Can you recommend a GENERAL book on patient assement?

[northmississippi]

I want to buy a book, maybe off ebay, that is dedicated to patient assement, any suggestions,,, I want one that isn't so technical that it's hard to read like a college book. Thanks.

[Hay Nars, RN]

i use skillmasters 3-minute assessment by lippincott williams & wilkins.

isbn-13: 978-1-58255-864-6

isbn-10: 1-58255-864-7

[AgentBeast, MSN, RN]

Jarvis Physical Exam and Health Assessment is pretty good.

[W'sMama]

We had to buy Jarvis for school, it's nice and small too!

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Goggle it........

http://tinyurl.com/6x2ja7z

[freemirini]

I am interested in users' book suggestions, too. Here are some patient assessment books on Amazon --sorted by best-selling rank. ---Many of the ones at the top appear to be university-oriented texts.

I think the Bates' pocket guide looks interesting, as do a number of other books.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_scat_227643_ln?rh=n%3A227643%2Ck%3Anursing+physical+assessment&keywords=nursing+physical+assessment&ie=UTF8&qid=1308117110&scn=227643&h=26026932b147891dce0c4173c4a620c9cfe57d80#/ref=sr_pg_2?rh=n%3A283155%2Cn%3A%211000%2Cn%3A173507%2Cn%3A173514%2Cn%3A227640%2Cn%3A227643%2Ck%3Anursing+physical+assessment&page=2&sort=salesrank&keywords=nursing+physical+assessment&ie=UTF8&qid=1308117221

[OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN]

This was what we used in assessment and it's very easy to read and very thorough. I really like it.

9780323059244 iSBN

[turnforthenurse, MSN, NP]

I highly Recommend Jarvis' Physical Examination and Health Assessment. That was the book we had to use in our program and it is very informative but also easy to read.

[Certifiable, BSN, RN]

We used Bates... it was really clear, good pictures for visualization.

[pockunit, ADN, RN]

Jarvis here. It's very good.

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

Another vote for Jarvis.