Jefferson State Community College Libraries: Nursing Education Program Resources: Health Assessment

Made Incredibly Easy Series

Vital Signs
From Fundamentals of Nursing Made Incredibly Easy: types of equipment used in vital signs assessment; skills for performing vital signs assessment;
tips to interpret vital signs; and abnormalities in vital signs

Assessment Made Incredibly Easy! This link opens in a new window
Assessment Made Incredibly Easy, 5e presents nursing assessment skills in the reader-friendly Incredibly Easy! format that makes learning fun. With an appealing 4-color interior and light-hearted humor throughout, the text provides the know-how nurses need to obtain pertinent health histories, perform physical examinations, and recognize normal and abnormal findings.
Health Assessment Made Incredibly Visual This link opens in a new window
Health Assessment Made Incredibly Visual! helps nursing students master patient assessment by combining images and clear, concise text to graphically demonstrate how to perform each assessment technique.

Physical Assessment
From the Nursing Reference Center Plus;printable PDF to accompany skills videos.

Physical Assessment Skills Videos
Link out to Physical Assessment from the NRC Plus for the following skills videos:
1. Physical Assessment: Inspection; 2. Physical Assessment: Auscultation; and 3. Physical Assessment: Palpation.

All Physical Assessment Topics
Link out to all topics included in Physical Assessment from the Nursing Reference Center Plus.