Health Assessment in Nursing

Innovative, systematic, and easy to understand,Health Assessment in Nursinghas already helped thousands of RN-level students develop the comprehensive knowledge base and expert nursing assessment skills necessary for accurate collection of client data.
In this revised Fifth Edition, the authors provide in-depth, accurate information, a compellingContinuing Case Studythat covers every step in the assessment process, a focus on diversity and health assessment through the lifespan, a striking photo and illustration program that includes photos of practicing registered nurses and nurse practitioners performing assessments, dynamic online video clips and animations, and much more.
Using this book you’ll have everything at your fingertips to master the knowledge and assessment skills you’ll need in your nursing career.

• Master the “how-to’s” of conducting a nursing assessment through thereal worldContinuing Case Studyin every chapter that introduces a client with a health concern, guides you through investigation of symptoms using the COLDSPA mnemonic, and demonstrates a physical assessment, proper documentation techniques, diagnostic reasoning, and appropriate nursing conclusions.
• Access an easy-to-understand tool for data collection with theCollecting Subjective Data: Nursing Health Historytable, which presentsInformation in two columns:Questionsthat you will ask the client andRationalesexplaining why the questions are important.
• Master every aspect of the physical examination through theCollecting Objective Data: Physical Examinationtable,whichillustrates physical examination procedures in a step-by-step fashion across three columns:Assessment Procedure(which explains and illustrates exactly how to perform specific aspects of the examination),Normal Findings,andAbnormal Findings.
• Identify important distinctions through hundreds of photos exhibited in theAbnormal Findings displays.