Advanced health assessment and diagnostic reasoning /

Rhoads, Jacqueline, 1948-

Advanced health assessment and diagnostic reasoning / Jacqueline Rhoads, PhD, ACNP-BC, ANP-C, GNP-BE, PMHNP-BE, FAANP, Professor, School of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, Sandra Wiggins Petersen, DNP, APRN, FNP/GNP-BC, PMHNP-BE, FAANP, Professor, Director of Nursing Practice Program, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, School of Nursing, the University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas. - Third edition. - xiv, 477 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Interviewing and history taking strategies -- Physical examination strategies -- Documentation strategies -- Mental health disorders -- Integumentary disorders -- Eye disorders -- Ear disorders -- Nose, sinus, mouth, and throat disorders -- Respiratory disorders -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Male genitourinary disorders -- Female genitourinary disorders -- Endocrine disorders -- Musculoskeletal disorders -- Neurological disorders.

"Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning, Third Edition covers the diagnostic reasoning process that providers must follow when assessing an actual case. The text 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."--Publisher's website.

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Nursing assessment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical diagnosis--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nursing Assessment.
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.
Diagnosis, Differential.


Handbooks and manuals.

616.075 / RJA