Lanterna Rally

Author: Carolyn Jarvis

Publisher: Saunders

Published: 2003-06

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780721605258

Health Assessment Online for Jarvis: Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 4th edition, is a cutting-edge collection of supplemental online teaching/learning materials for faculty and students in health assessment or physical exam courses. This library of more than 4,000 electronic assets provides a wealth of online resources to draw from in teaching this highly visual topic in conjunction with Jarvis: Physical Examination and Health Assessment. Online resources are organized by textbook chapter and within each chapter is a listing of assets by type, including thousands of ready-to-use animations, audio clips, glossary terms, images, interactive exercises, lab and diagnostic tests, PowerPoint slides, practice tests, test bank questions, video clips, and WebLinks. This package contains the Pocket Companion for Physical Examination and Health Assessment and the User Guide and Access Code for Health Assessment Online. Features 60 full-color animations that clarify anatomic and physiologic processes and provide a realistic graphic foundation of underlying structures and functions, such as pulmonary circulation, events of the cardiac cycle, and sensory and motor pathways of the CNS. Includes 19 cardiac and 9 respiratory audio segments that allow students to hear actual heart and lung sounds, including murmurs, friction rubs, crackles, and wheezes. Provides a complete glossary of terms to facilitate mastery of key terms and concepts. Includes 800 full-color images of anatomy, physiology, assessment procedures, and normal and abnormal findings for making lectures or online assignments more visual and engaging. Features 280 interactive exercises using a variety of engaging activities such as Hangman, Quiz Show, Cryptogram, and Memory Match. Presents 65 lab and diagnostic tests as a reference to aid in understanding the lab values that can affect assessment findings. Provides 250 PowerPoint text slides to enhance classroom lectures. Incorporates 28 practice tests with the ability to select up to 50 questions per chapter for online student testing. Includes over 900 secure test bank questions in NCLEX format with coded answers and rationales. Features 180 full-color video clips demonstrating step-by-step physical exam procedures performed on patients. Includes over 1,800 WebLinks to stable Internet sites researched by a reference librarian for doing further research or incorporating into online assignments.