels
Chapter 21. Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System
Chapter 22. The Abdomen
Chapter 23. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
Chapter 24. Musculo-Skeletal System
Chapter 25. Neurological System
Chapter 26. Male Genitourinary System
Chapter 27. Female Genitourinary System
Unit IV. Integration of The Health Assessment
Chapter 28. The Complete Health Assessment: Putting It All Together
Chapter 29. Bedside Assessment and Reporting
Chapter 30. Pregnancy
Chapter 31. Assessment of the Older Adult
IBC: Laboratory Values
Chapter 1. Critical Thinking and Evidence-Informed Assessment
Chapter 2. Health Promotion in the Context of Health Assessment
Chapter 3. A Relational Approach to Cultural and Social Considerations in Health Assessment
Chapter 4. The Interview
Chapter 5. The Complete Health History
Chapter 6. Mental Health Assessment
Chapter 7. Substance Use and Health Assessment
Chapter 8. Interpersonal Violence and Health Assessment
Unit II. Approach to The Clinical Setting
Chapter 9. Assessment Techniques and the Clinical Setting
Chapter 10. General Survey, Measurement, and Vital Signs
Chapter 11. Pain Assessment
Chapter 12. Nutritional Assessment and Nursing Practice
Unit III. Physical Examination
Chapter 13. Skin, Hair, and Nails
Chapter 14. Head, Face, and Neck, Including Regional Lymphatic System
Chapter 15. Eyes
Chapter 16. Ears
Chapter 17. Nose, Mouth, and Throat
Chapter 18. Breasts and Regional Lymphatic System
Chapter 19. Thorax and Lungs
Chapter 20. Heart and Neck Vessels
Chapter 21. Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System
Chapter 22. The Abdomen
Chapter 23. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
Chapter 24. Musculo-Skeletal System
Chapter 25. Neurological System
Chapter 26. Male Genitourinary System
Chapter 27. Female Genitourinary System
Unit IV. Integration of The Health Assessment
Chapter 28. The Complete Health Assessment: Putting It All Together
Chapter 29. Bedside Assessment and Reporting
Chapter 30. Pregnancy
Chapter 31. Assessment of the Older Adult
IBC: Laboratory Values
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: April 3, 2023
- Language: English
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Annette J. Browne
Dr. Annette J. Browne, RN, PhD, FCAHS Building on her experience as a nurse who lived and worked within First Nations and Inuit communities, Annette’s research has generated a body of evidence aimed at improving healthcare and health outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples affected by health and social inequities. Working in partnership with communities, health and policy leaders, and clinicians, recent studies have focused on: the impact of organizational interventions to improve health equity in primary health care; health promoting interventions with Indigenous women experiencing violence; and strategies to improve equity-oriented care in emergency departments.
Annette is a member of the EQUIP Health Care research team, and Critical Research in Health and Healthcare Inequities team leader.
Annette is also a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing, and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
She has taught advanced health assessment to nurse practitioners and post-RNs for many years, and she is the Canadian co-editor of Jarvis’s Physical Examination and Health Assessment, Canadian Edition.
Annette is a settler of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry and ally.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Associate Director, Graduate Programs School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, CanadaJM
June MacDonald-Jenkins
June MacDonald-Jenkins, BN, BScN, MSc, has been a health care professional for over 30 years, most recently working in the consulting and post-secondary education sector as Senior Dean, Faculty of Social and Community Services, Principal, Lakeshore Campus, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto, Ontario. Committed to health and community workforce development, she is a collaborative leader dedicated to creating a sense of belonging for everyone and ensuring a safe environment to live, learn, and work through her person-centred approach. June is currently the Chief Administrative Officer at East Cumberland Lodge in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
Affiliations and expertise
Chief Administrative Officer, East Cumberland Lodge, CanadaML
Marian Luctkar-Flude
Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude received her BScN and MScN from the University of Ottawa, her critical care nursing diploma from St. Lawrence College (Kingston), and her PhD from Queen’s University (Kingston). She has over 20 years' medical–surgical nursing experience, over 20 years' experience as an educator, and was named the 2021 Reznick Scholar at Queen’s University, which honours outstanding leadership and longstanding commitment to educational scholarship. She is now an Associate Professor at Queen's University School of Nursing where she has taught Nursing Health Assessment, Nursing Research, Medical-Surgical Nursing and Project in Evidence-Based Practice courses. She has expertise in clinical simulation and curriculum development and is Co-President of the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators using Simulation (CAN-sim), which serves as a platform for simulation collaboration among health educators. Her educational research interests include use of simulation in undergraduate nursing education, interprofessional education, and virtual simulation games, and her clinical research interests include breast cancer survivorship care, neurofeedback for post-cancer cognitive impairment, and knowledge translation interventions for primary care providers and cancer survivors. Dr. Luktcar-Flude is also an editor for Jarvis Physical Examination and Health Assessment, Canadian Edition.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Reznick Scholar, Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University School of Nursing Kingston, Ontario, CanadaCJ
Carolyn Jarvis
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University; Certified Nurse Practitioner (retired), Bloomington, Illinois, USA