Nursing health assessment [electronic resource] : a critical thinking, case studies approach / Patricia M. Dillon ; illustrated by Dimitri Karenitkov ; photography by B. Proud.

Unit I. Getting started
Health assessment and the nurse ; Health history ; Approach to the physical assessment
Unit 2. Promoting health
Teaching the client ; Assessing wellness ; Assessing nutrition ; Spiritual assessment
Unit III. Systems physical assessment
Assessing the integumentary system ; Assessing the head, face, and neck ; Assessing the eye and ear ; Assessing the respiratory system ; Assessing the cardiovascular system ; Assessing the peripheral-vascular and lymphatic systems ; Assessing the breasts ; Assessing the abdomen ; Assessing the female genitourinary system ; Assessing the male genitourinary (GU) system ; Assessing the motor-musculoskeletal system ; Assessing the sensory-neurological system ; Putting it all together
Unit IV. Adapting assessment to special populations
Assessing the mother-to-be ; Assessing the newborn and infant ; Assessing the toddler and preschooler ; Assessing the school-age child and adolescent ; Assessing the older adult.