Physical Examination and Health AssessmentThis textbook features a holistic approach and a strong nursing perspective for assessment of the individual across the lifespan. This edition includes two new chapters: Transcultural Considerations in Assessment, and Critical Thinking in Health Assessment. Other features include: age-specific charts for Periodic Health Exam detail; guidelines for interviewing clients and performing a thorough physical examination; communication skills, including clinical examples of interviewer responses; sample clinical problems, in subjective/objective/assessment/plan (SOAP) format; a translation table containing common health and physical examination questions in English and Spanish; and a demonstration of how nursing diagnoses are derived from assessment. |
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... Scrotum The scrotum is a loose sac , which is a continuation of the abdominal wall ( Fig . 22-2 ) . After adolescence , the scrotal skin is deeply pigmented and has large sebaceous follicles . The scrotal wall consists of thin skin ...
... Scrotum The scrotum is a loose sac , which is a continuation of the abdominal wall ( Fig . 22-2 ) . After adolescence , the scrotal skin is deeply pigmented and has large sebaceous follicles . The scrotal wall consists of thin skin ...
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... scrotal skin may become excoriated if the man continually sits on it . Abnormal Findings 1. Inspect and palpate the penis 4. Palpate for an inguinal hernia Summary Checklist 2. Inspect and palpate the scrotum 3. If a mass exists ...
... scrotal skin may become excoriated if the man continually sits on it . Abnormal Findings 1. Inspect and palpate the penis 4. Palpate for an inguinal hernia Summary Checklist 2. Inspect and palpate the scrotum 3. If a mass exists ...
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Carolyn Jarvis. Table 22-4 ABNORMALITIES IN THE SCROTUM DISORDER Absent Testis Cryptorchidism Small Testis Empty - scrotal half CLINICAL FINDINGS S : Empty scrotal half O : Inspection - in true maldescent , atrophic scrotum on affected ...
Carolyn Jarvis. Table 22-4 ABNORMALITIES IN THE SCROTUM DISORDER Absent Testis Cryptorchidism Small Testis Empty - scrotal half CLINICAL FINDINGS S : Empty scrotal half O : Inspection - in true maldescent , atrophic scrotum on affected ...
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abdomen Abnormal Findings ADDITIONAL HISTORY adolescent Aging Adult alcohol artery Ask the person assessment Auscultation behavior blood pressure body bone breast breast self-examination breath cancer cause chest child chronic client color common cranial nerve cultural cyanosis decreased DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS Infants diastolic disease disorders edema examination facial feel fluid fontanel function glands hair head heart heart sounds hypertension hyperthyroidism illness Impaired increased Infants and Children infection Inspect intake interview joint lesions loss lung lymph nodes measure mental status examination muscle nail Native Americans neck nodes Normal Range Note Nurs Nurse Pract NURSING DIAGNOSES nutritional obesity occurs otoscope pain palpate parent percent percussion physical posterior pregnancy pulse Range of Findings reflex respiratory risk sclera serum skin sounds sternomastoid muscle stethoscope swelling symptoms systolic Table tion tissue Transcultural trauma tympanic membrane usually valve vascular weight