Evidence-Based Physical Examination Textbook and Handbook Set: Best Practices for Health and Well-Being Assessment

Complete evidence-based guidance on the assessment of patients across the life span and development of sound clinical reasoning in one convenient and affordable set!

The Evidence-Based Physical Examination Textbook and Handbook Set delivers to healthcare clinicians and students an empirical approach to history-taking and physical assessment techniques while focusing on patient well-being and health promotion. It is based on an analysis of current evidence, up-to-date guidelines, and best-practice recommendations. The textbook offers the unique perspective of teaching both a holistic and a scientific approach to assessment. Chapters are consistently structured for ease of use and include anatomy and physiology, key history questions and considerations, physical examination, laboratory considerations, imaging considerations, evidence-based practice recommendations, and differential diagnoses related to normal and abnormal findings. Case studies, clinical pearls, and key takeaways aid retention, while abundant illustrations, clinical images, and videos demonstrate history-taking and assessment techniques.

The accompanying high-yield handbook can be used on-the-go to reinforce the most essential information for the assessment of patients across the life span, including key questions and considerations for the patient history, a step-by-step guide to physical examination, and important tips for interpreting assessment findings, differential diagnoses, and coverage of special populations.

Key Features:

• Delivers the evidence, acceptability, and clinical relevance behind history-taking and assessment techniques
• Focuses on the most current clinical guidelines and recommendations
• Strengthens advanced assessment and clinical-reasoning skills in preparation for clinical rotations and practice
• Demonstrates techniques with abundant illustrations, clinical images, and videos
• Aids retention through case studies, clinical pearls, key takeaways, and quick-reference tables
• Includes tips for interpreting assessment findings, Red Flag and Evidence-Based Considerations boxes, and sample documentation
• Includes robust instructor resources: chapter PowerPoint slides, a test bank with multiple-choice questions and essay questions, instructor's manual, and an image bank
• Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers

Kate Sustersic Gawlik, DNP, APRN-CNP, FAANP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
Project Manager, Million Hearts
Director of Undergraduate Health and Wellness Academic Programming
Co-Director of Health and Wellness Innovation in Healthcare
College of Nursing
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Dean
Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor of Evidence-based Practice
Vice President for Health Promotion
University Chief Wellness Officer
Executive Director, the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Alice M. Teall, DNP, APRN-CNP, FAANP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
Director of Graduate Health and Wellness Academic Programming
Director of Innovative Telehealth Services
Family Nurse Practitioner and Integrative Nurse Coach
College of Nursing
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio