Respiratory assessment
Janet Hunter Lecturer, City Community and Health Sciences incorporating St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University, London
Karen Rawlings-Anderson Senior lecturer, City Community and Health Sciences incorporating St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University, London
This article, part of Nursing Standards clinical skills series, discusses the ‘look, listen and feel’ approach to respiratory assessment. This will assist nurses to carry out a basic respiratory assessment of the patient.
Nursing Standard.
22, 41, 41-43.
doi: 10.7748/ns2008.06.22.41.41.c6576
Correspondence
j.a.hunter@city.ac.uk
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