This practice-oriented, person-centred learning tool will help you acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies you need to perform accurate health assessments in an ever-changing health care environment. The text helps you learn how to think like a health care professional by developing your clinical reasoning skills. It guides you through collecting assessment data before moving on to discussing the health assessment of each patient, explaining the decision-making process used to identify patient problems. Learning features - Comprehensive - explores health assessment by body system or region and in special groups, as well as health assessment in simulation-based learning. - Assessment throughout the life cycle - learn to assess different age, gender and community groups. - Clinical reasoning - clinical tips, paediatric considerations, older adult considerations and cultural considerations are embedded within the text to encourage critical thinking. - Case studies - learn to apply what you have been taught in realistic settings. - Simulated learning - a dedicated chapter on simulated learning introduces you to what you might expect in the sim lab and how you can make the most of simulated learning. Simulated learning boxes reference Laerdal's scenarios to further prepare you for your simulated assessments. More than just a textbook! The Point Learning Hub - watch animations and videos, take test questions, view case studies and much more! [Nov 2020] Each book purchase now includes a complimentary enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: - The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time - providing a seamless reading experience online or offline - Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks - Multiple viewing options that enable you to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design - The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click