title: The ABCDEs of nursing: Essentials for new nurses to know.
authors.affiliation: Melissa Ann Dabkowski is a registered nurse at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn.
authors.forename: Melissa Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dabkowski
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009729:Nursing; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012119:Respiration; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control