Nursing health assessment : a best practice approach / Sharon Jensen.

Includes index.

The nurse's role in health assessment -- The health history and interview -- Techniques of assessment and safety -- Documentation and interprofessional communication -- Vital signs and general survey -- Pain assessment -- Nutritional assessment -- Assessment of developmental stages -- Mental health, violence, and drug abuse -- Cultural assessment -- Skin, hair, and nails assessment -- Head and neck, with vision and hearing basics -- Eye assessment for advanced and specialty practice -- Ear assessment for advanced and specialty practice -- Nose, sinuses, mouth, and throat -- Thorax and lung assessment -- Heart and neck vessels assessment -- Peripheral vascular and lymphatic assessment -- Breasts and axillae assessment -- Abdominal assessment -- Musculoskeletal assessment -- Neurological and mental status -- Male genitalia and rectal assessment -- Female genitalia and rectal assessment -- Pregnant women -- Newborns and infants -- Children and adolescents -- Older adults -- Assessment of the hospitalized adult -- Head-to-toe assessment of the adult.