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dc.contributor.authorMassey, Debbie
dc.contributor.authorMeredith, Tara
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:15:00Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:15:00Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-07-15T07:25:48Z
dc.identifier.issn17496403
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/37983
dc.description.abstractThe increasing demand for hospital beds, coupled with an ageing population and shorter hospital stays have resulted in increased patient acuity. These patients are at risk of clinical deterioration, which can have life threatening consequences. Patients with cardiac disease are perhaps even more vulnerable, and more at risk of acute deterioration, they are often older and have multiple co-morbidities. Changes in respiratory function are increasingly recognised as the most sensitive indicator of patient deterioration. However there is clear evidence that nurses may lack the required skills and knowledge to undertake a comprehensive respiratory assessment. This paper offers practitioners an opportunity to develop and augment their knowledge and understanding of respiratory assessment. It suggests a systematic model that may be used in clinical practice. By incorporating this model into every day practice patient outcomes can be improved.
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent194161 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMA Healthcare Limited
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttps://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2010.5.11.79634
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom537
dc.relation.ispartofpageto541
dc.relation.ispartofissue11
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of Cardiac Nursing
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode111003
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1102
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1110
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titleRespiratory Assessment 1: Why do it and how to do it?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC2 - Articles (Other)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 Mark Allen Healthcare Ltd. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2010
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gro.griffith.authorMassey, Debbie L.


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