Health Assessment: A Nursing ApproachLippincott, 1990 - 600 pages |
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... Physical Examination Techniques OBSERVATION The basic techniques of physical examination are inspection , palpa- tion , percussion , and auscultation , together referred to as observa- tion . These skills enable you to collect data ...
... Physical Examination Techniques OBSERVATION The basic techniques of physical examination are inspection , palpa- tion , percussion , and auscultation , together referred to as observa- tion . These skills enable you to collect data ...
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... physical examination . If the patient has heart disease , the four levels of the New York Heart Association's Functional and Therapeutic Classifi- cation may be used to help predict the appropriate activity tolerance level ( Display 9-2 ) ...
... physical examination . If the patient has heart disease , the four levels of the New York Heart Association's Functional and Therapeutic Classifi- cation may be used to help predict the appropriate activity tolerance level ( Display 9-2 ) ...
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... physical self , emotional self , moral / ethical self , and intellectual self . Physical self is discussed separately in the following section and reflects NANDA's classification , in which physical self is a distinct self - concept ...
... physical self , emotional self , moral / ethical self , and intellectual self . Physical self is discussed separately in the following section and reflects NANDA's classification , in which physical self is a distinct self - concept ...
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