The ability to perform and document patient assessment procedures is vital to the practice of dental hygienea complete and accurate assessment is the starting point to providing thorough patient care. Make sure you are prepared for patient assessment with this unique guide that takes you step-by-step through each assessment procedure including techniques for effectively communicating the assessment process and findings to patients. Excellent features include detailed, full-color illustrations and photographs to visually guide you through procedures and techniques, case studies and personal accounts that bring the content to life, and more.
Author(s): Jill S. Nield-Gehrig
Edition: 2
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Wolters Kluwer Health
Year: 2009
Language: English
Tags: Dental Hygiene; Patient Assessment; Dental Assisting
Cover
Quick Find Guide
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface for Course Instructors
FEATURES
Additional Resources
INSTRUCTORS
STUDENTS
User’s Guide
YOU’LL FIND THESE GREAT FEATURES IN THE TEXT
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Contents
PART 1: COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSMENT
Patient Assessment Tutorials
MODULE 1: Communication Skills for Assessment
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
SECTION 2: COMMUNICATING WITH PATIENTS
SECTION 3: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 4: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 5: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 6: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 2: Making Our Words Understandable
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: ROADBLOCKS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
SECTION 2: MAKING HEALTH CARE WORDS UNDERSTANDABLE
SECTION 3: INFORMATION GATHERING ON THE INTERNET
SECTION 4: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 5: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 6: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 7: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 3: Overcoming Communication Barriers
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: LANGUAGE BARRIERS
SECTION 2: AGE BARRIERS
SECTION 3: VISION AND HEARING BARRIERS
SECTION 4: SPEECH BARRIERS
SECTION 5: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 6: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 7: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 8: SKILL CHECK
PART 2: ASSESSMENT SKILLS
MODULE 4: Medical History
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: THE MEDICAL HISTORY ASSESSMENT
SECTION 2: PEAK PROCEDURE
SECTION 3: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 4: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 5: PRACTICAL FOCUS—FICTITIOUS PATIENT CASES A–E
SECTION 6: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 7: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 5: Ready References: Medical History
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND DISEASES
SECTION 2: COMMON PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS
SECTION 3: BRAND NAMES FOR GENERIC DRUGS
SECTION 4: MODULE RESOURCES
MODULE 6: Dental Health History
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: ADULT DENTAL HEALTH HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE
SECTION 2: CHILD DENTAL HEALTH HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE
SECTION 3: PEAK PROCEDURE
SECTION 4: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 5: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 6: PRACTICAL FOCUS—FICTITIOUS PATIENT CASES
SECTION 7: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 8: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 7: Vital Signs: Temperature
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO VITAL SIGNS ASSESSMENT
SECTION 2: PEAK PROCEDURES
SECTION 3: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 4: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 5: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 6: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 8: Vital Signs: Pulse and Respiration
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: PEAK PROCEDURES FOR PULSE ASSESSMENT
SECTION 2: PEAK PROCEDURES FOR ASSESSING RESPIRATION
SECTION 3: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 4: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 5: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 6: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 9: Vital Signs: Blood Pressure
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO BLOOD PRESSURE
SECTION 2: CRITICAL TECHNIQUE ELEMENTS
SECTION 3: PEAK PROCEDURES
SECTION 4: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 5: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 6: PRACTICAL FOCUS—FICTITIOUS PATIENT CASES FOR VITAL SIGNS MODULES
SECTION 7: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 8: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 10: Tobacco Cessation Counseling
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: HEALTH EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE
SECTION 2: HARMFUL PROPERTIES OF TOBACCO
SECTION 3: WHY SHOULD DENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS INTERVENE?
SECTION 4: GUIDELINES FOR TOBACCO CESSATION COUNSELING
SECTION 5: SMOKING CESSATION PRODUCTS
SECTION 6: PEAK PROCEDURE: TOBACCO CESSATION
SECTION 7: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 8: PATIENT EDUCATION RESOURCES
SECTION 9: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 10: PRACTICAL FOCUS—FICTITIOUS PATIENT CASE FOR TOBACCO CESSATION
SECTION 11: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 12: COMMUNICATION
MODULE 11: Soft Tissue Lesions
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: LEARNING TO LOOK AT LESIONS
SECTION 2: PEAK PROCEDURE: DESCRIBING LESIONS
SECTION 3: DETECTION AND PREVENTION
SECTION 4: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 5: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 6: PRACTICAL FOCUS—LESION DESCRIPTIONS
SECTION 7: QUICK QUESTIONS
MODULE 12: Head and Neck Examination
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: EXAMINATION OVERVIEW
SECTION 2: METHODS FOR EXAMINATION
SECTION 3: PEAK PROCEDURE
SECTION 4: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 5: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 6: PRACTICAL FOCUS—FICTITIOUS PATIENT CASES
SECTION 7: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 8: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 13: Oral Examination
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: EXAMINATION OVERVIEW
SECTION 2: PEAK PROCEDURE
SECTION 3: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 4: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 5: PRACTICAL FOCUS—FICTITIOUS PATIENT CASES
SECTION 6: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 7: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 14: Gingival Description
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: LEARNING TO LOOK AT THE GINGIVA
SECTION 2: PEAK PROCEDURE
SECTION 3: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 4: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 5: PRACTICAL FOCUS—FICTITIOUS PATIENT CASES
SECTION 6: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 7: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 15: Mixed Dentition and Occlusion
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: SORTING OUT A MIXED DENTITION
SECTION 2: LEARNING TO LOOK AT THE OCCLUSION
SECTION 3: PEAK PROCEDURES
SECTION 4: READY REFERENCES: MIXED DENTITION
SECTION 5: READY REFERENCES: OCCLUSION
SECTION 6: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 7: PRACTICAL FOCUS—MIXED DENTITION
SECTION 8: PRACTICAL FOCUS—OCCLUSION
SECTION 9: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 10: SKILL CHECK
MODULE 16: Dental Radiographs
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: REVIEW OF RADIOGRAPHIC ANATOMY
SECTION 2: INTERPRETING RADIOGRAPHS
SECTION 3: PEAK PROCEDURE
SECTION 4: CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
SECTION 5: READY REFERENCES
SECTION 6: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
SECTION 7: PRACTICAL FOCUS—FICTITIOUS PATIENT CASES
SECTION 8: PRACTICAL FOCUS—PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHS
SECTION 9: QUICK QUESTIONS
SECTION 10: SKILL CHECK
PART 3: COMPREHENSIVE PATIENT CASES
MODULE 17: Comprehensive Patient Cases F–K
MODULE OVERVIEW
MODULE OUTLINE
SKILL GOALS
SECTION 1: PATIENT F
SECTION 2: PATIENT G
SECTION 3: PATIENT H
SECTION 4: PATIENT I
SECTION 5: PATIENT J
SECTION 6: PATIENT K
SECTION 7: FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION
Glossary
Index
