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International Journal of Practical Nursing

Volume  5, Issue 1, January - April 2017, Pages 43-46
 

Review Article

Glasgow Come Scale

Vasantha Kalyani

Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh,Virbhadra Road, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249201.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpn.2347.7083.5117.8

Abstract

 Nursing assessment is one the important and needed skill for each nurse. In this assessment the assessment of critical ill patients with trauma, head injury and the altered level of consciousness is the critical to assess. Each nurse should have the skill to assess the patient immediately which will help to start the effective nursing care. The assessment of GCS not only in clinical care Nurse Educators also clearly explain the concept and train their students to assess the patients as adult and child.

Keywords: GCS; Neuro Assessment; Score; Coma.


Corresponding Author : Vasantha Kalyani