Nursing Know-How: Evaluating Heart & Breath Sounds [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Publication Date: April 29, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0781792037 | ISBN-13: 978-0781792035 | Edition: 1 Pap/Cdr

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 Pap/Cdr edition (April 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781792037
• ISBN-13: 978-0781792035
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #811,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > Medical Books > Nursing > Cardiovascular

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nursing, September 30, 2008

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D. M. Jenkins (San Diego, Ca) - See all my reviews
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Very helpful book. Good review for those who have been out of school for a long time.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for direct entry midwives, April 2, 2010

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I purchased this book to possibly use in the course that I teach for direct-entry midwives in the U.S. I found the material well laid out, and the illustrations excellent. The sound recordings were clear. There was an introduction to each sound presented on the recording, so that someone wanting to get familiar with the sounds by listening repeatedly, would be reviewing pertinent information at the same time. As a result this book is great for someone just beginning to learn about heart sounds.

Although I did not purchase the book for the lung sounds part, that part of the book is also very well laid out, with many excellent diagrams.

3.0 out of 5 stars heart and breath sounds, December 15, 2009

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Cinda Ballard - See all my reviews
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I bought this book to help me while teaching a nursing class at a local college. The book itself is informative, but the CD - which was the main reason I bought the book - was dissappointing. The sound segments were too short and quickly ran into the next one making it hard to understand. My students were not pleased with the CD.