Health & physical assessment

• Other Authors: Barkauskas, Violet (Editor), Stoltenberg-Allen, Kathryn (Editor), Baumann, Linda Ciofu (Editor), Darling-Fisher, Cynthia S. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis Mosby 1998
• Edition: Second Edition
• Subjects: Physical Examination > Nurses Instruction; Nursing Assessment > Nurses Instruction
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• Physical Description: xiv, 797 pages some color illustrations 28 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780815127765; 0815127766

Written by an all-nurse author team, "Health and Physical Assessment" presents a comprehensive approach to health assessment in which client health, rather than a diagnosis, is the focus. In this book, the client is perceived as a total entity, rather than as an individual with a specific problem that the practitioner must diagnose. Assessing health and identifying health strengths are emphasized and related to promoting and improving peoples' health. This edition features a new introductory chapter on clinical reasoning in determining health status, giving readers an overview of the process of health assessment