Skillmasters; 3-minute assessment, 2d ed.1582558647 Skillmasters; 3-minute assessment, 2d ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2007 250 pages $34.95 Spiral Binding spiral binding n. A binding for notebooks and booklets in which a cylindrical spiral of wire or plastic is passed through a row of punched holes at the edge of a tablet. RT48 Organized by body system, the 14 chapters in this nursing handbook review the relevant anatomy and physiology before describing procedures for performing a physical assessment of the system using inspection, palpation palpation /pal·pa·tion/ (pal-pa´shun) the act of feeling with the hand; the application of the fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body for the purpose of determining the condition of the parts beneath in physical diagnosis. , percussion percussion /per·cus·sion/ (per-kush´un) the act of striking a part with short, sharp blows as an aid in diagnosing the condition of the underlying parts by the sound obtained. , and auscultation auscultation Procedure for detecting certain defects or conditions by listening for normal and abnormal heart, breath, bowel, fetal, and other sounds in the body. The invention of the stethoscope in 1819 improved and expanded this practice, still very useful despite the . Some black-and- white illustrations are provided. The second edition adds a chapter on documentation and an appendix on domestic abuse assessment. Spiral wire binding. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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