Assessment & Diagnosis

Atlas of Human Anatomy uses Frank H. Netter, MD's detailed illustrations to demystify this often intimidating subject, providing a coherent, lasting visual vocabulary for understanding anatomy and how it applies to medicine. This fifth edition features a stronger clinical focus-with new diagnostic imaging examples--making it easier to correlate anatomy with practice. Student Consult online access includes supplementary learning resources, from additional illustrations to an anatomy dissection guide and more. Netter. It's how you know.

• See anatomy from a clinical perspective with hundreds of exquisite, hand-painted illustrations created by, and in the tradition of, pre-eminent medical illustrator Frank H. Netter, MD.
• Join the global community of healthcare professionals who've mastered anatomy the Netter way!
• Expand your study at Student Consult online, where you'll find a suite of learning aids including selected Netter illustrations, additional clinically focused illustrations and radiologic images, videos from Netter's 3D Interactive Anatomy, dissection modules, an anatomy dissection guide, multiple-choice review questions, "drag-and-drop" exercises, clinical pearls, clinical cases, survival guides, surgical procedures, and more.
• Correlate anatomy with practice through an increased clinical focus, many new diagnostic imaging examples, and bonus clinical illustrations and guides online.

With an easy-to-read approach and unmatched learning support, Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 6th Edition offers a clear, logical, and holistic approach to physical exam across the lifespan. Detailed illustrations, summary checklists, and new learning resources ensure that you learn all the skills you need to know. This gold standard in physical exam reflects what is going on in nursing today with coverage of emerging trends and new evidence-based content. It's easy to see why this text is, far and away, #1 in this market!

• A clear, conversational writing style makes learning easier.
• A two-column format distinguishes normal findings from abnormal findings, and uses color, step-by-step photos to clarify examination techniques and expected findings.
• Over 1,000 full-color illustrations present anatomy and physiology, examination techniques, and abnormal findings.
• Developmental considerations help in caring for patients across the lifespan with age-specific assessment techniques for infants, children, adolescents, pregnant females, and older adults.
• Abnormal findings tables include over 300 pathology photos to help in recognizing, sorting, and describing abnormalities.
• Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle boxes enable patient teaching and health promotion while performing the health assessment.
• An emphasis on cultural competencies reflects today's care considerations for an increasingly diverse patient population.
• Documentation examples show how to record assessment findings in the patient's chart, using the SOAP format.
• Summary checklists provide a quick review of examination steps.
• Spanish-language translations on the inside back cover highlight important phrases for better communication during the physical examination.
• A companion Evolve website helps you review key content offering case studies with critical thinking questions, printable health promotion handouts, a head-to-toe examination video, heart and lung sounds, audio chapter summaries, and more.

• NEW evidence-based guidelines reflect a focus on conducting the most effective, qualitative exams.
• NEW Substance Use Assessment chapter addresses this increasingly critical aspect of holistic patient assessments.
• 100 new photos of step-by-step examination techniques include all-new exam panoramas for key systems.
• 100 new abnormal findings photos provide instant visual cues for findings that are unexpected or that require referral for follow-up care.
• Expanded chapter on assessment of the hospitalized adult provides a focused assessment of the patient in the hospital setting.
• New content on obesity provides current information on this growing health problem.

Use this convenient resource to formulate nursing diagnoses and create individualized care plans! Updated with the most recent NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 9th Edition shows you how to build customized care plans using a three-step process: assess, diagnose, and plan care. It includes suggested nursing diagnoses for over 1,300 client symptoms, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, diagnostic procedures, surgical interventions, and clinical states. Authors Elizabeth Ackley and Gail Ladwig use Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) and Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) information to guide you in creating care plans that include desired outcomes, interventions, patient teaching, and evidence-based rationales.

• Promotes evidence-based interventions and rationales by including recent or classic research that supports the use of each intervention.
• Unique! Provides care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis.
• Includes step-by-step instructions on how to use the Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections to create a unique, individualized plan of care.
• Includes pediatric, geriatric, multicultural, and home care interventions as necessary for plans of care.
• Includes examples of and suggested NIC interventions and NOC outcomes in each care plan.
• Allows quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses with alphabetical thumb tabs.
• Unique! Includes a Care Plan Constructor on the companion Evolve website for hands-on practice in creating customized plans of care.
• Includes the new 2009-2011 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses including 21 new and 8 revised diagnoses.
• Illustrates the Problem-Etiology-Symptom format with an easy-to-follow, colored-coded box to help you in formulating diagnostic statements.
• Explains the difference between the three types of nursing diagnoses.
• Expands information explaining the difference between actual and potential problems in performing an assessment.
• Adds detailed information on the multidisciplinary and collaborative aspect of nursing and how it affects care planning.
• Shows how care planning is used in everyday nursing practice to provide effective nursing care.

