Lippincott's Learning System: Health Assessment in Nursing Book

This comprehensive assessment text is designed as a learning system, with an innovative modular format that allows personal customization and ease of use. Clearly written and extensively illustrated -- in brilliant four-color -- the text provides in-depth, accurate information. Unit One provides a complete Overview of Nursing. Unit Two, which covers Nursing Assessment of the Adult and Older Adult, includes a chapter on General Impressions and 14 body system chapters. Each of these is divided into three distinctive parts: Structure & Function, Nursing Assessment, and Analysis of Data (unique to this text, it explains the second step of the nursing process in relation to particular data collected during assessment). The third and final unit, Nursing Assessment of Special Groups, includes chapters on infants and children, childbearing women, the family and the community. A thorough Nursing History section uses a 2-column question/rationale format to explain why each question is asked. A well-organized Physical Assessment section uses a 3-column format for assessment techniques, including Procedure, Normal Findings, and Abnormal Findings -- enhancing clarity and retention. Helpful pedagogy includes a Physical Assessment Checklist, Risk Factor Displays, How to Use Equipment Displays, and Critical Thinking Exercises. FREE with every book: a clear plastic ruler, tape measure, pen light, pencil and pen and a pouch to keep them in are provided for students to use in real life assessment situations.Read More