Evaluating Heart & Breath Sounds (Nursing Know-How)

By Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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. An accompanying audio CD contains over 80 heart sounds and over 60 breath sounds, keyed to the text.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781792037
• ISBN13: 9780781792035
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"