Description
For courses in Health Assessment and NCLEX exam preparation.
Health & Physical Assessment, the latest text in the Pearson Nursing Reviews & Rationales Series, is designed for use by current nursing students as a study aid for nursing course work or for NCLEX RN® licensing exam preparation, or by practicing nurses seeking a comprehensive yet concise review of a nursing specialty or subject area. Developed and reviewed by an extensive team of nurse educators from across the United States and Canada, each chapter of this text has been edited by a nurse expert in the content area under study.
All books in the series are identical in their overall design for your convenience. As an added value, each book comes with a comprehensive support package, including a bonus NCLEX-RN® Test Prep Companion Website and a tear-out NursingNotes card for quick clinical reference.
Features
For courses in Health Assessment and NCLEX exam preparation.
Health & Physical Assessment, the latest text in the Pearson Nursing Reviews & Rationales Series, is designed for use by current nursing students as a study aid for nursing course work or for NCLEX RN® licensing exam preparation, or by practicing nurses seeking a comprehensive yet concise review of a nursing specialty or subject area. Developed and reviewed by an extensive team of nurse educators from across the United States and Canada, each chapter of this text has been edited by a nurse expert in the content area under study.
All books in the series are identical in their overall design for your convenience. As an added value, each book comes with a comprehensive support package, including a bonus NCLEX-RN® Test Prep Companion Website and a tear-out NursingNotes card for quick clinical reference.
Hallmark Features
Each chapter offers the following elements to guide students during review and study:
- Chapter Objectives describe what students will be able to know or do after learning the material covered in the chapter.
- Review at a Glance, a glossary of key terms used in the chapter, provides definitions up front to help students stay focused and make the best use of their study time.
- Each chapter starts with a Pretest,a 10-question quiz of the material covered in the chapter to help students discover the areas where they need the most review.
- Practice to Pass questions are open-ended to help stimulate critical thinking and reinforce mastery of the chapter information.
- NCLEX Alert icons identify concepts that are more likely to be on the NCLEX-RN® examination.
- A Case Study at the end of each chapter provides an opportunity for students to apply their critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills and “put it all together.” Each Case Study describes a true-to-life client case situation and asks open-ended questions about how a nurse would provide care for that client and/or family.
- A Posttest at the end of the chapter provides a 10-question quiz with feedback about mastery of the chapter material following review and study.
- All Pretest and Posttest questions contain comprehensive rationales for correct and incorrect answers, and they are coded according to cognitive level of difficulty and to the NCLEX-RN® Test Plan categories of Client Need and Integrated Process.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Health History
Chapter 2 Techniques of Physical Assessment
Chapter 3 Psychosocial Assessment
Chapter 4 Nutritional Assessment
Chapter 5 Cardiovascular Assessment
Chapter 6 Respiratory Assessment
Chapter 7 Gastrointestinal Assessment
Chapter 8 Neurological Assessment
Chapter 9 Musculoskeletal Assessment
Chapter 10 Breasts and Axillae Assessment
Chapter 11 Female Genitourinary Assessment
Chapter 12 Male Genitourinary Assessment
Chapter 13 Skin, Hair, and Nails Assessment
Chapter 14 Eye Assessment
Chapter 15 Ears, Nose, and Throat Assessment
Appendix
Index
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