Mosby's Pocket Guide to Pediatric Assessment

Offering a concise but comprehensive approach to health assessment for the pediatric client, this updated edition begins with a general description of history taking and includes approaches to children at various ages, nutritional assessment, and measurement and evaluation of vital signs. Emphasis is on how-to information, including how and what to assess in each body system.

List of contents

1. Health History

2. Measurement of Vital Signs

3. Assessment of Body Systems

4. General Assessment

5. Concluding the Assessment

Appendices

A. Developmental Assessment

B. Growth Charts

C. Normal Laboratory Values

D. Immunization Schedules for Infants and Children

E. Sample Documentation of a Child Health History

F. Bibliography

Index

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Engel, Joyce K Engel, Joyce K. Engel, Joyce M. Engel, Joyce K. Engel
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780323044127
• ISBN: 978-0-323-04412-7
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 187 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Nursing Pocket Guides; Mosby's Pocket Guide Series; Nursing Pocket Guides; Mosby's Pocket Guide Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Diagnosis, MEDICAL / Pediatrics, Paediatric medicine, Medical Diagnosis, Paediatric medicine / child and adolescent medicine