Study Guide and Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination and Health Assessment, Canadian Edition
- 4th Edition - February 23, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Carolyn Jarvis, Ann L. Eckhardt
- Editors: Linda Van Pelt, Lauren Irving
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 7 4 2 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 5 2 4 - 0
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Request a sales quoteReinforce your understanding of essential examination and assessment skills and further develop your clinical judgement! As both a comprehensive lab manual and a practical workbook the Study Guide & Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 4th Canadian Edition provides activities and resources to enhance hands-on learning of physical examination skills. It features reading assignments corresponding to the text, terminology reviews, application activities, review questions, clinical learning objectives, documentation sheets, and narrative summary forms, with answers on the companion Evolve website to facilitate both learning and review. Electronic health record and evidence-informed practice materials allow you to further improve upon skills.
- Consistent chapter format includes the following sections: Purpose, Reading Assignment, Glossary, Study Guide, and Review Questions including clinical judgement. Core body systems chapters also include a Skills Laboratory/Clinical Setting section, including Clinical Objectives, Instructions, and a regional Documentation sheet to be completed.
- Chapters correspond one-to-one with chapters in the textbook to provide essential review and guidance for clinical laboratory experiences.
- Critical thinking exercises included in many chapters offer suggested readings based on student participation in the skills lab and discussions with instructor.
- Audio-visual assignments with related Critical Thinking Questions tie the visual video demonstrations of specific examination procedures to practical applications in the skills lab.
- Coverage of the electronic health record, charting, and narrative recording gives students examples of how to document assessment findings.
- Anatomy labelling exercises visually reinforce the identification of key anatomy and physiology.
- Study guide activities reinforce key assessment information through short-answer, fill-in-the-blank, and labelling exercises.
- Reading assignments correspond to the text chapters to foster integration of the text and laboratory manual.
- Documentation Sheets allow students and faculty to assess knowledge with forms used in the skills lab or clinical setting.
- Current RN and PN competencies are reflected throughout to help students better prepare for licensure examinations.
- Review questions — short answer, matching, multiple choice — provide learning activities in a variety of approaches.
- Narrative Summary Forms reflect the charting format used for narrative accounts of the history and physical examination findings.
- Glossary promotes learning and understanding of essential terminology.
- Answer key on the companion Evolve website includes answers to all questions.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Unit 1. Assessment of the Whole Person
- 1. Critical thinking and evidence-informed assessment
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Notes
- 2. Health promotion in the context of health assessment
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Clinical judgement exercise 1
- Clinical judgement exercise 2
- Notes
- 3. A relational approach to cultural and social considerations in health assessment
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Notes
- 4. The interview
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- 5. The complete health history
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Documentation—health history
- Functional assessment (including activities of daily living)
- 6. Mental health assessment
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Notes
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—mental status examination
- 7. Substance use and health assessment
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Suggested readings
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercises
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- 8. Interpersonal violence and health assessment
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clnical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercises
- Notes
- Unit 2. Approach to the Clinical Setting
- 9. Assessment techniques and the clinical setting
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- 10. General survey, measurement, and vital signs
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—general survey, measurement, and vital signs
- Notes
- 11. Pain assessment
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercises
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- 12. Nutritional assessment and nursing practice
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Admission nutrition screening tool
- Notes
- Unit 3. Physical Examination
- 13. Skin, hair, and nails
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercises
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—skin, hair, and nails
- Documentation—skin, hair, and nails
- Student competency checklist
- Notes
- 14. Head, face, and neck, including regional lymphatic system
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Documentation—head, face, and neck
- Documentation—head, face, and neck
- 15. Eyes
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—eyes
- Documentation—eyes
- 16. Ears
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—ears
- Documentation—ears
- Notes
- 17. Nose, mouth, and throat
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—nose, mouth, and throat
- Documentation—nose, mouth, and throat
- 18. Breasts and regional lymphatic system
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—breasts and axillae
- Documentation—breasts and axillae
- Student competency checklist
- Notes
- 19. Thorax and lungs
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—thorax and lungs
- Documentation—thorax and lungs
- 20. Heart and neck vessels
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—cardiovascular system
- Documentation—cardiovascular system
- 21. Peripheral vascular system and lymphatic system
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Documentation—peripheral vascular system
- Notes
- Documentation—peripheral vascular system
- Notes
- 22. The abdomen
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—the abdomen
- Notes
- Documentation—the abdomen
- Notes
- 23. Anus, rectum, and prostate
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercises
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—anus, rectum, and prostate
- Notes
- 24. Musculo-skeletal system
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Documentation—musculo-skeletal system
- Documentation—musculo-skeletal system
- Student competency checklist
- Notes
- 25. Neurological system
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Documentation—neurological system
- Documentation—neurological system
- Notes
- 26. Male genitourinary system
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercise
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—male genitourinary system
- Documentation—male genitourinary system
- Student competency checklist
- Notes
- 27. Female genitourinary system
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Critical thinking exercises
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—female genitourinary system
- Documentation—female genitourinary system
- Notes
- Unit 4. Integration of the Health Assessment
- 28. The complete health assessment: Putting it all together
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Clinical objectives
- Notes
- Complete physical examination
- Notes
- 29. Bedside assessment and reporting
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Clinical objectives
- Instructions
- Notes
- Complete inpatient reassessment
- Notes
- 30. Pregnancy
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- Documentation—pregnancy
- Notes
- 31. Assessment of the older adult
- Purpose
- Reading assignment
- Glossary
- Study guide
- Additional learning activities
- Review and clinical judgement questions
- Skills laboratory/clinical setting
- Notes
- 32. Next generation NCLEX® (NGN) examination–style unfolding case studies
- Unfolding case study 1: Pediatric health assessment
- Unfolding case study 2: Adult health assessment
- Unfolding case study 3: Older adult health assessment
- Appendix
- Edition: 4
- Published: February 23, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 320
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323827423
- eBook ISBN: 9780323875240
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Linda Van Pelt
Linda Van Pelt, MScN, NP-F , Assistant Professor
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor & MScN FNP Program Coordinator
School of Nursing University, of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC;
Family Nurse Practitioner
Northern Health Authority
Prince George, BCLI
Lauren Irving
Lauren Irving, BScN, MN, NP-F
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lab Instructor
School of Nursing
University of British Columbia
Prince George, BCCJ
Carolyn Jarvis
Carolyn Jarvis, PhD, APRN, CNP
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University; Certified Nurse Practitioner (retired), Bloomington, IllinoisAE
Ann L. Eckhardt
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Chair of Clinical Education, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Department of Graduate Nursing, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas