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Assessment
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
13. Eyes
14. Ears
15. Nose, Mouth, and Throat
16. Thorax and Lungs
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