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Essential Health Assessment
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Janice Thompson
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1st Edition
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Chapterm01mUnderstandingmHealthmAssessment 1
Chapterm02mInterviewingmthemPatientmformthemHealthmHistory 11
Chapterm03mTakingmthemHealthmHistory 40
Chapterm04mAssessingmNutritionmandmAnthropometricmMeasurements 61
Chapterm05mAssessmentmTechniques 88
Chapterm06mGeneralmSurveymandmAssessingmVitalmSigns 99
Chapterm07mAssessingmPain 128
Chapterm08mAssessingmthemSkin,mHair,mandmNails 149
Chapterm09mAssessingmthemHead,mFace,mMouth,mandmNeck 188
Chapterm10mAssessingmthemEars 229
Chapterm11mAssessingmthemEyes 250
Chapterm12mAssessingmthemRespiratorymSystem 281
Chapterm13mAssessingmthemCardiovascularmSystem 308
Chapterm14mAssessingmthemAbdomen 335
Chapterm15mAssessingmthemPeripheralmVascularmSystemmandmRegionalmLymphaticmSystem 363
Chapterm16mAssessingmthemMusculoskeletalmSystem 391
Chapterm17mAssessingmthemNeurologicalmSystem 417
Chapterm18mAssessingmthemFemalemBreasts,mAxillae,mandmReproductivemSystem 451
Chapterm19mAssessingmthemMalemBreastsmandmReproductivemSystem 477
Chapterm20mAssessingmthemAnusmandmRectum 501
Chapterm21mAssessingmthemNewborn 517
Chapterm22mAssessingmthemChildmandmAdolescent 555
Chapterm23mAssessingmthemPregnantmWoman 583
Chapterm24mAssessingmthemOldermAdult 612
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Chapterm1:mUnderstandingmHealthmAssessment
1.mThemWorldmHealthmOrganizationm(WHO)mestablishedmamglobalmstrategymcalledm“HealthmformAll.”m
Themgoalmformthismstrategymis:
1. Allmindividualsmtomgetmthemsamemhealthmcaremthroughoutmtheirmlifemspans.
2. Themgovernmentmtomsupplymmoneymtomcaremformallmthempeopleminmthemworld.
3. Resourcesmformhealthmcaremtombemevenlymdistributedmandmaccessible.
4. Health-caremprovidersmcanmnevermdenympatientsmhealthmcare.
2.mHealthmassessmentmismamfoundationalmandmprioritymnursingmskill.mThismessentialmskillmrequiresmregi
steredmnursesm(RNs)mto:
1. Diagnosemandmtreatmpatients.
2. Identifymnormalmandmabnormalmfindings.
3. Refermpatientsmwithmabnormalmfindings.
4. Counselmpatientsmwithmpsychosocialmneeds.
3.mYoumaremassessingmampatientmwithmfivemgunshotmwoundsmonmamtraumamunit.mTheremismampolicempre
sencemoutsidemhismdoormbecausemthempatientmismamknownmdrugmdealerminmthemcommunity.mYoumknowmt
hatmnursesmmustmtreatmallmpatientsmasmpersons.mThismismcalled:
1. Caring.
2. Holisticmprocess.
3. Person-centeredmcarem(PCC).
4. Standardsmofmcare.
4.mThemscience-
basedmframeworkmupdatedmeverym10myearsmbymthemU.S.mDepartmentmofmHealthmandmHumanmServices
mthatmhasmsetmnationalmgoalsmandmobjectivesmformhealthmpromotionmandmdiseasempreventionmis:
1. HealthymPeople.
2. HealthymPeoplem2020.
3. U.S.mPreventivemTaskmForce.
4. WorldmHealthmOrganization.
5. Am38-year-oldmmalemhasmamfamilymhistorymofmcolonmcancer.mHismfathermdiedmofmcolonmcancermatmage
48.mThemdoctormrecommendedmthatmthismpatientmhavemamcolonoscopymthismyear.mThismismanmexamplemof:
1. Primarymhealthmprevention.
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