Top 60 signs for Nurses - Edition 1 - By Mark Dennis, MBBS (Honours), William Talbot Bowen, MBBS, MD and Lucy Cho, MBBS, MIPH, BA (University of Sydney) Elsevier Health Inspection Copies

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Top 60 signs for Nurses,

Edition 1 Quick reference guide for best practice care

By Mark Dennis, MBBS (Honours), William Talbot Bowen, MBBS, MD and Lucy Cho, MBBS, MIPH, BA (University of Sydney)

Publication Date: 23 Jun 2017

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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

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

About the author

By Mark Dennis, MBBS (Honours), Medical Registrar, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; William Talbot Bowen, MBBS, MD, Resident, Division of Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans (LSUHSC), New Orleans, Louisiana and Lucy Cho, MBBS, MIPH, BA (University of Sydney), Emergency Registrar, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

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

ISBN: 9780729542388

Page Count: 100

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