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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... Fluid Volume Deficit Fluid Volume Deficit , Risk for Fluid Volume Excess * Fluid Volume Imbalance , Risk for Gas Exchange , Impaired Grieving , Anticipatory Grieving , Dysfunctional * Growth , Risk for Altered Growth and Development ...
... Fluid Volume Deficit Fluid Volume Deficit , Risk for Fluid Volume Excess * Fluid Volume Imbalance , Risk for Gas Exchange , Impaired Grieving , Anticipatory Grieving , Dysfunctional * Growth , Risk for Altered Growth and Development ...
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... fluid . Just like grease on gears , synovial fluid allows sliding of opposing surfaces , and this sliding permits movement . In synovial joints , a layer of resilient cartilage covers the surface of opposing bones . Cartilage is ...
... fluid . Just like grease on gears , synovial fluid allows sliding of opposing surfaces , and this sliding permits movement . In synovial joints , a layer of resilient cartilage covers the surface of opposing bones . Cartilage is ...
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... fluid ( effusion ) , thick- ening of the synovial lining , in- flammation of surrounding soft tissue ( bursae ... fluid is present in the normal joint , but it is not palpable . Palpable fluid is abnormal . Because fluid is contained in ...
... fluid ( effusion ) , thick- ening of the synovial lining , in- flammation of surrounding soft tissue ( bursae ... fluid is present in the normal joint , but it is not palpable . Palpable fluid is abnormal . Because fluid is contained in ...
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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