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Why is it important?
The respiratory rate is now recognised as a very important part of the patients assessment. Also the first of the vital signs that will alter when a patient is becoming acutely unwell. An accurate respiratory assessment will help healthcare workers to highlight any problems with the patients breathing and take appropriate interventions. The respiratory system does not work in isolation therefore it is also an indicator of what is happening within other systems within the body.
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This page is a summary of: How to perform respiratory assessment, Nursing Standard, October 2015, RCNi,
DOI: 10.7748/ns.30.7.34.s45.
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