Health assessment and physical examination.
Material type: TextPublication details: Australia : Cengage learning, 2013. Description: xxv, 944 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 9780170211659Subject(s): Nursing assessment | periodic health examinationsNLM classification: WY 100.4 EH 2013Summary: This first Australia and New Zealand edition of the comprehensive Estesa Health Assessment and Physical Examination is designed to teach students to assess a patienta s physical, psychological, cultural and emotional dimensions of health as a foundation of nursing care. The skills of interviewing, inspection, percussion, palpation, auscultation, and documentation are defined to help students to make clinical assessments and promote healthy patient outcomes. A strong emphasis on science encompasses all the technical aspects of anatomy, physiology and assessment, while highlighting clinically relevant information. Emphasis on caring is displayed through themes of assessment of the whole person, which also encourages nurses to think about care for themselves as well as patients.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index
This first Australia and New Zealand edition of the comprehensive Estesa Health Assessment and Physical Examination is designed to teach students to assess a patienta s physical, psychological, cultural and emotional dimensions of health as a foundation of nursing care. The skills of interviewing, inspection, percussion, palpation, auscultation, and documentation are defined to help students to make clinical assessments and promote healthy patient outcomes. A strong emphasis on science encompasses all the technical aspects of anatomy, physiology and assessment, while highlighting clinically relevant information. Emphasis on caring is displayed through themes of assessment of the whole person, which also encourages nurses to think about care for themselves as well as patients.
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