Skill Masters : 3 - Minute Assessment

di Springhouse • 2006 • dettagli prodotto

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DESCRIZIONE

This timesaving guide provides nurses with streamlined steps for rapidly assessing complaints that involve any area of the body. Compact, portable, and designed for on-the-spot reference, the book helps the nurse zero in on the patient's signs and symptoms, conduct a focused interview, examine the related body system, and analyze the findings. Charts of signs and symptoms and possible causes help nurses quickly focus the assessment.This edition provides updated information on assessment techniques, normal and abnormal findings, and specific disorders, and includes a new chapter on documenting an assessment. New appendices include guidelines for assessing victims of abuse and measuring body mass index.Table of ContentsCh. 1 Basic assessment review 1Ch. 2 Focusing the 3-minute assessment 22Ch. 3 Documentation 36Ch. 4 Respiratory system 50Ch. 5 Cardiovascular system 71Ch. 6 Neurologic system 90Ch. 7 Gastrointestinal system 108Ch. 8 Musculoskeletal system 125Ch. 9 Integumentary system 143Ch. 10 Breasts and axillae 160Ch. 11 Female genitourinary system 174Ch. 12 Male genitourinary system 192Ch. 13 Eyes and ears 206Ch. 14 Nose and throat 229