Nurse's Handbook of Health Assessment

CHAPTERS - The Nursing Health History 1 - Components of the Nursing Health History 13 - Physical Assessment 35 - General Physical Survey 45 - Skin, Hair, and Nail Assessment 62 - Head, Neck, and Cervical Lymph Node Assessment 82 - Mouth, Oropharynx, Nose, and Sinus Assessment 96 - Eye Assessment 122 - Ear Assessment 151 - Thoracic and Lung Assessment 170 - Cardiac Assessment 198 - Peripheral Vascular Assessment 223 - Breast Assessment 252 - Abdominal Assessment 269 - Genitourinary-Reproductive Assessment 296
- Assessment of Female Genitalia/296
- Assessment of Male Genitalia/308
- Assessment of Inguinal Area/313
- Assessment of Rectum/316
- Musculoskeletal Assessment 338 - Neurologic Assessment 372
- Mental Status Assessment/378
- Cranial Nerve Assessment/395
- Sensory Nerve Assessment/402
- Motor Assessment/406
- Cerebellar Assessment/406
- Reflex Assessment/412
- Nutritional Assessment 424 - Maternal Physical Assessment 444 - Initial Newborn Physical Assessment 482 APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Nursing Assessment Form Based on Functional Health Patterns 512
Appendix 2: Developmental Information-Age 1 Month to 18 Years 522
Appendix 3: Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule-United States, 2003 529
Appendix 4: Psychosocial Development 535
Appendix 5: Height-Weight-Head Circumference Charts for Children 537
Appendix 6: How to Examine Your Own Skin 546
Appendix 7: Breast Self-Examination (BSE) 550
Appendix 8: Classification and Management of Blood Pressure for Adults 553
Appendix 9: Sample Adult Nursing Health History and Physical Assessment 555
Appendix 10: Assessment of Family Functional Health Patterns 569
Appendix 11: Nursing Diagnoses (Wellness, Risk, and Actual) Grouped According to Functional Health Patterns 577
Appendix 12: Collaborative Problems 583 References 585

Index 591