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Study Guide and Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination and Health Assessment, Canadian Edition

  • 4th Edition - February 23, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Carolyn Jarvis, Ann L. Eckhardt
  • Editors: Linda Van Pelt, Lauren Irving
  • Language: English

Reinforce your understanding of essential examination and assessment skills and further develop your clinical judgement! As both a comprehensive lab manual and a practical wo… Read more

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Reinforce 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.

Key features

  • 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

Readership

University RN Students / College PN Students

Table of contents

UNIT 1 ASSESSMENT OF THE WHOLE PERSON

1. Critical Thinking and Evidence-Informed Assessment

2. Health Promotion in the Context of Health Assessment

3. A Relational Approach to Cultural and Social Considerations in Health Assessment

4. The Interview

5. The Complete Health History

6. Mental Health Assessment

7. Substance Use and Health Assessment

8. Interpersonal Violence and Health Assessment

UNIT 2 APPROACH TO THE CLINICAL SETTING

9. Assessment Techniques and the Clinical Setting

10. General Survey, Measurement, and Vital Signs

11. Pain Assessment

12. Nutritional Assessment and Nursing Practice

UNIT 3 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

13. Skin, Hair, and Nails

14. Head, Face, and Neck, Including Regional Lymphatic System

15. Eyes

16. Ears

17. Nose, Mouth, and Throat

18. Breasts and Regional Lymphatic System

19. Thorax and Lungs

20. Heart and Neck Vessels

21. Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System

22. The Abdomen

23. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate

24. Musculo-Skeletal System

25. Neurological System

26. Male Genitourinary System

27. Female Genitourinary System

UNIT 4 INTEGRATION OF THE HEALTH ASSESSMENT

28. The Complete Health Assessment: Putting It All Together

29. Bedside Assessment and Reporting

30. Pregnancy

31. Assessment of the Older Adult

32. Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Examination–Style Unfolding Case Studies

Appendix
Answer Key—available on the text’s Evolve site

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 9, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

LV

Linda Van Pelt

Linda Van Pelt, MScN, NP-F, Senior Instructor, Nurse Practitioner Program
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Instructor, Nurse Practitioner Program, School of Nursing, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, USA

LI

Lauren Irving

Lauren Irving, BScN, MN, NP-F Lauren Irving is a family nurse practitioner in Prince George, BC. Lauren works in a busy primary care clinic called Central Interior Native Health Society where she provides longitudinal primary care in a team based care setting. In addition to clinical work, Lauren teaches in the UNBC Nurse Practitioner program as well as the UBC Northern Medical Program.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lab Instructor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

About the authors

CJ

Carolyn Jarvis

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University; Certified Nurse Practitioner (retired), Bloomington, Illinois, USA

AE

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, USA