Patient-Focused Assessment
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-223938-7 (ISBN)
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Teaching and Learning Experience
This text presents a systematic, patient-centered approach to patient assessment. It provides:
An interdisciplinary approach: The text focuses on the patient rather than a specific health care discipline, making it a valuable resource across all health care professions.
Clear structure and organization: Logical organization and consistent chapter structure makes the text accessible, readable, and easy to navigate.
Clinical examples and case studies: Realistic examples and scenarios stimulate critical thinking and expose readers to real professional situations.
Effective learning resources: Proven pedagogical features help readers get the most out of the text with helpful hints, professional insight, and review tools.
Thom J. Mansen graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. He went on to earn his MS degree from the University of Utah in cardiovascular nursing as a clinical specialist and worked as a clinical specialist in the MICU at University of Utah Hospital. He earned his PhD in nursing from the University of Texas at Austin with an emphasis in nursing education administration. Dr. Mansen has been a nursing educator for 35 years, having taught at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Hope College/Calvin College in Holland/Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the College of Nursing, University of Utah. His primary classroom teaching responsibilities have been physical assessment, leadership/management (undergraduate/graduate), pathophysiology, medical-surgical nursing; and also clinical supervision of medical—surgical nursing students. He was also Program Director (Acting) and Baccalaureate Curriculum Coordinator. Dr. Mansen has been actively involved in developing computer and video methods and techniques for teaching and assessing student’s physical assessment skills. He developed the Head to Toe video disk with Dr. Sandra Haak, and later worked for Elsevier/Mosby in developing their Health Assessment Online. He also authored chapters for three editions of McCance & Huether’s Pathophysiology textbook and Understanding Pathophysiology. Dr. Mansen has made international presentations at the first, second, and third Hacettepe University School of Nursing’s International Nursing Management Conferences in Turkey. In 1996 he was awarded a Cockcroft Nursing Leadership Development Fellowship from the University of South Carolina, Charleston. Dr. Mansen has also been active in community and nursing organizations. He was elected to the Gamma Rho (University of Utah) Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau and served as its president from 1989 to 1991. He is also active in the American/Utah Nurses Association and served as president of UNA from 1998 to 2001. He is active in musical activities; he plays piano and organ and has sung with the Oratorio Society of Utah and Utah Opera productions.
Unit I
Chapter 1 The Foundation and Context of Assessment
Chapter 2 The Individual in Context
Chapter 3 The Provider in Context
Chapter 4 The Context of Interviewing
Unit II
Chapter 5 Health History
Chapter 6 Clinical Skills of Assessment for Physical Examination
Chapter 7 General Assessment and the Mental Status Exam
Chapter 8 Vital Signs
Chapter 9 Documentation
Unit III
Chapter 10 Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Chapter 11 The Pregnant Woman
Chapter 12 Assessment of Older Adults
Chapter 13 Nutrition Assessment
Chapter 14 High-Risk Assessments
Unit IV
Chapter 15 The Complete Physical Exam
Chapter 16 Skin
Chapter 17 Head and Neck
Chapter 18 The Eye
Chapter 19 The Ear
Chapter 20 Nose, Mouth, Sinuses and Throat
Chapter 21 Lymph Glands
Chapter 22 Breast and Axilla
Chapter 23 Lungs
Chapter 24 Heart
Chapter 25 Blood Vessels
Chapter 26 The Brain and Nerves
Chapter 27 Bones and Muscle
Chapter 28 The Abdomen
Chapter 29 Male Genitalia
Chapter 30 Female Genitalia
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.5.2014 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 223 x 284 mm |
| Gewicht | 2146 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung |
| Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Anamnese / Körperliche Untersuchung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-13-223938-8 / 0132239388 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-13-223938-7 / 9780132239387 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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