Spiritual Assessment in Healthcare Practice

Publisher: M and K Update
August 2010
Paperback: 190 pages
ISBN-10: 1905539274
ISBN-13: 978-1905539277 

There has been a groundswell of interest in and recognition of the importance the spiritual part of a person's life has to play in coping with/recovery from illness as well as in the attainment and maintenance of health, wellbeing and quality of life. Addressing the spiritual part of life is now a key part of the health care professional's job but this raises the question of how this part of life can be assessed and catered for and how health care professionals might be equipped for this task. Wilf McSherry and Linda Ross's new edited text tackles this very issue with contributors from different disciplines (including nursing, medicine, theology and chaplaincy) and countries (UK, USA, Malta) offering their own perspectives on this important part of care. Each chapter, therefore, has its own unique style but is concerned with one outcome, to see spiritual assessment and care as an integral part of holistic care whatever the setting. 

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Health Assessment in Nursing

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
4th international edition
November 1, 2009
Hardcover: 896 pages
ISBN-10: 1608316084
ISBN-13: 978-1608316083 

This comprehensive assessment text is designed as a learning system, with a modular format that allows personal customization and ease of use. Unit One provides a complete "Overview of nursing". Unit Two, which covers "Nursing Assessment of the Adult and Older Adult", includes a chapter on general impressions and 14 body system chapters. Each of these is divided into three distinctive parts: structures and functions; nursing assessment; and analysis of data (this explains the second step of the nursing process in relation to particular data collected during assessment). The third and final unit, "Nursing Assessment of Special Groups", includes chapters on infants and children, childbearing women, the family and the community. A nursing history section uses a 2-column question/rationale format to explain why each question is asked. A physical assessment section uses a 3-column format for assessment techniques, including procedure, normal findings and abnormal findings. Useful pedagogy includes a physical assessment checklist, risk factor displays, "how to use" equipment displays, and critical thinking exercises. Learning system enhancements include a clear plastic ruler, tape measure, pen light, pencil and pen which are provided for students to use in real life assessment situations. 

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Student Laboratory Manual For Bates' Nursing Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Stu Lab edition - Jan 1 2012
Paperback 200
ISBN-10: 0781780632
ISBN-13: 978-0781780636 

This Student Laboratory Manual was written by Jo Anne Kirk, RN, MSN, to accompany Bates’ Nursing Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by 

Beth Hogan-Quigley, Mary Louise Palm, and Lynn S. Bickley. Each chapter has a corresponding textbook chapter and contains activities to help you retain and apply the knowledge you have gained from the associated textbook. 

Features include: 

1. Learning Objectives: Each chapter begins with a review of the stated Learning Objectives from the corresponding textbook chapter. 

2. Study Guide: The Study Guide portion of each chapter includes combinations of fill-in-the-blank, labeling, matching, sequencing, short-answer, and multiple-choice questions. All of these exercises help students to reinforce knowledge, synthesize concepts, prepare for tests, and ensure their understanding of Physical Examination and History taking. An answer key to each chapter is provided at the end of the manual. 

3. Case Studies: These scenarios focus on critical thinking. They ask students to consider how responses to patients would change with different assessment data, patient background, medical diagnoses, and other key variables. 

4. Documentation: Where applicable, the chapters include the Form for Use in Practice, which serves as a quick checklist by which students can ensure that they are covering all key areas of the health History and Physical assessment. This helps to Guide 

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Pocket Guide for Nursing Health Assessment A Best Practice Approach

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
1st edition - October 25, 2010
Paperback: 552 pages
ISBN-10: 1582558469
ISBN-13: 978-1582558462 

This full-color spiral-bound pocket guide provides quick access to all aspects of the nursing health history and physical examination. It includes key topics and questions for health promotion, common symptoms, and sentinel symptoms requiring immediate medical intervention. This clinical guide is a perfect companion to Jensen's Nursing Health Assessment: A Best Practice Approach. 

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Health Assessment Made Incredibly Visual

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
1st edition - April 20, 2006
Paperback: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 1582559856
ISBN-13: 978-1582559858 

Building on and strengthening the reader-friendly, award-winning Incredibly Easy! Series® features, Health Assessment Made Incredibly Visual! maximizes visual learning to help nurses master patient assessment. Hundreds of detailed and colorful photographs, diagrams, charts, and other visual aids guide nurses through each step of performing a head-to-toe physical examination and identifying normal and abnormal findings.

Lighthearted logos reinforce key points. Best Picture graphically displays the best way to perform a technique. Take Note features lifelike charts showing how to document findings. Outside the Norm presents clear illustrations of abnormal findings. Memory Board presents visual mnemonics to help nurses remember difficult concepts. "Vision Quest" puzzles test readers' knowledge in an entertaining way. 

