Nursing

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by SparkNotes

SparkChartsTM—created by Harvard students for students everywhere—serve as study companions and reference tools that cover a wide range of college and graduate school subjects, including Business, Computer Programming, Medicine, Law, Foreign Language, Humanities, and Science. Titles like How to Study, Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Powerpoint for Windows, and HTML give you what it takes to find success in school and beyond. Outlines and summaries cover key points, while diagrams and tables make difficult concepts easier to digest.

This four-page chart includes easy-to-use tables and diagrams that cover:

Basic physical assessment by system Symptom and pain assessment Pressure ulcer staging Cranial nerves and the Glasgow Coma scale Normal and adventitious breath sounds Cardiovascular system and blood assessments, including grading pulses and arterial blood gas analysis Checking bowels Seven signs of cancer Conversion factors Universal precautions Common medical abbreviations

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First published January 1, 2003

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