Health Assessment: A Nursing ApproachLippincott, 1990 - 600 pages |
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... identified . Elimination Pattern . Assessment is focused on excretory patterns ( bowel , bladder , skin ) . Excretory problems such as incontinence , constipation , diarrhea , and urinary retention may be identified . Activity ...
... identified . Elimination Pattern . Assessment is focused on excretory patterns ( bowel , bladder , skin ) . Excretory problems such as incontinence , constipation , diarrhea , and urinary retention may be identified . Activity ...
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... identified by NANDA , but they sug- gested additional signs and symptoms . A study was designed to determine if three differ- ent age groups ( older adults , middle - aged adults , and adolescents ) described constipation in a manner ...
... identified by NANDA , but they sug- gested additional signs and symptoms . A study was designed to determine if three differ- ent age groups ( older adults , middle - aged adults , and adolescents ) described constipation in a manner ...
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... identified by the researchers to guide health as- sessment with minimal risk to patients . The great- est risk involved would be to assume that most people similar to those targeted in the studies ex- perience exactly the same stressors ...
... identified by the researchers to guide health as- sessment with minimal risk to patients . The great- est risk involved would be to assume that most people similar to those targeted in the studies ex- perience exactly the same stressors ...
Contents
OVERVIEW OF HEALTH ASSESSMENT | 1 |
The Health Assessment Interview | 11 |
Physical Examination Techniques | 19 |
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abdominal ability activity addition affect altered appearance artery assessment associated behaviors bladder blood blood pressure body bowel breast cause changes chest child client Clinical collection communication considered continued coping cranial nerve culture decreased determine diagnosis discuss disease elimination especially evaluate examination example exercise factors feel findings finger fluid function groups Guidelines hand head health assessment heart identify increased indicate influence Inspect interview involves lesions loss lower lung measurement movement muscle myocardial infarction nerve normal noted nursing nutritional observed occur oral pain palpation patient pattern perception perform person physical physical examination position practices present problems Procedure pulse questions recorded reflex require response result risk role screening secondary sensory sexual Significance signs skin sleep sounds stage status stress structures symptoms temperature tion tissue urine usually values