Jarvis's Health Assessment and Physical Examination, 3rd Edition

Unit 1: Approaches and contexts of health assessment in nursing
1. The context and frameworks of health assessment
2. Critical thinking in health assessment
3. Developmental tasks across the life span
4. Cultural safety
5. Screening for family violence and abuse
6. Screening for substance abuse

Unit 2: Health assessment tools and techniques
7. The health assessment interview
8. The health history
9. Physical assessment techniques
10. General survey and vital signs

Unit 3: Assessing mental health, neurological and sensory function
11. Mental health assessment
12. Neurological assessment
13. Pain assessment
14. Eye assessment
15. Ear assessment

Unit 4: Assessing cardiovascular function
16. Peripheral vascular assessment
17. Cardiac assessment

Unit 5: Assessing respiratory function
18. Upper airways assessment
19. Lower airways assessment

Unit 6: Assessing musculoskeletal function
20. Musculoskeletal assessment

Unit 7: Assessing nutrition and metabolic function
21. Nutritional and metabolic assessment
22. Skin, hair and nails assessment

Unit 8: Urinary and bowel function
23. Abdominal assessment
24. Assessment of urinary function
25. Assessment of bowel function

Unit 9: Assessing sexuality and reproductive function
26. Female sexual and reproductive assessment
27. Male sexual and reproductive assessment
28. Breasts assessment
29. Assessing the pregnant woman

Unit 10: Utilising health assessment in practice
30. The complete health assessment: putting it all together