Research Catalog

Title

Nurses' handbook of health assessment / Janet Weber.

Author

Weber, Janet.

Publication

Philadelphia : Lippincott, c1997.

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Details

Description

xvii, 492 p. : ill.; 18 cm.

Subjects

• Nursing assessment > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Physical Examination
• Handbook
• Nursing Assessment

Genre/Form

Handbook.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. The Nursing Health History -- 2. Components of the Nursing Health History -- 3. Physical Assessment -- 4. General Physical Survey -- 5. Skin, Hair, and Nail Assessment -- 6. Head, Neck, and Cervical Lymph Node Assessment -- 7. Mouth, Oropharynx, Nose, and Sinus Assessment -- 8. Eye Assessment -- 9. Ear Assessment -- 10. Thoracic and Lung Assessment -- 11. Cardiac Assessment -- 12. Peripheral Vascular Assessment -- 13. Breast Assessment -- 14. Abdominal Assessment -- 15. Genitourinary-Reproductive Assessment -- 16. Musculoskeletal Assessment -- 17. Neurological Assessment -- 18. Nutritional Assessment -- 19. Maternal Physical Assessment -- 20. Initial Newborn Physical Assessment -- App. I. Nursing Assessment Form Based on Functional Health Patterns -- App. II. Developmental Information - Age 1 Month to 18 Years -- App. III. Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule United States - January 1995 --
• App. IV. Psychosocial Development Tasks of the Young Adult, Mature Adult, and Aging Adult -- App. V. Height-Weight-Head Circumference Charts for Newborn/Children -- App. VI. Height and Weight Tables for Adults -- App. VII. Rosenbaum Pocket Vision Screener -- App. VIII. Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances -- App. IX. Protein and Calorie Counter -- App. X. Selected Laboratory Values for Adults and Children -- App. XI. Sample Adult Nursing Health History and Physical Assessment -- App. XII. Sample Pediatric Nursing Health History and Physical Assessment -- App. XIII. Assessment of Family Functional Health Patterns -- App. XIV. Nursing Diagnoses (Wellness, Risk, and Actual) Grouped According to Functional Health Patterns -- App. XV. Collaborative Problems.

ISBN

0397553269

LCCN

96021001

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries