Now in its Fifth Edition, this text and workbook is an excellent aid for students, practicing nurses, and allied health professionals learning ECG interpretation. The book presents a step-by-step guide to rhythm strip analysis and contains over 500 actual (not computer-generated) ECG strips to enhance the skills needed for accurate, confident ECG interpretation. Two post-tests and an answer key appear at the back of the book. The latest ACLS guidelines are also included.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
One of the great books to learn basic EKG strip interpretation:
I am one of those people who sometimes quickly forget what I read if I deem the subject difficult or intimidating. Often I have to get more than one reference, but this is one of the better books on learning basic EKGs. Lots of practice strips, flash cards, and thorough explanations. Once I learned the KEY differences of certain rhythms to simplify recognition then read the WHY OR HOW it happens, it made learnng EKGs so much easier, at least it did for me. I used to have such a mental block with learning... more info
Very Practical for new and seasoned RNs:
Good review of the topic and the practice tests were a great way to sharpen rhythm interpretations skills.
ECG Workout:
This was a textbook for my nursing classes. It had good information and was very helpful in being able to read ECG's for the new practitioner.
didn't use it much:
This was required for my adult health class, and even though I didn't use it much I found it to be informative.
