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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.

Mosby’s Guide to Physical Examination

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.

Physical Examination and Health Assessment

With a clear, student-friendly approach, this text provides a solid understanding of how to perform a health assessment. Head-to-toe presentations show the steps of a physical examination in a logical sequence. Detailed illustrations, summary checklists, and new learning resources ensure that you learn all the skills you need to know. It’s easy to see why this text is, far and away, #1 in this market!

• Clear, approachable style of writing.
• Over 1,000 full-color illustrations present anatomy and physiology plus examination techniques.
• A two-column format distinguishes normal findings from abnormal findings, using color, step-by-step photos.
• Summary checklists in each body system chapter provide a quick review of exam steps.
• Documentation examples show the charting of normal findings.
• Extensive coverage of culture reflects the importance of diversity and cultural awareness.
• Nursing Diagnoses reflecting the most recent NANDA Taxonomy II terminology.
• Lifespan content is integrated throughout the text to show common variations for all age groups.
• Developmental Care sections cover age-specific content for pediatric, pregnant, and older adult patients.
• Clinical case studies cover focused assessment techniques for patients of different ages in different clinical situations.
• Spanish language translation chart includes key phrases for better communication during a physical examination.

• More than 100 color photographs and drawings are added.
• Abnormal Findings section, in full-color, large-photo atlas format, now differentiates abnormal findings for the student from those for advanced practice.
• Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle boxes highlight essential health promotion material, based on Healthy People 2010 guidelines.
• Unique Reassessment of the Hospitalized Patient chapter provides a focus for hospital-based assessments.
• Functional Assessment of the Older Adult chapter covers the special assessment techniques and findings for geriatric clients.
• A companion CD-ROM helps you apply your skills to realistic patient scenarios, with additional in-depth case studies, a complete head-to-toe examination video, printable health promotion handouts, heart and lung sounds, new bedside reassessment, and the 20 Most Common Conditions.

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