Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning

Description

Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning, Fourth Edition covers the diagnostic reasoning process that providers must follow when assessing an actual case. The Fourth Edition outlines each step of the health assessment process and further demonstrates the link between health history and physical examination. It also provides the healthcare professional with the essential data needed to formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan. Three introductory chapters cover general strategies for health history taking, physical examination, and documentation, and the remaining chapters cover clinical aspects of assessment, and focus on various systemic disorders New chapters on spiritual, cultural, and nutritional assessment Updated chapters on female genitourinary and breast disorders and musculoskeletal disorders Patient health history and physical examination are presented are presented in two columns: the first column gives the action, and the second column lists normal and abnormal findings, and possible diagnoses associated with those findings Every clinical chapter contains a differential diagnosis of common disorders as well as a section on the assessment of special populations Part 1 Strategies for Effective Health Assessment Chapter 1 Interview and History-Taking Strategies Chapter 2 Physical Examination Strategies Chapter 3 Documentation Strategies Chapter 4 Cultural and Spiritual Assessment Chapter 5 Nutritional Assessment Part 2 Advanced Assessment of Systemic Disorders Chapter 6 Mental Health Disorders Chapter 7 Integumentary Disorders Chapter 8 Eye Disorders Chapter 9 Ear Disorders Chapter 10 Nose, Sinus, Mouth, and Throat Disorders Chapter 11 Respiratory Disorders Chapter 12 Cardiovascular Disorders Chapter 13 Endocrine Disorders Chapter 14 Gastrointestinal Disorders Chapter 15 Neurological Disorders Chapter 16 Male Genitourinary Disorders Chapter 17 Female Genitourinary and Breast Disorders Chapter 18 Musculoskeletal Disorders