Normal and Abnormal Heart Sounds
CPD
24m
Lecture Overview
A concise lecture explaining a key skill set that many nurses and healthcare professionals can find daunting - listening to heart sounds! Joanne Reading, in her well-known, engaging manner explains how to auscultate normal heart sounds easily and accurately. Using simple yet memorable examples, analogies, and key tips to differentiate between normal and abnormal heart sounds, this lecture is not to be missed!
Educators
Joanne Reading
Joanne Reading is a clinical educator within the 42-bed ICU at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, which also services critically ill patients from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Royal Women’s Hospital. Joanne holds a critical care graduate certificate and a master of health science with a focus on education. She is also the author of her own nursing education website called 'Blogging for your Noggin'. With a special interest in all things cardiac and respiratory. Joanne is passionate about ensuring that education not only fosters critical thinking but is entertaining in the process! See Educator Profile