Ovid
Nursing Know-How: Evaluating Heart & Breath Sounds
Publication Year: 2008
Edition: 1st Ed.
Authors/Editor: Springhouse
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
ISBN: 978-0-78-179203-5
Doody's Star Rating®: Score: 82
Description
This volume of the new Nursing Know-How series offers how-to guidance on the latest techniques for evaluating heart and breath sounds. The book is written in paragraph and bulleted format, with numerous illustrations and flow charts.
Know-How icons offer expert tips on where to listen with the stethoscope, how to differentiate sounds, what technique works best, and how to evaluate findings. Case Clip icons present real-life emergent scenarios, showing what the nurse heard and how the rapid response team intervened to avert crisis. Age Alert icons offer guidelines on age-specific differences in sounds and assessment techniques.
Details
Platform: Ovid Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)Product Type: Book
Author/Editor: Springhouse
ISBN: 978-0-78-179203-5
Specialty:
Medical/Surgical Nursing
Dictionaries & Word References
Pathophysiology
Internal Medicine
Cardiology
References
Language: English
Edition: 1st Ed.
Pages: 384
Year: 2008
Doody's Star Rating®: Score: 82
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