Crouch / Meurier Health Assessment

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-30595-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Vital Notes for Nurses

Health assessment is central to effective planning, implementationand evaluation of nursing care. All nurses are accountable for thecare they provide and need to be able to accurately determinepatient needs in order to plan and deliver evidence-based care.Vital notes for nurses: Health assessment provides studentswith the knowledge required to consider the many different factorswhich can influence patient's health, comfort, well-being andrecovery and to confidently assess patient needs.
Vital notes for nurses: Health assessment exploresconcepts of holism, health and illness, factors to consider whenassessing patients, communication skills needed for assessment, andall aspects of holistic assessment including physical,psychological, social, cultural and spiritual factors andnutritional needs.
* Provides a concise, accessible introduction to healthassessment
* Includes physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritualhealth assessment
* Explores essential concepts in assessment and care planning
* Within the Vital Notes for Nurses series
* Adopts a holistic approach

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crouch, Anna T.

Meurier, Clency

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Human Body.
Chapter 2 Nursing Assessment and Care Planning.
Chapter 3 Concepts of health, illness and of holism.
Chapter 4 Factors to consider when assessing patients.
Chapter 5 Communication skills for holistic assessment.
Chapter 6 Physical assessment.
Chapter 7 Assesssment of Nutritional Status.
Chapter 8 Social Assessment in Health Care.
Chapter 9 Psychological Assessment.
Chapter 10 Cultural and Spiritual Health Assessment.
Glossary.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anna Crouch and Clency Meurier are both Senior Lecturers at University of Northampton.