Health & Physical
Assessment in Nursing
D’AMICO • BARBARITO
3rd Edition
Donita D'Amico, MEd, RN
Associate Professor
William Paterson University
Wayne, New Jersey
Colleen Barbarito, EdD, RN
Associate Professor
William Paterson University
Wayne, New Jersey
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Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Manufactured in
the United States of America. This publication is
protected by Copyright, and permission should be
obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited
reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or
transmission in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To
obtain permission(s) to use material from this work,
please submit a written request to Pearson Education,
Inc., Permissions Department, 221 River Street,
Hoboken, New Jersey 07030.
Many of the designations by manufacturers and sellers
to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks.
Where those designations appear in this book, and the
publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the
designations have been printed in initial caps or all
caps.
Notice: Care has been taken to confirm the accuracy of
information presented in this book. The authors,
editors, and the publisher, however, cannot accept any
responsibility for errors or omissions or for
, consequences from application of the information in
this book and make no warranty, express or implied,
with respect to its contents.
The authors and publisher have exerted every effort to
ensure that drug selections and dosages set forth in
this text are in accord with current recommendations
and practice at time of publication. However, in view of
ongoing research, changes in government regulations,
and the constant flow of information relating to drug
therapy and drug reactions, the reader is urged to
check the package inserts of all drugs for any change
in indications of dosage and for added warnings and
precautions. This is particularly important when the
recommended agent is a new and/or infrequently
employed drug.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
D'Amico, Donita, author.
[Health & physical assessment in nursing]
Health and physical assessment in nursing / Donita
D'Amico, Colleen Barbarito.—Third edition.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-13-387640-6—ISBN 0-13-387640-3
Assessment in Nursing
D’AMICO • BARBARITO
3rd Edition
Donita D'Amico, MEd, RN
Associate Professor
William Paterson University
Wayne, New Jersey
Colleen Barbarito, EdD, RN
Associate Professor
William Paterson University
Wayne, New Jersey
Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San
Francisco Hoboken
Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan
Munich Paris Montreal Toronto
Delhi Mexico City São Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul
Singapore Taipei Tokyo
,Publisher: Julie Levin Alexander
Publisher's Assistant: Sarah Henrich
Executive Editor: Pamela Fuller
Development Editor: Jill Rembetski, iD8-TripleSSS
Media Development, LLC
Editorial Assistant: Erin Sullivan
Project Manager: Cathy O'Connell
Program Manager: Erin Rafferty
Director, Product Management Services: Etain
O'Dea
Team Lead, Program Management: Melissa Bashe
Team Lead, Project Management: Cynthia Zonneveld
Full-Service Project Manager: Roxanne Klaas,
S4Carlisle Publishing Services
Manufacturing Buyer: Maura Zaldivar-Garcia
Art Director: Maria Guglielmo
Interior and Cover Design: Wanda Espana
Vice President of Sales & Marketing: David Gesell
Vice President, Director of Marketing: Margaret
Waples
Senior Product Marketing Manager: Phoenix Harvey
Field Marketing Manager: Debi Doyle
Marketing Specialist: Michael Sirinides
Marketing Assistant: Amy Pfund
Media Product Manager: Travis Moses-Westphal
Media Project Manager: Lisa Rinaldi
Composition: S4Carlisle Publishing Services
Printer/Binder: RR Donnelley/Willard
,Cover Printer: Phoenix Color/Hagerstown
Cover Image: Pete Saloutos/Corbis Credits and
acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and
reproduced, with permission, in this textbook appear on
appropriate page within text or on page PC-1.
Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2007 by Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Manufactured in
the United States of America. This publication is
protected by Copyright, and permission should be
obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited
reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or
transmission in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To
obtain permission(s) to use material from this work,
please submit a written request to Pearson Education,
Inc., Permissions Department, 221 River Street,
Hoboken, New Jersey 07030.
Many of the designations by manufacturers and sellers
to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks.
Where those designations appear in this book, and the
publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the
designations have been printed in initial caps or all
caps.
Notice: Care has been taken to confirm the accuracy of
information presented in this book. The authors,
editors, and the publisher, however, cannot accept any
responsibility for errors or omissions or for
, consequences from application of the information in
this book and make no warranty, express or implied,
with respect to its contents.
The authors and publisher have exerted every effort to
ensure that drug selections and dosages set forth in
this text are in accord with current recommendations
and practice at time of publication. However, in view of
ongoing research, changes in government regulations,
and the constant flow of information relating to drug
therapy and drug reactions, the reader is urged to
check the package inserts of all drugs for any change
in indications of dosage and for added warnings and
precautions. This is particularly important when the
recommended agent is a new and/or infrequently
employed drug.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
D'Amico, Donita, author.
[Health & physical assessment in nursing]
Health and physical assessment in nursing / Donita
D'Amico, Colleen Barbarito.—Third edition.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-13-387640-6—ISBN 0-13-387640-3
