Respiratory assessment 2: More key skills to improve care

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British Journal of Cardiac NursingVol. 6, No. 2 Practical ProceduresRespiratory assessment 2: More key skills to improve careTara Meredith, Debbie MasseyTara MeredithSearch for more papers by this author, Debbie MasseySearch for more papers by this authorTara Meredith; Debbie MasseyPublished Online:27 Sep 2013https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2011.6.2.63AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Bickley LS (2008) Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. 10th edn. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia Google ScholarCioffi J (2000) Recognition of patients who require emergency assistance: A descriptive study. Heart Lung 29: 262–8 Crossref, Google ScholarConsidine J (2005) The role of nurses in preventing adverse events related to respiratory dysfunction: literature review. J Adv Nurs 49: 624–33 Crossref, Google ScholarConsidine J, Botti M (2004). Who, when and where? Identification of patients at risk of an in-hospital adverse event: implications for nursing practice. Int J Nurs Pract 10: 21–31 Crossref, Google ScholarDouglas G, Nicol F, Robertson C (2009) Macleod’s Clinical Examination. 12th edn. Elsevier. Churchill Livingstone, St Louis Google ScholarDuff B, Gardiner,G, Barnes M (2007) The impact of surgical ward nurses practising respiratory assessment on positive patient outcomes. Aust J Adv 24(4): 52–6 Google ScholarFerns T, West S (2008) The art of auscultation: evaluating a patient’s respiratory pathology. Br J Nurs 17(12): 772–7 Link, Google ScholarFranklin C, Matthew J (1994). Developing strategies to prevent inhospital cardiac arrest: analysing response of physicians and nurses in the hours before the event. Crit Care Med 22: 244–7 Crossref, Google ScholarHarrison GA, Jacques T, McLaws ML, Kilborn G (2006) Combinations of early signs of critical illness predict in-hospital death-the SOCCER study (signs of critical conditions and emergency responses). Resuscitation 71(3): 327–34 Crossref, Google ScholarJarvis C (2007) Physical Examination and Health Assessment. 5th Edn Saunders Elsevier, St Louis. Google ScholarKause J, Smith G, Prytherch D, Parr M, Flabouris A, Hillman K (2004). A comparison of antecedents to cardiac arrests, deaths and emergency intensive care admissions in Australia and New Zealand, and the United Kingdom - the ACADEMIA study. Resuscitation 62: 275–82 Crossref, Google ScholarMangione S (2008) Physical Diagnosis Secrets. Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia Google ScholarMangione S, Duffy D (2003) The teaching of chest auscultation during primary care training: has anything changed in the 1990s? Chest 124: 1430-6 Crossref, Google ScholarMassey D, Meredith T (2010) Respiratory assessment 1: Why do it and how to do it. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing 5(11): 537–45 Link, Google ScholarMassey D, Aitken LM, Chaboyer C (2008) What factors influence suboptimal ward care in the acutely ill ward patient? Aust Crit Care 21: 127–40 Crossref, Google ScholarNational Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2007) Acutely Ill Patients in Hospital: Recognition and Response to Acute Illness in Adults in Hospital [NICE CG50] http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/11810/35950/35950.pdf (accessed 25 January 2011) Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byA current guide to airway management in prehospital patient careMichael Sampson29 April 2021 | Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol. 13, No. 4A guide to airway managementMichael Sampson27 March 2021 | British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, Vol. 16, No. 3Typical stable angina in a nurse-led chest pain assessment unitPadraig Denn, Brendan Noonan, Carol Condon22 February 2017 | British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, Vol. 12, No. 2History taking and physical assessment in holistic palliative careMarie Donnelly, Daphne Martin9 December 2016 | British Journal of Nursing, Vol. 25, No. 22 1 February 2011Volume 6Issue 2ISSN (online): 2052-2207 Metrics History Received 8 November 2010 Accepted 10 January 2011 Published online 27 September 2013 Published in print 1 February 2011 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedKeywordsRespiratory assessmentClinical assessmentDisease identificationPercussionAuscultationPDF download