Respiratory Care: Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses

Respiratory Care: Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses
ISBN-10
1405117176
ISBN-13
9781405117173
Series
Respiratory Care
Category
Medical
Pages
244
Language
English
Published
2006-01-30
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Author
Caia Francis

Description

Respiratory care is a beginner's guide to care of patients with respiratory illness. It contains evidence-based guidelines to enable students and newly qualified staff to develop the essential clinical skills needed to care for all patients with respiratory disease. Respiratory Care explores the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, examines assessment of respiratory function, and addresses day-to-day management of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis, lung cancer and respiratory infections including TB and pneumonia, in order to improve quality of life.

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