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Comments from the Seller: 5th edition. Sticker on the spine. Slight wear to the cover and pages. Pages appear unmarked. Ships the next business day, with tracking and delivery confirmation sent to your email.
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Featuring a comprehensive, well-organized approach, this resource teaches assessment techniques from the most basic skills to more advanced methods for assessing patients in any clinical setting - from the office to the ICU. The new edition provides even more information on key topics, additional case studies and review materials, and a new glossary. Certain topic areas have been streamlined and reorganized for the most effective presentation of material.
• Comprehensive approach presents all of the most important aspects and topics of assessment that readers need to effectively assess patients.
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Each chapter begins with consistent learning features - Learning Objectives, Chapter Outline, Chapter Overview, and new Key Terms - to prepare readers for the content that will be discussed in that chapter.
• Simply Stated boxes contain brief, direct, concise statements about important concepts in the text, highlighting key information to aid in reader comprehension.
• Questions to Ask About... boxes contain a list of questions practitioners should ask patients about their symptoms or ask themselves when confronted with a certain clinical situation.
• Case studies in several chapters provide an opportunity for readers to apply chapter content to realistic clinical scenarios.
• Chapter review questions at the end of each chapter help readers review and remember chapter content.
• Key Terms lists at the beginning of each chapter highlight important terminology and concepts that will be explained in that chapter.
• Glossary of key terms at the back of the book defines important terms identified in each chapter's Key Termslist.
• Additional case studies in the EKG and hemodynamic monitoring chapters provide further opportunities to apply chapter content in real-life scenarios.
• Additional chapter review questions at the end of each chapter enhance student review and retention of chapter material.
The book contains predominantly black-and-white illustrations, with some two-color illustrations.
More Reviews and RecommendationsWilkins, Robert L., PhD, RRT (Loma Linda Univ); Krider, Susan Jones, RN, MS (Loma Linda Univ); Sheldon, Richard L., MD, FACP, FCCP (Loma Linda Univ)
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01/28/2006: Dr. Wilkins 'thinks outside the box.' Now in the 5th edition, he wrote the first edition when he couldn't find a comprehensive book on the market for his students. He recognized that they were capable of doing more than administering treatments prescribed by the physicians. He's a 'trend-setter.'
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01/28/2006: I've followed Dr. Wilkins' career. A talented communicator who 'came up through the ranks,' Dr. Wilkins is always able to make the student understand. He began his work in teaching as a high school student working on anti-smoking programs.