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Nurses' handbook of health assessment / edited by Janet R. Weber. - 7th ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010. - 790 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.

Companion to: Health assessment in nursing / Janet Weber, Jane H. Kelley. 4th
.ed. c2010

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Obtaining a nursing health history -- Collecting objective and subjective data -- Performing physical assessment skills -- Assessing mental status -- Assessing general status and vital signs -- Assessing pain : the fifth vital sign -- Assessing victims of violence -- Assessing nutrition -- Skin, hair, and nails -- Head and neck -- Eyes -- Ears -- Mouth, throat, nose, and sinuses -- Thorax and lungs -- Breasts -- Heart -- Peripheral vascular system -- Abdomen -- Female genitalia and urinary system -- Male genitalia and urinary system -- Musculoskeletal system -- Nervous system -- Assessing childbearing women -- Assessing
.newborns and infants -- Assessing frail elderly clients

ISBN: 9780781795760

LCCN: 2009032596

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nursing assessment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nursing Assessment--methods--Handbooks.
Medical History Taking--methods--Handbooks.
Physical Examination--methods--Handbooks.

LC Class. No.: RT48 / .N863 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 616.075 / NUH