Health Assessment in Nursing

• Main Author: Weber, Janet (Author)
• Other Authors: Kelley, Jane H. (co-author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2010
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Subjects: Nursing Assessment > methods
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• Physical Description: xii, 881 pages illustrations 28 cm 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical reference and indexes
• ISBN: 9781608316083; 1608316084

Now in its Fourth Edition, "Health Assessment in Nursing" is a colorful, user-friendly introductory level health assessment text for RN-level students. Targeted to ADN and BSN programs, this text presumes no prior knowledge of health assessment and is accompanied by a Lab Manual, a Handbook, and an Interactive CD-ROM. For this edition, the Coldspa mnemonic, which guides students through investigation of symptoms, has been revised to show specific applications to content in each chapter. A sample application of Coldspa is presented at the beginning of each chapter's Nursing History section, and accompanies each case study. The Frail Elderly chapter has been streamlined, with a stronger focus on the normal variations associated with assessment of elderly clients.