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Introducing the ultimate blueprint for accurately assessing the symptom or condition presented by any patient. The home health clinical team can use this electronic CD resource to quickly find a checklist of what to look for during an assessment. As a result, your agency will deliver more accurate assessments and more thorough documentation, and ultimately create the best plan of care for the patient. Each checklist can be downloaded and printed from the CD to fit directly into the patient's record to ensure consistency with every assessment and accuracy in documentation. Clinical Quick Reference for Homecare is the most convenient way to guarantee your patients receive the proper care and your agency maintains compliant documentation. How you will benefit from this book: - Save time finding the correct assessment guidelines for a patient s condition with searchable, electronic checklists - Ensure consistency of care for each patient by guaranteeing that they are subjected to the same assessment criteria, regardless of the clinician - Access more than 75 checklists to assess and document patient status, including cardiovascular, hematologic, and musculoskeletal conditions - Avoid survey citations, lost payment, and legal implications arising from improper documentation - Access assessment checklists from anywhere since they are on CD, they are also portable! Table of Contents Section 1.0: Assessment Documentation Guidelines Section 2.0: General Assessment Documentation Section 3.0: Neurological Assessment Documentation Section 4.0: Respiratory Assessment Documentation Section 5.0: Cardiovascular Assessment Documentation Section 6.0: Gastrointestinal Assessment Documentation Section 7.0: Genitourinary Assessment Documentation Section 8.0: Integumentary Assessment Documentation Section 9.0: Musculoskeletal Assessment Documentation Section 10.0: Endocrine Assessment Documentation<br/