Top 60 signs for Nurses
Quick reference guide for best practice care
- 1st Edition - May 21, 2017
- Latest edition
- Authors: Mark Dennis, William Talbot Bowen, Lucy Cho
- Language: English
Presented in a useful handbook style, Top 60 Signs for Nurses: Quick reference guide for best practice care outlines the evidence base and clinical value of each clinical sign to a… Read more
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Description
Description
Presented in a useful handbook style, Top 60 Signs for Nurses: Quick reference guide for best practice care outlines the evidence base and clinical value of each clinical sign to assist with interpretation.
Each of the signs is related back to the mechanism of action along with clearly documented research to demonstrate the evidence base associated with this sign.
Key features
Key features
- Signs are ordered alphabetically within each chapter outlining a specific body system
- Extensive reference lists of up-to-date literature strengthen the authority of the content
- Clinical Pearls highlight the main signs which students and graduate nurses should look out for to help them identify conditions with which the patients present
Table of contents
Table of contents
Chapter 1 - Respiratory SignsAccessory muscle breathingAgonal respirationApnoeaAsymmetrical chest expansionBarrel chestBradypnoeaBreath Sounds (Vesicular or Normal)Bronchial breath soundsReduced or Diminished Breath SoundsCrackles (rales)DyspnoeaGruntingHaemoptysisHyperventilationIntercostal recessionKussmaul’s breathingOrthopnoeaPercussionPercussion: dullnessPercussion: resonance/hyper-resonancePlatypnoea/OrthodeoxiaPursed-lip breathing (PLB)SputumStridorTachypnoeaTracheal tugTrepopnoeaVocal fremitus/tactile fremitusVocal resonanceWheezeChapter 2 - Cardiovascular Signs Apex beatArterial pulseBradycardiaCapillary Return Decreased/DelayedCheyne–Stokes breathingClubbingCrackles (also rales)CyanosisJugular venous pressure (JVP)Peripheral oedemaSkin Turgor – DecreasedTachycardia (sinus)Chapter 3 - Haematological/oncological SignsEcchymoses, purpura and petechiaeLymphadenopathyChapter 4 - Neurological SignsGag reflexPhotophobiaPinpoint pupilsChapter 5 - Gastroenterological Signs AscitesBowel sounds: absentBowel sounds: hyperactive (borborygmus)Coffee ground vomiting/bloody vomitus/haematemesisGuardingHaematuriaJaundiceMelaenaOliguria/AnuriaChapter 6 - Endrocrinological SignsBruisingHypotensionPolydipsiaPolyuria
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 6, 2017
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
MD
Mark Dennis
WB
William Talbot Bowen
LC