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Vision Loss in Older Adults Nursing Assessment and Care Management

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
1st edition - September 18, 2006
Paperback: 232 pages
ISBN-10: 0826102182
ISBN-13: 978-0826102188 

This helpful and practical book provides an overview of vision problems in the older adult, ranging from retinopathies and age-related macular degeneration to cataracts and diabetic retinopathy. The contributions outline the prevention, assessment, and management of the major causes of vision loss, supplying nurses with information about the psychological and social impact of vision loss on the older adult and their families. The chapters further discuss resources and assistive devices for those affected and conclude with a look at innovations in the treatment of conditions contributing to vision loss in the older adult population. 

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A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
1st edition - March 16, 2004
Paperback: 448 pages
ISBN-10: 9781582553191
ISBN-13: 978-1582553191 

Offers information on history taking, physical examination, and interpretation of findings in two methods for each page. Offers a detailed, in-depth narrative text on one column and the same information is presented in a concise format in the other column. For nurses. Softcover. DNLM: Nursing Assessment--methods--Handbooks. 

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Physical Assessment For Nurses

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
19 July 2004
Paperback: 368 pages
ISBN-10: 1405105909
ISBN-13: 978-1405105903 

Physical assessment is a means of evaluating health status using a combination of clinical examination and history taking. A complete physical assessment should form the basis of all nursing care. 

Physical Assessment for Nurses is aimed at all advanced nurse practitioners and nurses preparing to become advanced nurse practitioners. It forms the foundation for extending practice. The text explores best practice in history taking and summarizes the key clinical skills needed to develop and improve physical examination skills and to competently assess, diagnose, plan and provide care. 

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Nurses and Families A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention

Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
5th edition - March 27, 2009
Paperback: 344 pages
ISBN-10: 0803621302
ISBN-13: 978-0803621305 

The ideal "how-to" book! Innovative ideas to increase critical thinking Practical guidelines for family interviewing Clinical tools, skills and examples Harness the power of the nurse-family relationship! Use the thoroughly revised Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models to assess families effectively and know when and how to intervene to reduce suffering and promote health. From theory to practice...polish the skills you need to... Use questions in family interviewing more effectively New Chapter - How to Use Questions in Family Interviewing Consider issues of diversity, such as: Ethnicity, race, culture, sexual orientation, gender, and socioeconomic class Assist families to manage complex health, social, and emotional problems such as genetics, terrorism, obesity, unemployment, etc. Conduct a fifteen minute (or shorter) family interview Avoid the three most common errors in family nursing Create genograms for families with multiple unions, parents and siblings Prepare, conduct, terminate and document family interviews .

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Nursing Health Assessment A Critical Thinking, Case Studies Approach

Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
Number Of Pages: 1090
Publication Date: 2007-01-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0803615795
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780803615793 

Patricia M. Dillon's new 2nd edition of "Nursing Health Assessment: A Critical Thinking, Case Studies Approach" delivers an alternative to books that present health assessment as a collection of techniques with no integrated focus. Dillon delivers an innovative approach that engages students in the assessment process through three important retention-developing features: Body Systems Integration - outlined clearly in illustrations. It teaches students to see the relationships among the various body systems. Case Studies - woven through the chapters. It gives meaning to the assessment and essentially states, "You are assessing this patient!" to students. Critical Thinking - introduced up front and integrated throughout all the chapters. Dillon delivers in her updated 2nd edition with the key features designed to make students think, learn and do! 

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Bates guide to physical examination and history taking

By Lynn S. Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi 

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2008) 

Hardback - 992 pages 

ISBN 0781780586 

The Tenth Edition of this classic text provides the best foundation for performing physical examinations and taking the patient history. The book features a beautiful full-color art program and a clear, simple two-column format, with highly visual step-by-step examination techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right. This edition's health promotion sections have been extensively updated and expanded in all chapters. Detailed information on pain assessment is now included in the general survey, vital signs, and pain chapter. A new chapter presents assessment of mental health status and behavior to encompass the psychosocial dimensions of care. Other highlights include increased evidence-based content and over 50 new drawings and photos.

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Physical Examination Procedures for Advanced Nurses

Publisher: Hodder Arnold

1st edition - 25 Dec 2009)

Paperback: 139 pages 

ISBN-10: 0340967587 

ISBN-13: 978-0340967584 

A practical overview of the skills and rationale for physical examination, this book is a useful reference for student practitioners in nursing and other non-medical prescriber and is an essential revision aid in the build up to clinical exams. 

This book provides a quick reference guide to the procedures and skills needed to perform physical examination of adults, backed up with evidence and clinical guidelines enabling the reader to justify the way they perform each physical examination. A step-by-step checklist for each body system is presented alongside a rationale to aid understanding and reinforce learning, and is followed by case studies to put the information into context. Further discussion of evidence and clinical guidelines give readers confidence in explaining the way they perform each physical examination. 

This is an essential guide for students on specialist and advanced nurse practitioner courses, paramedics and supplementary and independent prescriber, including nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, and radiographers. 

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