Respiratory assessment

Hunter, Janet
Rawlings-Anderson, Karen

Janet Hunter is lecturer and Karen Rawlings-Anderson is senior lecturer, City Community and Health Sciences incorporating St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University, London. Email: [email protected]

Date of acceptance: April 15 2008.

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Nursing Standard 22(41):p 41-43, June 18, 2008.

Summary

This article, part of Nursing Standards clinical skills series, discusses the 'look, listen and feel' approach to respiratory assessment. This will assist nurses to carry out a basic respiratory assessment of the patient.