Physical Examination and Health AssessmentThis comprehensive, easy-to-read, full-color textbook is a standard in physical assessment that features a holistic approach and a strong nursing perspective. Step-by-step guidelines demonstrate the skills necessary to take a complete health history and perform a thorough physical examination on clients of all ages and cultural backgrounds, as well as pregnant women. This edition includes over 240 new full-color photographs and illustrations depicting a wide range of conditions. It also contains a new chapter on the pregnant female. Video Critical Thinking Questions in each body system chapter correspond with the Saunders Physical Examination and Health Assessment Series. Nursing diagnoses are separated into Risk and Wellness categories. This edition also includes updated appendices on the 1999 Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule for the U.S. and the CDC Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions. (Includes a CD ROM with case studies and a FREE SIMON website at: www.harcourthealth.com/SIMON/Jarvis/) |
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Page 450
... chest wall has the vertebral ( or mid- spinal ) line and the scapular line , which extends through the inferior angle of the scapula when the arms are at the sides of the body ( Fig . 16-4 ) . Lift up the person's arm 90 degrees , and ...
... chest wall has the vertebral ( or mid- spinal ) line and the scapular line , which extends through the inferior angle of the scapula when the arms are at the sides of the body ( Fig . 16-4 ) . Lift up the person's arm 90 degrees , and ...
Page 460
... CHEST Inspect the posterior chest Thoracic Cage Note the shape and configuration of the chest wall . The spinous processes should appear in a straight line . The thorax is symmetric , in an elliptical shape , with downward sloping ribs ...
... CHEST Inspect the posterior chest Thoracic Cage Note the shape and configuration of the chest wall . The spinous processes should appear in a straight line . The thorax is symmetric , in an elliptical shape , with downward sloping ribs ...
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... chest . The percussion note of hyperresonance occurs normally in the infant and young child owing to the relatively thin chest wall . Anything less than hyperresonance would have the same clinical significance as would dullness in the ...
... chest . The percussion note of hyperresonance occurs normally in the infant and young child owing to the relatively thin chest wall . Anything less than hyperresonance would have the same clinical significance as would dullness in the ...
Contents
Assessment of the Whole Person 1 CHAPTER NINETEEN | 3 |
Physical Examination | 163 |
Assessment for Health and Illness 3 CHAPTER TWENTY | 625 |
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