Respiratory Signs and Symptoms - Nurse's Assessment Video Series (Hardcover)

This video will show you how to recognize respiratory signs and symptoms, such as adventitious breath sounds and dyspnea; identify their likely causes; and provide prompt and effective nursing care. In just 30 minutes, you'll learn: ah where to listen for bronchial, bronchovesicular, and vesicular breath soundsAXand what these sounds mean ah how to accurately assess diaphragmatic excursion, chest expansion, and vocal resonance ah how pneumonia can produce coarse crackles, whispered pectoriloquy, bronchophony, and egophony ah how to distinguish between crackles and other adventitious sounds, such as sonorous wheezes ah what it can mean when a patient with dyspnea develops an accentuated pulmonic heart sound, or P2 ah how to tell if your patient has a pleural friction rub or a pericardial friction rubAXand what this finding could mean ah Learn how to recognize respiratory signs and symptoms, such as adventitious breath sounds and a cough; what these findings can tell you about your patient's underlying condition; and how to provide prompt and expert nursing care.