Health Assessment for Nursing Practice

Learn how to confidently perform a physical exam and prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX^® Examination (NGN)! <b>Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, Eighth Edition, </b>focuses on what you <i>need to know</i>, providing easy-to-understand guidelines and timesaving learning tools that demonstrate how to perform an effective physical examination. This completely updated text has everything you need to succeed on the NGN, confidently conduct and document an accurate assessment, and prepare for clinical practice.<ul><li><b>UPDATED! Content</b> reflects the latest research and thinking in health assessment in nursing practice</li><li><b>Health assessment case studies</b> on the Evolve companion website help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX^® Exam</li><li><b>Straightforward, easy-to-understand, need-to-know coverage</b> gives you the knowledge and confidence to perform an effective health assessment and physical examination</li><li><b>Clear differentiation between basic skills and advanced skills</b> helps you discern need-to-know skills from skills that would be performed by an advanced practitioner or only in special circumstances</li><li><b>Time-tested two-column format</b> helps link assessment techniques with normal and abnormal findings</li><li><b>Vivid full-color photos and illustrations</b> visually demonstrate key assessment techniques to promote better understanding</li><li><b>UNIQUE! <i>Concept Overviews</i></b> present core concepts in the context of health assessment, with discussions of pain, oxygenation, perfusion, tissue integrity, motion, sensory perception, nutrition, metabolism, and intracranial regulation</li><li><b>UNIQUE! <i>Clinical Judgment</i> boxes</b> explain the thought process of an experienced nurse making a clinical decision to give you an expert perspective on clinical judgment and the decision-making process in nursing practice</li><li><b>UNIQUE! <i>Situational Variations</i> sections</b> address special circumstances or needs for patients in wheelchairs or other limitations and exam variations</li><li><b><i>Age-Related Variations </i></b><b>sections</b> address special considerations or needs for infants and children, adolescents, and older adults</li><li><b><i>Summary of Findings</i></b><b> sections</b> demonstrate how to chart normal findings, including documentation in the Electronic Heath Record (EHR)</li><li><b><i>Clinical Application</i></b><b> and <i>Clinical Judgment</i> sections</b> at the end of each chapter include review questions to help assess your understanding of need-to-know content, while case studies promote the development of clinical reasoning skills in the context of health assessment and physical examination</li><li><b>UNIQUE! <i>Adapting Health Assessment to the Hospitalized Patient</i> chapter</b> explains special techniques for performing a head-to-toe assessment of a patient in a hospital setting</li><li><b><i>Ethnic, Cultural, and Spiritual Variations</i></b><b> boxes</b> help you anticipate the unique needs of a multicultural patient population</li><li><b><i>Health Assessment Across the Life Span</i></b><b> unit</b> contains four separate chapters that cover all lifespan content, including older adults, pregnant patients, and infants, children, and adolescents</li><li><b><i>Synthesis and Application of Health Assessment</i> unit</b> details how to conduct, document, and adapt the head-to-toe examination</li></ul><ul><li>Updated throughout to reflect the latest research and thinking in health assessment in nursing practice</li><li>NGN Health Assessment Questions added to each chapter</li></ul>