Cole Clare - Jarviss physical examination & health assessment: pocket companion

Jarviss PHYSICAL EXAMINATION & Health Assessment

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND EDITION

Clare Cole, RN, BN, Grad Cert Nurs (Ortho), MEdSt, MRCNA

Lecturer/Academic, University of Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Olivia Hill, BN(Hons)

Lecturer (Master of Nursing Science), The University of Western Australia, WA, Australia

Rosemary Saunders, RN, MPH, PGDipHlthProm, BAppSc, MRCNA

Course Coordinator (Master of Nursing Science), The University of Western Australia, WA, Australia

SAUNDERS

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Jarvis, Carolyn.

Jarviss physical examination & health assessment : pocket companion/by Carolyn Jarvis; Australian adapting editors: Clare Cole, Olivia Hill and Rosemary Saunders.

Australian and New Zealand ed.

9780729539753 (pbk.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical diagnosisHandbooks, manuals, etc.

Nursing assessment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Cole, Clare.

Hill, Olivia.

Saunders, Rosemary.

616.0754

Publisher: Libby Houston

Developmental Editor: Elizabeth Coady

Publishing Services Manager: Helena Klijn

Project Coordinator: Lisa Shillan

Edited by Sybil Kesteven

Proofread by Sarah Newton-John

Cover design by Lisa Petroff

Internal design and typesetting by Midland Typesetters, Australia

Index by Cynthia Swanson

Printed in China by tbc

Preface

The first ANZ edition of Pocket Companion for Physical Examination and Health Assessment is designed for two groupsthose who need a practical clinical reference and those acquiring beginning assessment skills. The Pocket Companion is useful for examination sequencing, when learning new techniques or working in different clinical areas.

The ANZ edition of the Pocket Companion aligns with Jarviss Physical Examination & Health Assessment ANZ edition and is an ideal quick reference guide for students or nurses to carry with them in the clinical setting. The essential steps for health assessment are presented in an easy to use, two-column format, which highlights the contrast between normal and abnormal findings. Clear explanation, accompanied by extensive diagrams and photos of examination techniques, provides a valuable and reassuring reference to both students and nurses.

The Pocket Companion has been adapted in line with the adaptation of the parent text, the first ANZ edition of Jarviss Physical Examination and Health Assessment. For those times when readers need detailed coverage of a particular technique or finding, it is easily found through numerous cross-references to the parent text.

Key features of the Pocket Companion:

interviewing, health history and assessment techniques are outlined.

system chapters are ordered by

cultural and social considerations, where relevant.

developmental considerations, where relevant.

summary checklists for each chapter

integration of the complete physical examination.

Acknowledgments

The adapting editors would like to thank the following people:

the Elsevier team for the opportunity to undertake this adaptation; specifically Elizabeth Coady, Libby Houston, Sybil Kesteven and Lisa Shillan for facilitating the entire process

the reviewers for their useful feedback which helped to shape the Pocket Companion

the authors of the ANZ edition of Jarviss Physical Examination & Health Assessment, Elizabeth Watt and Helen Forbes, for their feedback and guidance

our employers at The University of Western Australia and the University of Ballarat.

Reviewers

Trish Burton, DipAppSc, BSc, BAppSc, MEd, PhD

Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Victoria University, VIC, Australia

Helen Forbes, RN, BAppSc (Adv Nurs), MEdStudies, PhD

Director of Teaching and Learning, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, VIC, Australia

Martin Owen, RPN, RN, CCNC, DipNurs, BN(Hons)

Lecturer in Nursing, Deakin University, VIC, Australia

Jennifer Rabach, RN, BAppSci(AdvNsg), MEd, FRCNA

Lecturer and International Coordinator, Victoria University, VIC, Australia

Elizabeth Watt, RN, RM, DipN, BAppSc (Adv Nurs), MNS, Cert Prom Cont, FRCNA

Head, Clinical School of Nursing at Austin Health, Division of Nursing & Midwifery, La Trobe University, VIC, Australia

Mandy Williams, RN (UK), RN (NZ) MHS (Health Professional Education)

BlendEd Learning Coordinator, Waiariki Institute of Technology, Rotorua, New Zealand

Inside Front Cover

Throughout this text we have used JF&W to refer to Jarvis, Forbes & Watt: Jarviss Physical examination and health assessment

2012, Sydney, Elsevier Australia

Chapter One The health assessment interview and the health history

The health history is important in beginning to identify the persons health strengths and problems and as a bridge to the next step in data collection, the physical examination.

The health history collects subjective data, what the person says about themselves. This is the first and the best chance a person has to tell you what they perceive their health state to be.