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This cutting-edge collection of over 4,000 online assets provides a wealth of resources to draw from in teaching or taking health assessment or physical exam courses in conjunction with Wilson: Health Assessment for Nursing Practice. 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, evaluation forms & checklists, glossary terms, images, interactive exercises, lab and diagnostic tests, practice tests, video clips, and WebLinks. 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 900 full-color images of anatomy, physiology, assessment procedures, and normal and abnormal findings for making lectures or online assignments more visual and engaging Features 235 interactive exercises using a variety of engaging activities such as Hangman, Quiz Show, Cryptogram, Memory Match Presents 65 lab and diagnostic tests as a reference to aid in understanding the lab values that can affect assessment findings Incorporates 27 practice tests (945 questions) for online student testing Features full-color adult and pediatric video clips demonstrating over 220 step-by-step physical exam procedures performed on both adult and pediatric patients Includes extensive WebLinks to stable web sites provided by a research librarian for further research or incorporating into online assignments <l