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Author Engel, Joyce.

Title Pocket guide to pediatric assessment / Joyce Engel
Edition Third edition
Published St. Louis ; London : Mosby, [1997]
©1997

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 WATERFT HEALTH  618.920075 Eng/Pgt 1997  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 362 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Series Mosby's pocket guide series
Mosby's pocket guide series.
Contents 1. Beginning the Assessment -- 2. Dimensions of a History -- 3. Family Assessment -- 4. Home Visits and Assessments -- 5. Physical Assessment -- 6. Preparation for Examination -- 7. Dimensions of Nutritional Assessment -- 8. Body Temperature, Pulse, and Respirations -- 9. Blood Pressure -- 10. Integument -- 11. Head and Neck -- 12. Ears -- 13. Eyes -- 14. Face, Nose, and Oral Cavity -- 15. Thorax and Lungs -- 16. Cardiovascular System -- 17. Abdomen -- 18. Lymphatic System -- 19. Reproductive System -- 20. Musculoskeletal System -- 21. Nervous System -- 22. Development -- 23. Assessment of Child Abuse -- 24. Completing the Examination -- App. A. Developmental Assessment -- App. B. Growth Charts -- App. C. Normal Laboratory Values -- App. D. Immunization Schedules for Infants and Children -- App. E. Sample Documentation of a Child Health History
Summary This concise, clinically oriented reference provides students and practicing nurses with a comprehensive guide to physical, psychosocial, developmental, and home-based assessments. The book begins with a description of history taking and includes approaches to children at various ages. Anatomical, physiological, and psychosocial developmental variations are incorporated, as well as normal and abnormal findings
Notes Cover title: Pediatric assessment
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Children -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Children -- Medical examination -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Children -- Medical examinations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nursing assessment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Pediatric nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical diagnosis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical diagnosis -- in children -- Study and teaching
Pediatric Nursing.
Child.
Infant.
Nursing Assessment.
Physical Examination.
Nursing Assessment.
Nursing Assessment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Pediatric Nursing.
Physical Examination.
Genre/Form Handbook.
Nurses Instruction.
Handbooks and manuals.
LC no. 96029197
ISBN 0815131577 (alk. paper)
Other Titles Pediatric Assessment