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Student Laboratory Manual for Health Assessment for Nursing Practice

  • 8th Edition - January 18, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Susan Fickertt Wilson
  • Language: English

Get the review and practice you need to solidify your health assessment skills! This practical laboratory manual corresponds to Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 8th Ed… Read more

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Get the review and practice you need to solidify your health assessment skills! This practical laboratory manual corresponds to Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 8th Edition, leading you through an assessment lab session for each of the textbook’s major topics and examination procedures. Step-by-step worksheets serve as a guide to techniques and as practice in documenting a comprehensive physical examination.

Key features

  • UPDATED! Content throughout matches the eighth edition of Health Assessment for Nursing Practice
  • UPDATED! Performance Checklists help ensure you have mastered each assessment skill
  • Comprehensive guide equips you to practice assessment skills in the health assessment laboratory
  • Perforated worksheets align to each major chapter of the Health Assessment for Nursing Practice textbook
  • Dual function allows this lab manual serve as both a guide and as practice in documenting a comprehensive health assessment and physical examination

Readership

Students in ADN-level nursing programs; students in BSN-level nursing programs; students in RN-to-BSN programs

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Health Assessment

2. Obtaining a Health History

3. Techniques and Equipment for Physical Assessment

4. General Inspection and Measurement of Vital Signs

5. Cultural Competence

6. Pain Assessment

7. Mental Health Assessment

8. Nutritional Assessment

9. Skin, Hair, and Nails

10. Head and Neck

11. Eyes

12. Ears, Nose, and Throat

13. Respiratory System

14. Cardiovascular System

15. Abdomen

16. Musculoskeletal System

17. Neurologic System

18. Breasts and Axillae

19. Female Reproductive System

20. Male Reproductive System

21. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate

22. Assessment of the Infant, Child, and Adolescent

23. Assessment of the Pregnant Patient

24. Assessment of the Older Adult

25. Conducting a Head-to-Toe Examination

26. Adapting Health Assessment

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 18, 2025
  • Language: English

About the author

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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, Texas