Assessment and Care of Common Symptoms

Author: Liu Yanyan
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book is a teaching material for nursing students and specialized nurse training, providing a comprehensive introduction to the etiology and mechanisms, clinical characteristics, nursing assessment, and nursing measures of common clinical symptoms. The book is divided into 22 chapters, with each chapter covering one common symptom. Each symptom is elaborated on from four aspects: etiology and mechanisms, clinical characteristics, nursing assessment, and nursing measures. The exposition emphasizes clinical practice, from a nursing perspective, introducing symptom analysis methods, thinking processes, nursing assessment, and corresponding nursing measures. This helps nursing students develop a systematic and coherent approach to symptom assessment. The greatest feature of this book is its strong clinical applicability, focusing on cultivating nurses' thinking methods and reflecting the modern holistic nursing model that considers both physical and mental well-being. Target Audience: Nursing students, clinical nurses.