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Your quick guide to patient risk assessment tools: We decode the many acronyms used for risk assessment tools so you will know your ABCDE from your NEWS2.

  • Published In: Mental Health Practice, 2025, v. 28, n. 2. P. 11 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Dean, Erin 3 of 3

Abstract

Do NEWS2 you know and your your ABCDE GCS? As from a nursing your student, it won’t be long before you come across the many abbreviations and acronyms used in clinical practice, including those used for the standardised tools that are part of many routine and essential clinical assessments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Mental Health Practice. 2025/03, Vol. 28, Issue 2, p11
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:1465-8720
  • DOI:10.7748/mhp.28.2.11.s4
  • Accession Number:183485273
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