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Physical assessment for nurses / edited by Carol Lynn Cox.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing assessment.
- Physical diagnosis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (442 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The fully updated second edition of this book continues to take a systematic approach to comprehensive patient assessment. The text explores best practice in history taking and summarises the key clinical skills needed to develop and improve physical examination skills and to competently assess, diagnose, plan and provide care.
- Contents:
- History taking
- General examination
- Examination of the cardiovascular system
- Examination of the respiratory system
- Examination of the abdomen
- Examination of the male genitalia
- Examination of the female reproductive system
- Mental health assessment
- Examination of the nervous system
- Ophthalmic examination
- Examination of the musculoskeletal system
- Assessment of the child
- Assessment of disability including care of the older adult
- Basic examination, notes and diagnostic principles
- Presenting cases and communication
- Imaging techniques and clinical investigations
- The 12-lead electrocardiogram
- Interpretation of investigations
- Laboratory results : reference values
- Common emergency treatments.
- Notes:
- Adapted from: Lecture notes on clinical skills (3rd ed.) / Robert Turner, Roger Blackwood.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 5, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-118-70973-X
- 1-118-70974-8
- OCLC:
- 922903814
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