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Physical Assessment for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals
About this book
Physical Assessment for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals offers a practical and comprehensive guide to best clinical practice when taking patient history and physical examination. This accessible text is structured in accordance with the competencies for advanced practice in assessment, diagnosis and treatment as published by the RCN. Following a systematic, systems-based approach to patient assessment, it includes a summary of the key clinical skills needed to develop and improve clinical examination in order to confidently assess, diagnose, plan and provide outstanding care.
In this revised edition, colour photographs and case studies have been included to assist health care practitioners in their assessment of the patient. This important guide:
- Includes a highly visual colour presentation with photographs and illustrations
- Features a wide range of key learning points to help guide practice
- Offers illustrative examples, applications to practice and case studies
Written for health care students, newly qualified and advanced nurse practitioners, and those in the allied health professions, Physical Assessment for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals is the essential guide for developing the skills needed to accurately access patient history and physical examination.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The First ApproachThe First Approach
- Chapter 1: Interviewing and History Taking
- Chapter 2: General Health Assessment
- Chapter 3: Examination of the Skin, Hair, and Nails
- Chapter 4: Examination of the Cardiovascular System
- Chapter 5: Examination of the Respiratory System
- Chapter 6: Examination of the Abdominal System
- Chapter 7: Examination of the Male Genitalia
- Chapter 8: Examination of the Female Breast
- Chapter 9: Examination of the Female Reproductive System
- Chapter 10: Examination of the Nervous System
- Chapter 11: Examination of the Eye
- Chapter 12: Mental Health Assessment
- Chapter 13: Examination of the Musculoskeletal System
- Chapter 14: Assessment of the Child
- Chapter 15: Assessment of Disability Including Care ofthe Older Adult
- Chapter 16: Imaging Techniques, Clinical Investigations, and Interpretation
- Chapter 17: Basic Examination, Notes, and Diagnostic Principles
- Chapter 18: Presenting Cases and Communication
- Appendices
- Index
- End User License Agreement