Physical Examination & Health Assessment, Volume 2Physical Examination and Health Assessment provides all the information necessary to conduct a holistic health assessment across the life span. The physical examination unit is organized by body system, pedagogically and clinically the most logical and efficient way to learn and perform health assessment. Each chapter has five major sections: (1) Structure and Function (A&P); (2) Subjective Data (history); (3) Objective Data (skills, expected findings, and common variations for healthy people and selected abnormal findings); (4) Abnormal Findings (illustrations of related disorders and conditions in atlas format); and (5) Application and Documentation (sample charting, clinical case studies, nursing diagnoses, and critical thinking questions tied to the Saunders video series).
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... posterior triangle is behind the sternomastoid muscle , with the trapezius muscle on the other side and with its base along the clavicle below . It contains the posterior belly of the omohyoid muscle . These triangles are helpful ...
... posterior triangle is behind the sternomastoid muscle , with the trapezius muscle on the other side and with its base along the clavicle below . It contains the posterior belly of the omohyoid muscle . These triangles are helpful ...
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... posterior axillary line continues down from the posterior axillary fold where the latissimus dorsi muscle inserts ; and the midaxillary line runs down from the apex of the axilla and lies between and parallel to the other two ( Fig . 18 ...
... posterior axillary line continues down from the posterior axillary fold where the latissimus dorsi muscle inserts ; and the midaxillary line runs down from the apex of the axilla and lies between and parallel to the other two ( Fig . 18 ...
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... Posterior pelvis is round and wide . Sacrum is parallel with the symphysis pubis ; hollow and concave . Favors vaginal delivery . Seen in 50 % of all women . THE ANTHROPOID PELVIS Inlet heart - shaped . Posterior sagittal diameter of ...
... Posterior pelvis is round and wide . Sacrum is parallel with the symphysis pubis ; hollow and concave . Favors vaginal delivery . Seen in 50 % of all women . THE ANTHROPOID PELVIS Inlet heart - shaped . Posterior sagittal diameter of ...
Contents
Nutritional Assessment Nikki | 16 |
Transcultural Considerations in Assessment | 39 |
Mental Status Assessment Mr Fletcher | 40 |
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abdomen ABNORMAL FINDINGS abuse adolescent Aging Adult alcohol artery Ask the person assessment Auscultation behavior blood pressure body breast breath cancer cause cervix Chapter chest child chronic clinical CLINICAL CASE STUDY color common cranial nerve Critical Thinking cultural cyanosis decreased diagnosis diastolic disease dyspnea edema enlarged feel female fingers fluid function gland hair heart heart sounds hepatitis Hispanic hypertension illness Impaired increased infection Inspect interview joint lesions loss lung male motor muscle Native Americans NORMAL RANGE Note Nurs Nurse Pract NURSING DIAGNOSES nutritional objective data occurs otitis media otoscope pain palpation parent patient pediatric percussion Philadelphia physical examination position posterior pregnancy problems pulse RANGE OF FINDINGS reflex response risk Saunders sclera screening scrotum self-care sexual side skin sounds stethoscope swelling symptoms systolic Table tenderness tion tissue Transcultural trauma usually uterus vaccine vaginal valve weight women