Physical Assessment Skills

This easy to use guide provides step-by-step instruction—with accompanying rationales—on vital physical assessment skills. Full color photographs clearly illustrate key steps and important additional information such as: delegation considerations, and pediatric or home health considerations provide additional insight.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions and rationales for physical assessment skills, with color photos illustrating key steps. Chapters on areas such as basic care and special procedures present instructions for specific skills, with notes on assessment and planning, client education, and documentation, plus variations for different populations. Cases and questions are included. Altman is on the faculty of the School of Nursing, University of Washington. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Gaylene Altman, RN, Ph.D., is the Director of the Learning Lab at one of the most prestigious nursing schools in the country, the University of Washington. She has more than 25 years of teaching experience and has taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition, Dr. Altman was one of the pioneers in initiating coronary care units and a mobile coronary care system in the state of Washington during the 1970s.