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Top 60 signs for Nurses. Quick reference guide for best practice care

  • Book

  • January 2018
  • Elsevier Health Science
  • ID: 4276164

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.

  • 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

Chapter 1 - Respiratory Signs Chapter 2 - Cardiovascular Signs Chapter 3 - Haematological / Oncological Signs Chapter 4 - Neurological Signs Chapter 5 - Gastroenterological Signs Chapter 6 - Endrocrinological Signs

Authors

Mark Dennis Medical Registrar, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia. William Talbot Bowen Resident, Division of Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans (LSUHSC), New Orleans, Louisiana. Lucy Cho Emergency Registrar, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.