Title:
Assessment made incredibly easy!.
Author:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
ISBN:
9781451147278
Edition:
5th ed.
Publication Information:
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2013.
Physical Description:
vi, 405 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series:
Incredibly easy
Incredibly easy (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contents:
Beginning the assessment -- Health history -- Fundamental physical assessment techniques -- Nutritional assessment -- Mental health assessment -- Assessing body systems -- Skin, hair, and nails -- Neurologic system -- Eyes -- Ears, nose, and throat -- Cardiovascular system -- Respiratory system -- Breasts and axillae -- Gastrointestinal system -- Female genitourinary system -- Male genitourinary system -- Musculoskeletal system -- Appendices and index -- Practice makes perfect -- Glossary -- Selected references -- Credits -- Index.
Abstract:
"Assessment Made Incredibly Easy, 5e presents nursing assessment skills in the reader-friendly Incredibly Easy! format that makes learning fun. With an appealing 4-color interior and light-hearted humor throughout, the text provides the know-how nurses need to obtain pertinent health histories, perform physical examinations, and recognize normal and abnormal findings. Abundant full-color illustrations, charts, memory joggers, and other special features help nurses master assessment techniques and remember key information. The Practice Makes Perfect self-test includes updated NCLEX(r)-style questions with rationales for correct and incorrect answers. A companion Website offers ancillary materials, including an image bank, printable study cards, and numerous games newly added for this 5th edition"--Provided by publisher.
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