Description
Unit 1: Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis
Chapter 1: Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment: Collecting and Analyzing Data
Chapter 2: Collecting Subjective Data: The Interview and Health History
Chapter 3: Collecting Objective Data: The Physical Examination
Chapter 4: Validating and Documenting Data
Chapter 5: Thinking Critically to Analyze Data and Make Informed Nursing Judgments
Unit 2: Integrative Holistic Nursing Assessment
Chapter 6: Assessing Mental Status Including Risk for Substance Abuse
Chapter 7: Assessing Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Moral Development
Chapter 8: Assessing General Health Status and Vital Signs
Chapter 9: Assessing Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign
Chapter 10: Assessing for Violence
Chapter 11: Assessing Culture
Chapter 12: Assessing Spirituality and Religious Practices
Chapter 13: Assessing Nutritional Status
Unit 3: Nursing Assessment of Physical Systems
Chapter 14: Assessing Skin, Hair, and Nails
Chapter 15: Assessing Head and Neck
Chapter 16: Assessing Eyes
Chapter 17: Assessing Ears
Chapter 18: Assessing Mouth, Throat, Nose, and Sinuses
Chapter 19: Assessing Thorax and Lungs
Chapter 20: Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic System
Chapter 21: Assessing Heart and Neck Vessels
Chapter 22: Assessing Peripheral Vascular System
Chapter 23: Assessing Abdomen
Chapter 24: Assessing Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 25: Assessing Neurologic System
Chapter 26: Assessing Male Genitalia and Rectum
Chapter 27: Assessing Female Genitalia, Anus, and Rectum
Chapter 28: Pulling It All Together: Integrated Head-To-Toe Assessment
Unit 4: Nursing Assessment of Special Groups
Chapter 29: Assessing Childbearing Women
Chapter 30: Assessing Newborns and Infants
Chapter 31: Assessing Children and Adolescents
Chapter 32: Assessing Older Adults
Chapter 33: Assessing Families
Chapter 34: Assessing Communities
