Physical Examination and Health Assessment

Physical Examination & Health Assessment provides all the information necessary to conduct a holistic health assessment across the life span. The physical examination unit is organized by body system, pedagogically and clinically the most logical and efficient way to learn and perform health assessment. Exam techniques are presented in a consistent two-column format and full-color illustrations offer presentation of normal and abnormal findings. Each chapter has five major sections: (1) Structure and Function (A&P); (2) Subjective Data (history); (3) Objective Data (skills, expected findings, and common variations for healthy people and selected abnormal findings); (4) Abnormal Findings (illustrations of related disorders and conditions in atlas format); and (5) Application and Documentation (sample charting, clinical case studies, nursing diagnoses, and critical thinking questions tied to the Saunders video series).Jarvis, Carolyn is the author of 'Physical Examination and Health Assessment', published 2004 under ISBN 9780721603360 and ISBN 072160336X.