Clinical Pocket Guide for Health & Physical Assessment in Nursing, 3rd edition

To help readers use this guide effectively, the following features were developed for the body system chapters, chapters 6 through 19:

• The Anatomy and Physiology Review includes pertinent diagrams and illustrations.
• Special Considerations sections identify health promotion, psychosocial, cultural and environmental considerations. They also highlight differences in considerations for infants and children, pregnant women, and older adults.
• Gathering the Data guides the reader through the interviewing process while suggesting specific questions to ask, both generally and related to specific populations.
• The Physical Assessment process includes Equipment, Helpful Hints, Techniques, Normal Findings, and Abnormal Findings, and Special Considerations.
• The sections on Abnormal Findings describe and illustrate common conditions.

• NEW: New to this edition of the pocket guide and main text is Chapter 3, Assessment of Vulnerable Populations. The guide for this chapter includes need-to-know information regarding common barriers to health among various racial and ethnic groups, vulnerabilities based on age and gender, and geographical influences on population vulnerability. Disabled persons and socioeconomic factors are also included in a quick-reference format.

• New to this edition of the pocket guide and main text is Chapter 3, Assessment of Vulnerable Populations. The guide for this chapter includes need-to-know information regarding common barriers to health among various racial and ethnic groups, vulnerabilities based on age and gender, and geographical influences on population vulnerability. Disabled persons and socioeconomic factors are also inc