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Assessment

Nurses’ Handbook of Health Assessment, Eighth Edition,

International Edition

Janet R. Weber, RN, EdD

978-1-4511-8898-1 • October 2013 • Spiralbound • 7.125” x 4.25” • 800 pp.

978-1-4511-4282-2 • North American Edition : Available in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands only

Renowned for its holistic perspective and step-by-step approach,

Nurses’ Handbook of Health Assessment

, this pocket-size text takes

you through every stage of the nursing assessment for adults and

special populations. The book’s “see” and “do” guidance provides all

that you need to perform a range of common assessment procedures

with confidence.

Look inside to find…

• Renowned three-column format showing assessment techniques,

normal findings, and abnormal findings side by side to enhance

comprehension.

• Step-by-step guidance clearly demonstrating the “what,” “why,”

and “how” of each phase of the assessment process.

• The latest NANDA nursing diagnoses and updated teaching tips

helping you promote patient self-care.

• Pediatric, geriatric, and cultural considerations for each body

system showing important variations for these special populations.

Features

• Icons appear in client teaching sections to help highlight this key

information.

• Icons help identify safety tips and clinical tips - vital information

needed to ensure best practice.

• Abnormal Findings boxes cue the student to important variations to

note during assessment.

Table of Contents

Unit 1:

Nursing Data Collection,

Documentation, and Analysis

Ch. 1: Obtaining a Nursing Health History

Ch. 2: Collecting Objective and Subjective

Data

Ch.3: Performing Physical Assessment Skills

Unit 2:

Integrative Holistic Nursing

Assessment

Ch.4: Assessing Psychosocial, Cognitive, and

Moral Development

Ch.5: Assessing Mental Status and Substance

Abuse

Ch.6: Assessing General Status and Vital

Signs

Ch. 7: Assessing Pain: The 5th Vital Sign

Ch. 8: Assessing for Violence

Ch. 9: Assessing Nutritional Status

Unit 3:

Nursing Assessment of

Physical Systems

Ch. 10: Assessing Skin, Hair, and Nails

Ch. 11: Assessing Head and Neck

Ch. 12: Assessing Eyes

Ch. 13: Assessing Ears

Ch. 14: Assessing Mouth, Throat, Nose,

and Sinuses

Ch. 15: Assessing Thorax and Lungs

Ch. 16: Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic

System

Ch. 17: Assessing Heart and Neck Vessels

Ch. 18: Assessing Peripheral Vascular System

Ch. 19: Assessing Abdomen

Ch. 20: Assessing Musculoskeletal System

Ch. 21: Assessing Neurologic System

Ch. 22: Assessing Male Genitalia and Rectum

Ch. 23: Assessing Female Genitalia and

Rectum

Unit 4:

Nursing Assessment of Special

Groups

Ch. 24: Assessing Childbearing Women

Ch. 25: Assessing Newborns and Infants

Ch. 26: Assessing Older Adults

Appendices

Lippincott’s Head-to-Toe Health

Assessment

Janet R. Weber, RN, EdD

This dynamic video follows a nursing student as she performs a head-

to-toe examination in real time. With guidance from her instructor, the

student exhibits proper assessment techniques and demonstrates how

assessment of specific body systems can be integrated into a seamless

comprehensive exam. Because it focuses on the most common

techniques used in nursing, it is ideal for beginning students.

978-0-7817-8891-5 • DVD-ROM • February 2006