PDF-(BOOK)-Pocket Nurse Guide to Physical Assessment

This portable practical guide covers all aspects of health assessment in a concise stepbystep format The logical headtotoe organization provides a quick reference whether assessing a specific body system or conducting a complete physical exam Up to date streamlined and clinically focused this new edition is perfect for use in any setting. This enlightening reference guide demystifies macrobiotics and offers the keys to unlock your body’s self-healing mechanism and attain a more balanced condition leading to optimal health. The author, Carl Ferré, not only categorizes macrobiotic foods, cooking methods, and natural home remedies, but also explains the twelve principles of macrobiotics, the stages of illness and healing, and the art of self-diagnosis. This concise pocket-sized guide presents the classic Bates approach to physical examination and history taking in a quick-reference outline format. The book features a beautiful full-color art program and an easy-to-follow two-column format with step-by-step examination techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right.This edition\'s health promotion sections have been extensively updated and expanded in all chapters. Detailed information on pain assessment is now included in the general survey, vital signs, and pain chapter. A new chapter presents assessment of mental health status and behavior to encompass the psychosocial dimensions of care. Evaluate intrapartum and antepartum fetal status with this portable, practical guide! Mosby\'s Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring, 7th Edition provides a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach model that\'s ideal for use in the clinical environment. It offers a single definitive source on fetal heart rate monitoring, with the description, characteristics, etiology, clinical significance, and intervention for every tracing. Written by an expert team including nurse-midwife and attorney Lisa Miller, perinatologist David Miller, and RN Susan Martin Tucker, this reference may be used in any location where electronic monitoring is employed for fetal surveillance, such as the labor and delivery suite, the antepartum inpatient unit or ambulatory care setting, and emergency departments and intensive care units caring for pregnant women.Pocket-sized, colorful design offers portability and easy access to information.Patient safety and risk management strategies with case study illustrations and legal commentary include guidelines for providing safe and competent care.Prioritization of fetal monitoring elements helps you make clinical decisions in areas such as fetal heart rate assessment, evaluation, interpretation, and action planning, all supported by evidence-based practice and literature.Descriptions of the relationship between various fetal heart rate patterns and fetal acidemia alert you to important considerations in the care of specific conditions.Coverage of innovative practices supports patient safety and improved quality outcomes in high-reliability perinatal units addressing: Use of a common language for fetal heart rate patterns with a common construct for interpretation Emergency preparedness (multidisciplinary mock emergencies, simulations, debriefing after critical events, and exemplary practice) Human factor issues (step-by-step process to improve communication, situational awareness, no-fault/just culture, teamwork, and collegiality)Consensus guidelines from the 2008 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) workshop report show how to interpret and manage intrapartum FHR patternsprovide standardized terminology, updates on nomenclature for uterine activity and also include interpretive categories.NEW content on fetal dysrhythmias outlines the incidence, identification, and management of this important condition.NEW monitor strips throughout the book enhance usability.NEW Selected FHR Tracings and Cases: Interpretation and Documentation appendix provides an important reference tool for all clinicians.NEW Obstetric Models and Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring in Europe chapter addresses global issues, including variations in terminology, practice, and interpretation. This pocket-sized, quick-reference tool has what you need to select the appropriate diagnosis to plan your patient\'s care effectively. The 13th Edition features all the latest nursing diagnoses and updated interventions. There\'s also a laminated pocket minder quick reference bookmark to make diagnosis even easier. Plus, Davis\'s Nursing Diagnosis and Care Planning Resource Center online features a searchable database with 800 diagnoses, plus a wealth of clinical tools and valuable information for care planning and nursing diagnosis. This pocket size portable reference is the perfect tool for you to use to select the appropriate diagnosis to plan your patient\'s care effectively. The 12th Edition features the latest nursing diagnoses and updated interventions. And, Davis\'s Nursing Diagnosis and Care Planning Resource Center online features a searchable database with 800 diagnoses plus a wealth of clinical tools and valuable information. This portable, pocket-sized companion to Physical Examination and Health Assessment provides on-the-spot access to the how-to\'s of taking a health history, conducting a physical exam, and charting the results. It features an attractive, all-new full-color design, and includes special material on pediatric, pregnant, and aging populations along with valuable transcultural information. Mosby\'s Pocket Guide to Pediatric Assessment offers a concise but comprehensive approach to health assessment for the pediatric client. It begins with a general description of history taking and includes approaches to children at various ages, nutritional assessment, and measurement and evaluation of vital signs. Emphasis is on how to information, including how and what to assess in each body system. Psychosocial, anatomical, and physiological development variations are incorporated as appropriate, as well as normal and abnormal findings. Given the extensive information provided, this reference is ideal for a broad range of nurses and students dealing with pediatric patients.Concise, portable size makes this book very handy for use in clinical settings.Presents content in an outline format for clinical practicality.Includes both psychosocial and physical aspects of assessment within a developmental framework.Body system organization facilitates retrieval of information.Highlighted clinical alerts call attention to potentially serious findings.Up-to-date growth charts are provided for birth through age 18.Extensively revised to reflect trends in pediatric nursing, up-to-date techniques, and current literature.A new chapter on assessment of mental health addresses growing areas of concern including school phobia, ADHD, depression, suicide, anxiety, and schizophrenia.New tables provide quick reference to common childhood symptoms (i.e., fever, diarrhea, vomiting).Updated coverage of immunizations (U.S. and Canada) includes information regarding relevance and normal timing of immunizations as well as most current published tables.Nursing diagnoses have been updated throughout. Ideal for quick reference in the clinical setting, this portable companion to Carolyn Jarvis\' Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 6th Edition summarizes essential assessment skills and techniques for the most effective physical examinations. Access full-color pathology photos and illustrations, health history, examination steps for each body system, normal versus abnormal findings, lifespan and cross-cultural considerations, related nursing diagnoses, and summary checklists anytime you need them with this convenient clinical tool.Convenient, color-coded design helps you easily locate the information you need.More than 160 full-color illustrations clearly demonstrate important anatomy and physiology concepts, examination steps, and normal and abnormal findings.Age-specific developmental competencies highlight important considerations for pediatric, pregnant, and aging patients.Cultural competency icons alert you to relevant cultural distinctions you may encounter in the clinical setting.Abnormal findings tables provide fast access to key information on many frequently encountered conditions.Spanish-language translation chart helps you ensure accurate, effective examinations of Spanish-speaking patients.Bedside Assessment of the Hospitalized Patient chapter outlines the pertinent assessment steps specific to this patient population.New abnormal findings photos help you recognize and distinguish between abnormal conditions.Additional new full-color examination technique photos clarify exam steps for eyes, nose, mouth, throat, thorax, heart, neck, peripheral vascular, and pediatric exams. Updated evidence-based practice guidelines throughout the guide reflect the most current research and assessment practices. \"
Clinical Pocket Guide for Health & Physical Assessment in Nursing
is a resource that can be used by novice students and professional nurses alike. For students who don\'t take a separate health assessment course who want to supplement their medical-surgical nursing text, the
Clinical Pocket Guide
is designed to be used as a health assessment primer it guides the user through the steps of collecting health assessment data.The focus of this text is comprehensive health assessment, which includes the collection of subjective and objective data. Subjective data encompasses both the patient\'s health history and the focused interview. The nurse collects objective data during the physical assessment.This is a student supplement associated with:
Health & Physical Assessment in Nursing, 3/e
Donita D\'Amico Colleen Barbarito ISBN: 0133876403\" This is a student supplement associated with: Health & Physical Assessment in Nursing, 2/e Donita D\'Amico Colleen Barbarito ISBN: 0135114152 Pocket Companion for Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 4th edition, is a convenient and portable clinical tool for carrying out a holistic, head-to-toe assessment. This handbook is useful either as an adjunct to the Jarvis text, or as an independent primer of basic assessment skills. The Pocket Companion features all the essentials: health history points, exam steps for each body system, normal versus abnormal findings integrated life span and transcultural considerations and over 100 meticulously prepared color illustrations. All of this is presented in an attractive and user-friendly format that mirrors the core text. Revised and updated to match the text, the Pocket Companion is cross-referenced to the text by page number for those times when the reader needs more detailed information.Consistent, student-friendly format matches the core text, with each body system chapter divided into the following major sections: Anatomy (corresponds with Structure and Function section in the text) Subjective Data Objective Data Nursing Diagnoses and Abnormal Findings.Attractive full-color design highlights key information for quick, easy reference.Objective Data (method of examination) is presented in a clear, two-column layout that is easy to follow. Normal Range of Findings content is listed in the left column, and the corresponding Abnormal Findings are described in the right column.Relevant Developmental Considerations are highlighted with a special icon, and cover age-specific life span content for pediatric, pregnant, and aging adult patients.New pain and domestic violence content has been added to bring the book up-to-date with these pertinent assessment topics.Over 100 full-color illustrations enhance learning by presenting anatomy and physiology and examination techniques more clearly.Selected Transcultural Considerations are highlighted with a special icon to provide a context for care of a multicultural patient group.Summary Checklists at the end of each body system chapter provide a cue-card review of exam steps.Nursing Diagnoses are listed for each region of body system being assessed (contains the most recent NANDA Taxonomy II terminology).Numerous helpful summary tables at the end of each chapter enhance clinical functionality. Take this nursing handbook into the clinical setting! Pocket Companion for Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 7th Edition makes it fast and easy to look up essential assessment skills and techniques. You\'ll conduct more effective exams by referring to summaries of examination steps, normal versus abnormal findings, lifespan and multicultural considerations, and over 250 full-color photos and illustrations. Written by well-known educator and clinician Carolyn Jarvis, this handbook is a perfect clinical tool whether you\'re a beginner who is learning assessment skills or a practitioner who needs a portable reference! Convenient two-column format makes it easier to access, learn, and understand key physical examination skills and findings.More than 250 full-color illustrations demonstrate examination skills, underlying anatomy and physiology, and normal and abnormal findings.Color-coded design helps you easily locate the information you need, dividing each body system chapter into major sections (anatomy, subjective data, objective data, and abnormal findings).Abnormal findings tables help you recognize, sort, and describe key abnormal findings.Summary checklists offer reviews of key examination steps for quick reference.Developmental Competence sections highlight content specific to infants, children, adolescents, pregnant women, and older adults.Spanish-language translation chart helps you improve communication with Hispanic patients during the physical examination.Cultural Competence sections provide a context for care of multicultural patient groups. NEW evidence-based guidelines reflect a focus on conducting the most effective, qualitative exams.NEW content on the Electronic Health Record, charting, and narrative recording includes examples of how to document assessment findings.NEW photos of normal and abnormal findings show the nose, mouth, throat, thorax, and pediatric assessment, including developmental and cultural variations. 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