Reinforce your understanding of essential examination and assessment skills and with this lab manual companion to Carolyn Jarvis' Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 6^th Edition. A wide variety of checklists, activities, and exercises challenge you to apply your knowledge and provide hands-on practice.

• A variety of review questions and study activities test your understanding of key points and procedures:

• Short answer
• Fill-in-the-blank
• Multiple-choice
• Matching
• Anatomy labeling exercises
• Regional write-up sheets familiarize you with physical examination forms and provide practice for recording narrative accounts of patient history and examination findings.
• Reading assignments help you review relevant textbook content with convenient chapter and page references.
• Clinical objectives for each chapter help you study more effectively.
• A comprehensive glossary provides fast, easy access to key terms and definitions from the textbook.

• New assessment tools and updated illustrations test your retention and understanding.
• Updated evidence-based practice guidelines throughout the manual reflect the most current research and assessment practices.

Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination is a comprehensive textbook of physical examination, history-taking, and health assessment with a unique emphasis on differential diagnosis and variations across the lifespan. The book conveys a uniquely compassionate, patient-centered approach to physical examination with a strong evidence-based foundation.

• Clinical Pearls boxes give brief clinical insights with expert tips on techniques, findings, and patient teaching.
• Mnemonic boxes deliver engaging auditory, visual, and other memory cues to help you remember series of assessment or exam steps.
• Physical Variations boxes detail multicultural considerations for assessing patients from diverse ethnic and cultural groups.
• Staying Well boxes describe holistic approaches to health promotion and patient teaching.
• Risk Factors boxes highlight modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for a variety of conditions.
• Differential Diagnosis boxes give comparisons of expected findings for similar conditions and explain how disease presentations vary.
• Physical Examination boxes provide current data on the most effective techniques for delivering quality patient care.
• Functional Assessment boxes focus on the patient's functional abilities and present a holistic approach to patient care.
• Downloadable text and PDA summaries allow for quick review of the key steps in each system exam.
• Dynamic learning exercises on the companion website test your knowledge and provide instant feedback on your progress.

• Updates throughout reflect the latest research findings and evidence-based practice for techniques, normal and abnormal findings, genetics, and assessment.
• 60 video clips demonstrate exam techniques for each system and are downloadable for use on Video iPod devices.
• 25 new anatomy and physiology animations provide narrated explanations of processes beneath the skin.
• New audio chapter summaries, downloadable for use on MP3 players, offer a convenient way to review key content on the go.
• New 3-column tables featuring Pathophysiology, Subjective Data, and Objective Data provide an illustrated reference that allows for quick and accurate comparisons.
• 75 new illustrations and dozens of new photos of normal and abnormal findings help to clarify anatomic concepts and exam techniques.

Widely used in both academic and clinical settings, this comprehensive resource provides clear, concise coverage of more than 700 of the most commonly performed diagnostic and laboratory tests - including 30 new to this edition. Chapters are organized by test type and begin with a list of the tests covered, followed by a test type overview with specimen collection techniques. Tests are presented in a consistent format with normal findings, indications, test explanation, procedure and patient care, and test results and clinical significance, as well as any applicable contraindications, potential complications, interfering factors, and related tests.

• A full-color design and 127 photographs and illustrations depict procedures, equipment, techniques, and key concepts.
• Provides comprehensive coverage of more than 700 diagnostic and laboratory tests routinely performed today.
• UNIQUE! Test Results and Clinical Significance sections explain pathophysiology and how test results may indicate certain disease processes.
• Color-coded thumb-tabs, alphabetically organized chapters, and two appendixes that list all tests - one in alphabetical order and the other organized by body system - make every test easy to find.
• Critical Values alert you to situations requiring immediate intervention.
• UNIQUE! Related Tests sections list tests that provide similar information or are used to evaluate the same body system, disease process, or symptom.
• UNIQUE! Clinical Priorities boxes emphasize information that must be kept in mind when preparing a patient for testing, performing a test, and evaluating results.
• UNIQUE! An icon for drug-related Interfering Factors alerts you to the effects of pharmacologic agents on tests.
• A patient teaching icon indicates information that should be shared with patients and their families.
• Home Care Responsibilities boxes provide important patient teaching guidelines and instructions for patients outside the acute care setting.
• UNIQUE! Age-Related Concerns boxes address the special needs of pediatric and geriatric patients and critical age-related variations in values.
• SI units are included in the Normal Findings section of appropriate tests.
• Convenient lists of disease and organ panels, test abbreviations, and tests by body system offer quick access to frequently referenced information.
• A comprehensive index includes the names of all tests and their synonyms, as well as other relevant terms found within test entries for quick access in the clinical setting.

• Completely updated content with 30 new tests, including ductoscopy, thyroglobulin, lactoferrin, and human papillomavirus.
• New full-color photographs and enhanced illustrations clarify key concepts and demonstrate testing techniques.