Health Assessment: A Nursing ApproachLippincott, 1990 - 600 pages |
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... recorded as a direct quote , such as , " My mouth hurts . " You may summarize or paraphrase the client's perceptions , such as , " States he is worried about surviving heart surgery . " The latter approach may be used to condense a ...
... recorded as a direct quote , such as , " My mouth hurts . " You may summarize or paraphrase the client's perceptions , such as , " States he is worried about surviving heart surgery . " The latter approach may be used to condense a ...
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... recorded in the progress notes as follows : Skin pale flesh color , warm , and dry without lesions ; no erythema over pressure points ; no prolonged tenting when pinched and no sacral or other types of dependent edema observed . These ...
... recorded in the progress notes as follows : Skin pale flesh color , warm , and dry without lesions ; no erythema over pressure points ; no prolonged tenting when pinched and no sacral or other types of dependent edema observed . These ...
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... recorded as follows : No visible pulsations on anterior chest . PMI palpable at left 5th ICS ; 2 cm in diameter . Heart auscultation : Regular rhythm , rate 68 beats / minute , S1 and S2 identified . No extra heart sounds , murmurs , or ...
... recorded as follows : No visible pulsations on anterior chest . PMI palpable at left 5th ICS ; 2 cm in diameter . Heart auscultation : Regular rhythm , rate 68 beats / minute , S1 and S2 identified . No extra heart sounds , murmurs , or ...
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