TY - BOOK AU - Jensen,Sharon TI - Nursing health assessment: a best practice approach SN - 9781496349170 AV - RT48 .C355 U1 - 616.075 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Wolters Kluwer KW - Nursing assessment KW - Methodology KW - Case studies KW - Medical history taking KW - Periodic health examinations N1 - 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 ER -