Learn how to conduct a patient-centered health history and physical examination! Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination: An Interprofessional Approach, 10th Edition, takes a uniquely interprofessional collaborative approach to health assessment, strongly emphasizing lifespan considerations and differential diagnosis of unexpected findings. Each core chapter is organized into four sections ― Anatomy and Physiology, Review of Related History, Examination and Findings, and Abnormalities ― with lifespan content integrated into each area. Written by a team of nurse practitioners and physicians, this one-of-a-kind textbook uses evidence-based guidelines to help you master hands-on exam techniques as well as communication skills that build rapport and trust with the patient.
- UNIQUE! Two advanced practice nurses and three physicians wrote an interprofessional collaborative approach that provides balanced expertise in pediatric and adult-geriatric health.
- UNIQUE! The integrated lifespan content provides separate sections for Infants and Children, Adolescents, Pregnant Patients, and older adults in each chapter.
- UNIQUE! A compassionate, patient-centered approach emphasizes developing good communication skills, the use of effective hands-on examination techniques, and reliance on clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making skills.
- UNIQUE! Strong emphasis on social inclusiveness and patient-centeredness incorporates LGBTQ+ patients and providers, with particular focus on cultural competency, history taking, and special considerations for examination of the breasts, female and male genitalia, reproductive health, thyroid, and the anus/rectum/prostate.
- UNIQUE! Cross-references to Dains’ Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care help you take the next step in clinical reasoning and also develop diagnostic reasoning skills.
- Differential Diagnosis tables are provided throughout the text.
- Clinical Pearls offer insights and practical, real-world expertise.
- Evolve’s website includes assessment video clips, animations, review questions, performance checklists, and more.
- NEW! 60 new illustrations and videos include 30 drawings and 30 photos in the textbook, and 15 new health assessment videos (including The Head-to-Toe Exam and Navigating the EMR) provided accessible on the Evolve website with every new copy of the textbook.
- NEW! Updated content includes human trafficking screening, genetics and genomics, Healthy People 2030 guidelines, and a new mnemonics quick reference inside the back cover.
- NEW! Thoroughly revised The Patient Record chapter is refocused to reflect the EMR’s benefits (such as order entry, clinical decision support, and linkages to lab results) and how to overcome challenges (such as poor patient experience and the need to be careful about what is written in the record).
- NEW! Updated LGBTQ+ considerations (e.g., health screening considerations) and cultural content throughout reflect a current understanding of and greater sensitivity to these often underserved patient populations.
- NEW Think About… boxes direct you to the following steps when you see particular clusters of findings.
- NEW Unexpected Findings icon helps beginning practitioners differentiate common normal variations from abnormalities that might warrant follow-up
