Research Catalog

Title

A practical guide to health assessment / Marilyn Shelley Leasia, Frances Donovan Monahan.

Author

Leasia, Marilyn Shelley.

Publication

Philadelphia : Saunders, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

Monahan, Frances Donovan.

Description

xii, 580 p. : ill. (some col.); 19 cm.

Subjects

• Nurses Instruction
• Nursing assessment
• Physical Examination

Genre/Form

Nurses Instruction.

Contents

• 1. The Health History -- 2. The Physical Examination -- 3. The General Physical Assessment Survey -- 4. Nutritional Assessment -- 5. Mental Status Assessment -- 6. Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails -- 7. Assessment of the Head -- 8. Assessment of the Eye -- 9. Assessment of the Ear -- 10. Assessment of the Nose and Sinuses -- 11. Assessment of the Mouth and Throat -- 12. Assessment of the Neck -- 13. Assessment of the Breasts and Axillae -- 14. Assessment of the Chest and Lungs -- 15. Assessment of the Heart -- 16. Assessment of the Peripheral Vascular System -- 17. Assessment of the Abdomen -- 18. Assessment of the Female Genitalia -- 19. Assessment of the Male Genitalia -- 20. Assessment of the Anus, Rectum, and Prostate -- 21. Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System -- 22. Assessment of the Nervous System -- App. 1. Height and Weight Table -- App. 2. Temperature Table -- App. 3. Daily Requirements of Basic Food Groups --
• App. 4. Normal Laboratory Values -- App. 5. Glascow Coma Scale -- App. 6. Dermatomes -- App. 7. How to Do Breast Self-Examination -- App. 8. Testicular Self-Examination -- App. 9. Signs of Physical Abuse.

ISBN

072161468X

LCCN

96041703

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries