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Nursing Health Assessment: A Best Practice Approach 3rd Edition by Sharon Jensen, ISBN-13: 978-1496349170

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Nursing Health Assessment: A Best Practice Approach 3rd Edition by Sharon Jensen, ISBN-13: 978-1496349170

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  • Publisher: ‎ LWW; 3rd edition (November 7, 2018)
  • Language: ‎ English
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 1496349172
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1496349170

Selected as a Doody’s Core Title for 2022!

Develop the assessment knowledge and skills to excel in any clinical setting.

Updated to reflect today’s changing healthcare environment, this unique, modern approach to health assessment guides you progressively through realistic clinical case scenarios, emphasizing health promotion, risk factor reduction, evidence-based thinking, and diagnostic reasoning. Effective strategies help you adapt questions and techniques to confidently manage communication challenges, unexpected patient responses, changes in a patient’s condition over time, and more.

Highlights of the Third Edition:

  • Progressive Case Studies in each chapter help you capably apply concepts to clinical practice through:
    • Therapeutic Dialogue displays that hone the communication and critical thinking skills essential for gathering assessment data.
    • Progress Note sections that provide sample SOAP (Subjective data, Objective data, Analysis, and Plan) notes documenting summaries of findings, with accompanying critical thinking questions.
    • Documenting Case Study Findings boxes that summarize abnormal findings in the physical examination (determined through inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation).
    • Collaborating With the Interprofessional Team displays that feature SBAR (Situation, Background, Analysis or Assessment, and Recommendations) frameworks for effectively coordinating referrals or other patient advocacy needs.
    • Clinical Reasoning in Action sections that demonstrate how to bring all the elements of assessment together to determine a nursing diagnosis and related goals, interventions, rationales, and evaluation criteria.

    NEW! Unfolding case-based vignettes written by the National League for Nursing place concepts in a realistic context and encourage classroom discussion.

  • NEW! Concept Mastery Alerts clarify potentially confusing topics.
  • More than 70 NANDA-I Diagnoses with official definitions and defining characteristics
  • Learning Objectives focus on critical information and can help you study more effectively.
  • Clinical Significance boxes emphasize content critically related to clinical application.
  • Safety Alert boxes highlight areas of concern or results that require immediate intervention or adjustments.
  • Key Points summarized at the end of each chapter reinforce the most important content at a glance.
  • Review Questions help you identify content requiring additional review.
  • Tables of Abnormal Findings facilitate fast, effective assessments.
  • Accompanying interactive learning resources such as videos and animations, referenced with icons in the text, appeal to a variety of learning styles.

Table of Contents:

UNIT 1
Foundations of Nursing Health Assessment
1. The Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment
2. The Health History and Interview
3. Techniques of Assessment and Safety
4. Documentation and Interprofessional Communication
UNIT 2
General Examinations
5. Vital Signs and General Survey
6. Pain Assessment
7. Nutritional Assessment
8. Assessment of Developmental Stages
9. Mental Health, Violence, and Drug Abuse
10. Cultural Assessment
UNIT 3
Regional Examinations
11. Skin, Hair, and Nails Assessment
12. Head and Neck, With Vision and Hearing Basics
13. Eye Assessment for Advanced and Specialty Practice
14. Ear Assessment for Advanced and Specialty Practice
15. Nose, Sinuses, Mouth, and Throat
16. Thorax and Lung Assessment
17. Heart and Neck Vessels Assessment
18. Peripheral Vascular and Lymphatic Assessment
19. Breasts and Axillae Assessment
20. Abdominal Assessment
21. Musculoskeletal Assessment
22. Neurological and Mental Status
23. Male Genitalia and Rectal Assessment
24. Female Genitalia and Rectal Assessment
UNIT 4
Special Populations and Foci
25. Pregnant Women
26. Newborns and Infants
27. Children and Adolescents
28. Older Adults
UNIT 5
Putting It All Together
29. Assessment of the Hospitalized Adult
30. Head-to-Toe Assessment of the Adult
Appendix A: Answers to Review Questions
Appendix B: Definitions and Defining Characteristics for NANDA-I Diagnoses in This Title
Glossary
Illustration Credit List
Index

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