Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning, 4th Edition

ISBN: 9781284170313
ISBN-10: 1284170314
Copyright: 2021
Edition: 4th
Author: Rhoads, Jacqueline, Petersen, Sandra Wiggins,
Doody's Expert Review    Score: 73
Reviewer: Dr. MaryAnn Troiano,  DNP  (Monmouth University School of Nursing and Health Studies)
Description
This book provides a systematic approach to the history, physical examination procedures, and diagnostic reasoning for healthcare providers. It includes an extensive chief complaint and history of present illness section, a step-by-step physical examination encompassing action and rationale, boxes with colorful pictures of the particular examination being discussed and explanations of equipment techniques, and a sample documentation of a case study. An accompanying website includes chapter reviews, videos, and interactive lectures, but it was unavailable.
Purpose
The purpose is to present each step of a health assessment, demonstrating the links between health history and physical examination and illustrating the diagnostic reasoning process. These are worthy objectives that help in diagnosing and treating individuals. The book reinforces a true correlation among the history, physical examination, and diagnostic reasoning. The online format provides several avenues for students to learn at their own pace. While some need a book they can hold and read, auditory learners need an avenue that speaks to them, emphasizes important material, and enables them to listen at their own pace. This book meets the intended objectives by providing essential data needed to perform a complete physical examination with an emphasis on diagnosing and treating an individual.
Audience
This book can be used by healthcare providers and students in the fields of nursing, medicine, and allied health. It also can be used as a quick reference to review issues that arise in clinical practice. The book outlines in detail the specifics of performing a comprehensive history and physical and provides important rationales. The authors are nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and educators from a variety of universities.
Features
Part I stresses the strategies for effective health assessment. The first five chapters focus on the preliminary health examination including cultural and nutritional assessments. Part II covers the advanced assessment of systemic disorders. Each chapter provides a comprehensive anatomy and physiology review of a system followed by a detailed health history. The physical examination is thorough, outlining the equipment necessary, the components of an exam with action and rationale in side-by-side columns, special tests performed with colorful illustrations, differential diagnosis columns, and assessment of special populations. The section of diagnostic reasoning presents a diagnosis and plan followed by an extensive case study review. The chapters are quite thorough and explicit.
Assessment
This is a good book for students in nursing, medicine, and allied health in advanced health assessment and diagnostic reasoning. It gives them an in-depth explanation of the various components of physical examination and techniques.
Review Questionnaire
Range Question Score
1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 8
1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 6
1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5
1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4
1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4
1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5
1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5
1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 4
1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 3
1-5 Are there sufficient references? 3
1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 2
1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 2
1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4
1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A
1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 6
1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 8