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Nursing Health Assessment: A Best Practice Approach, Second Edition, International Edition Sharon Jensen, MN, RN 978-1-4698-5570-7 • October 2014 • Softbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 928 pp. • 500Tables 978-1-4511-9286-5 • North American Edition: Available in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands only

Develop the assessment knowledge and skills you need for clinical practice with Nursing Health Assessment: A Best Practice Approach, Second Edition . This proven book emphasizes health promotion, risk factor reduction, evidence-based thinking, and diagnostic reasoning. You will learn strategies for adapting questions and techniques when communication is challenging, the patient’s responses are unexpected, or the patient’s condition changes over time. Unique features help you apply and analyze concepts and prepare you for effective practice in any health care setting. Features • Emphasis on health promotion and risk-factor reduction in each subjective data collection section . Because history taking and risk assessment are so important to nursing practice, the history and risk factor questions are separated from assessment of the signs and symptoms. • Distinctions between common techniques and specialty or advanced practice skills . A recurring table in the Objective Data section explains which techniques are more commonly performed in routine examinations to distinguish basic from specialty practice. This structure helps students plan for actual patient interactions and prepares them to modify techniques for individual situations • Case study features assist with application and analysis, enhancing critical thinking skills, and better preparing readers for active practice. • Focus on documentation and communication between health professionals . In addition to a separate chapter covers documentation and interdisciplinary communication, each chapter includes samples of normal and abnormal documentation. Additionally, SOAP note and SBAR features show how assessment information is communicated both in writing and verbally. • Emphasis on evidence-based critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning, knowledge application, and analysis . End-of-chapter review sections contain questions and critical thinking challenges related to the chapter’s case study. The last section of each chapter shows students how to prioritize and modify assessment to promote the best care possible and how to summarize multiple findings in creating appropriate treatment plans. • Learning Objectives , based on Bloom’s taxonomy, highlight the key information students need to master by the time they have completed the chapter. • Subjective Data Collection sections focus on areas for health promotion, risk assessment, and health-related patient teaching, and provide focused assessments for common symptoms. • Objective Data Collection sections cover equipment, preparation, techniques, normal findings, abnormal findings, lifespan and cultural adaptations, and sample documentation.

Table of Contents 1. Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment 2. The Interview and Health History 3. Techniques of Physical Assessment 4. Documentation and Interdisciplinary Communication 5. Vital Signs and General Survey 6. Pain Assessment 7. Nutrition Assessment 8. Assessment of Developmental Stages 9. Mental Health and Violence Assessment 10. Assessment of Social, Spiritual, and Cultural Health 11. Skin, Hair, and Nails 12. Head and Neck with Lymphatics 17. Heart and Neck Vessels 18. Peripheral Vascular with Lymphatics 19. Breasts and Axillae 20. Abdominal 21. Musculoskeletal 22. Neurological and Mental Status 23. Male Genitalia and Rectum 24. Female Genitalia and Rectum 25. Pregnant Female 13. Eyes 14. Ears 15. Nose, Mouth, and Throat 16. Thorax and Lungs

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