Health Assessment: A Nursing ApproachLippincott, 1990 - 600 pages |
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Page 126
... patient's bladder should be empty . Stand at the patient's right side because many special examination techniques involve the liver and other right - side structures . Because many patients may be apprehensive about the examination ...
... patient's bladder should be empty . Stand at the patient's right side because many special examination techniques involve the liver and other right - side structures . Because many patients may be apprehensive about the examination ...
Page 267
... Patients with artificial airways often require en- dotracheal suctioning to remove tracheobronchial secretions . Suctioning may irritate the mucosa , however , or place the patient at risk for hypoxia , which in turn can adversely ...
... Patients with artificial airways often require en- dotracheal suctioning to remove tracheobronchial secretions . Suctioning may irritate the mucosa , however , or place the patient at risk for hypoxia , which in turn can adversely ...
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... 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 . Guzzetta and Forsyth studied only five myocardial infarction patients , all ...
... 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 . Guzzetta and Forsyth studied only five myocardial infarction patients , all ...
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