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Contents
UNIT 1 NURSING DATA COLLECTION, DOCUMENTATION, AND ANALYSIS
•Chapter 1 Nurse's Role in Health Assessment: Collecting and Analyzing Data
•Chapter 2 Collecting Subjective Data: The Interview and Healthy History
•Chapter 3 Collecting Objective Data: The Physical Examination
•Chapter 4 Validating and Documenting Data
•Chapter 5 Thinking Critically to Analyze Data and Make Informed Nursing Judgements
UNIT 2 INTEGRATIVE HOLISTIC NURSING ASSESSMENT
•Chapter 6 Assessing Mental Status and Substance Abuse
•Chapter 7 Assessing Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Moral Development
•Chapter 8 Assessing General Status and Vital Sign
•Chapter 9 Assessing Pain: The 5th Vital Sign
•Chapter 10 Assessing for Violence
•Chapter 11 Assessing Culture
•Chapter 12 Assessing Spirituality and Religious Practices
•Chapter 13 Assessing Nutritional Status
UNIT 3 NURSING ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
•Chapter 14 Assessing Skin, Hair, and Nails
•Chapter 15 Assessing Head and Neck
•Chapter 16 Assessing Eyes
•Chapter 17 Assessing Ears
•Chapter 18 Assessing Mouth, Throat, Nose, and Sinuses
•Chapter 19 Assessing Thorax and Lungs
•Chapter 20 Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic System
•Chapter 21 Assessing Heart and Next Vessels
•Chapter 22 Assessing Peripheral Vascular System
•Chapter 23 Assessing Abdomen
•Chapter 24 Assessing Musculoskeletal System
•Chapter 25 Assessing Neurologic System
•Chapter 26 Assessing Male Genitalia and Rectum
•Chapter 27 Assessing Female Genitalia and Rectum
•Chapter 28 Pulling It All Together: Integrated Head-to-Toe Assessment
UNIT 4 NURSING ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL GROUPS
•Chapter 29 Assessing Childbearing Women
•Chapter 30 Assessing Newborns and Infants
•Chapter 31 Assessing Children and Adolescents
•Chapter 32 Assessing Older Adults
•Chapter 33 Assessing Families
•Chapter 34 Assessing Communities
APPENDICES
A. Nursing History Guide
B. Physical Assessment Guide
C. NANDA Approved Nursing Diagnosis 2012-2014
D. Selected Collaborative Problems
E. Canada's Food Guide