title: Electrocardiography.
abstract: Critical care nurses regard the ECG recording as an essential diagnostic tool for the immediate assessment of patients suffering from chest pain and for the routine screening of cardiac pathologies. In the same way, general nurses should perceive the ECG as another means of expanding their scope of professional practice which benefits the patients in their care.
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*