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Janet R. Weber, Jane Kelley

Health Assessment in Nursing by Janet R. Weber, Jane Kelley takes about 16 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 16 hours 30 minutes

A long haul

First published 1998. 900 pages, about 247,500 words.

33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 27 hours 30 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 16 hours 30 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 10 hours 19 minutes

The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Health Assessment in Nursing, 5e provides all of the background needed for interviewing the client and performing assessment making this the perfect text for students learning Assessment. The unique 3-column format used for teaching students assessment techniques (Assessment Procedures/Normal Findings/Abnormal Findings) breaks the process down into easy-to-understand units. The COLDSPA mnemonic (Character, Onset, Location, Duration, Severity, Pattern, and Associated factors) provides logical structure for the patient interview helping students to remember the most essential questions to ask a client. A new chapter "Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Moral Development" focuses on those areas of development for young adults, middle-age adults, and older adutls ensuring that the nurse will perform a holistic nursing assessment. New integrated case study guides students through the assessment process helping them to develop the diagnostic reasoning skills every nurse needs. New Evidence-Based Practice Health Promotion and Disease Prevention boxes include Healthy People 2020 goals ensuring best practice. The new art program and interior design enhance readability allowing students to develop the necessary skills needed to perform accurate and timely health assessments"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Methods, Nursing Assessment, Nursing, Nursing - Assessment & Diagnosis, Medical / Nursing, Medical

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