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This title provides all the information necessary to conduct a holistic health assessment across the life span. The physical examination section is organized by body system, which is pedagogically and clinically the most logical and efficient way to learn and perform a health assessment. Each chapter has five major sections: structure and function; subjective data; objective data (skills, expected findings, and common variations for healthy people and selected abnormal findings); abnormal findings (illustrations of related disorders and conditions in atlas format); and application and documentation (sample charting, clinical case studies, nursing diagnoses, and critical thinking questions tied to the Saunders video series). Written in a clear style and produced in a user-friendly format, this text includes transcultural considerations in both a separate chapter and highlighted throughout. Sample charting of normal findings and sample clinical case studies also feature. An integration of the complete health assessment in a photo essay can be referred to at the end of the book, where all the steps of assessment are put together in a choreographed whole. A student CD-ROM bound into every copy includes case studies, printable health promotion guides, and a comprehensive head-to-toe video on assessing the adult.Product Identifiers
PublisherElsevier Health Sciences
ISBN-139780721697734
eBay Product ID (ePID)95741078
Product Key Features
Number of Pages928 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePhysical Examination and Health Assessment
Publication Year2003
SubjectMedicine
TypeTextbook
AuthorCarolyn Jarvis
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height276 mm
Item Weight1000 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorCarolyn Jarvis