The Tenth Edition of this classic text provides the best foundation for performing physical examinations and taking patient history. The book features a beautiful full-color art program and a clear, simple two-column format, with highly visual step-by-step examination techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right.
This edition's health promotion sections have been extensively updated and expanded in all chapters, with new and revised national guidelines, pertinent screening tools, and more information about ways to help patients prevent disease and optimize their health across all settings and age groups. Detailed information on pain assessment is now included in the general survey, vital signs, and pain chapter. A new chapter presents assessment of mental health status and behavior to encompass the psychosocial dimensions of care. Evidence-based content has been increased, with pertinent findings, avenues for research, and references/suggested readings added across the entire book. More than 50 new line drawings and photos have been added.
A bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website include 5 Approach to Patient videos, 15 Head-to-Toe Examination videos, 25 Assessment videos, heart and breath sounds, the Center for Disease Control's pediatric growth chart, journal articles, Nursing Professional Roles and Responsibilities, and the fully searchable text. An Instructor's Resource DVD-ROM and online instructor resources are also available.
Contents
- Chapter 1 Overview of physical examination and history taking
- Chapter 2 Interviewing and the health history
- Chapter 3 Clinical reasoning, assessment, and plan
- Chapter 4 Beginning the physical examination : general survey and vital signs
- Chapter 5 The skin, hair, and nails
- Chapter 6 The head and neck
- Chapter 7 The thorax and lungs
- Chapter 8 The cardiovascular system
- Chapter 9 The breasts and axillae
- Chapter 10 The abdomen
- Chapter 11 Male genitalia and hernias
- Chapter 12 Female genitalia
- Chapter 13 The anus, rectum, and prostate
- Chapter 14 The peripheral vascular system
- Chapter 15 The musculoskeletal system
- Chapter 16 The nervous system : mental status and behavior
- Chapter 17 The nervous system : cranial nerves, motor system, sensory system, and reflexes
- Chapter 18 Assessing children : infancy through adolescence
- Chapter 19 The pregnant woman
- Chapter 20 The older adult
Product Details
- Hardcover: 992 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Tenth, North American Edition edition (December 11, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781780586
- ISBN-13: 978-0781780582
- Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.9 x 2 inches
List Price: $108.95