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Nursing Know-How: Evaluating Heart & Breath Sounds
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Author:
- LWW
- Publisher:
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-78-179203-5
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 82
- Doody Core Title Score:
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This volume of the 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
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:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- LWW
- ISBN:
- 978-0-78-179203-5
- Specialty:
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- Cardiology
- Pathophysiology
- Dictionaries & Word References
- Medical/Surgical Nursing
- Internal Medicine
- References
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Pages:
- 384
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 82
- Doody Core Title Score:
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