Mosby’s Expert Physical Exam Handbook: Rapid Inpatient and Outpatient Assessments, 3rd Edition

Mosby’s Expert Physical Exam Handbook is an essential resource for medical professionals in the medical-surgical setting. This comprehensive handbook provides the most up-to-date information on assessment techniques, normal and abnormal findings, and the assessment of patients with specific diseases and disorders.

Key Features of Mosby’s Expert Physical Exam Handbook

• Detailed instructions and tips for effective physical examination skills
• Step-by-step guides for examining each body region and system
• UNIQUE! Action Stats identify immediate actions for critical situations and provide guidance on what to do for patients with potentially life-threatening conditions
• UNIQUE! Disorder Close-Ups enable identification of abnormalities and determine when further analysis or treatment is needed
• Normal Findings summarize characteristic findings and acceptable variations based on age, sex, and condition of the patient
• UNIQUE! Interpreting Abnormal Findings helps analyze irregular findings and determine their causes
• A chapter on documentation highlights key information to record during the initial assessment, with guidelines for documenting findings for over 20 selected conditions
• Examination Tips save time with practical advice on how to examine patients more efficiently
• Lifespan Considerations provide guidelines for assessing patients of all ages to help individualize exams
• Cultural Considerations include valuable information on variations in findings and transcultural considerations for the increasingly multicultural population
• Anatomy Reviews with detailed anatomical illustrations refresh knowledge of anatomy for more accurate physical examinations

Why Choose Mosby’s Expert Physical Exam Handbook?

This handbook provides a solid foundation for learning to conduct more effective exams, with a comprehensive chapter on health history, equipment, examination techniques, and procedures. The easy-to-follow, step-by-step format covers all aspects of physical examination, promoting an efficient and logical approach to physical exams.

Additionally, the handbook includes interview questions and guidelines to help hone your interviewing skills and focus your physical assessments. How-to tips on individualizing the physical exam for patients with handicaps, pain, and serious illnesses enable you to effectively and accurately assess patients with special situations.

Expert Exam Checklists and Additional Resources

Expert Exam Checklists, available in the book and on the companion Evolve website, provide handy reminders for assessing each body region. With more illustrations and photographs than ever before, this handbook clearly shows normal anatomy, as well as normal and abnormal assessment findings.

A dual-function table of contents, with body systems cross-referencing in addition to a body regions organization, helps you quickly find the information you need. Spanish/English assessment terms enable accurate communication with Spanish-speaking patients.

Get the most out of your physical exam skills with Mosby’s Expert Physical Exam Handbook. Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research findings and evidence-based practice, this handbook is an indispensable resource for medical professionals.

Series: Mosby’s Expert Physical Exam Handbook

Spiral-bound: 400 pages

Publisher: Mosby; 3 edition (October 20, 2008)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0323057918

ISBN-13: 978-0323057912

eText ISBN: 9780323168427

eText ISBN: 9780323058292