Top Assessment & Diagnosis Textbooks

1. Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 6th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis.

2. Student Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 6e (Jarvis, Student Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination & Health Assessment) by Carolyn Jarvis.

3. Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History-Taking (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) by Lynn Bickley MD.

4. Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 10e by Betty J. Ackley MSN EdS RN – Gail B. Ladwig MSN RN.

5. Mosby’s Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4e by Kathleen Deska Pagana – Timothy J. Pagana.

6. Mosby’s Guide to Physical Examination, 7e by Henry M. Seidel MD – Jane W. Ball RN DrPH CPNP DPNAP – Joyce E. Dains DrPH JD RN FNP BC DPNAP – John A. Flynn MD MBA – Barry S Solomon MD MPH – Rosalyn W Stewart MD MS MBA.

7. Pocket Companion for Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 6e (Jarvis, Pocket Companion for Physical Examination and Health Assessment) by Carolyn Jarvis PhD APN CNP.

8. Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference, 11e by Kathleen Deska Pagana PhD RN – Timothy J. Pagana MD FACS.

9. Davis’s Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests With Nursing Implications (Davis’s Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests With Nursing Implications) by Anne M. Van Leeuwen MA BS MT (ASCP) – Debra J. Poelhuis-Leth MS RT (R)(M) – Mickey L. Bladh RN MSN.

10. Nurse’s Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Prioritized Interventions and Rationales by Marilynn E. Doenges APRN BC-retired – Mary Frances Moorhouse RN MSN CRRN LNC – Alice C. Murr BSN RN-retired.

11. Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 9e by Betty J. Ackley – Gail B. Ladwig.

12. Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by Lynn Bickley MD.

13. Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 10th Edition by Lynn S. Bickley MD.

14. A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests by Frances Fischbach RN BSN MSN – Marshall B. Dunning III BS MS PhD.

15. Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes, 8e by Meg Gulanick PhD APRN FAAN – Judith L. Myers RN MSN.

16. Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 4e by Joyce E. Dains DrPH JD RN FNP BC DPNAP – Linda Ciofu Baumann PhD APRN BC FAAN – Pamela Scheibel RN MSN CPNP.

17. Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis by Lynda Juall Carpenito RN MSN CRNP.

18. Health Assessment in Nursing by Janet R. Weber RN EdD – Jane H. Kelley RN PhD.

19. Nursing Diagnosis: Application to Clinical Practice by Lynda Juall Carpenito RN MSN CRNP.

20. Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications (9th Edition) by Joyce LeFever Kee.