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Nursing Scales provides general educational information about nursing assessment scales and calculations. It is not medical advice and does not create a clinician-patient relationship. Scores and calculations support, but never replace, clinical judgment, a licensed provider's orders and your facility's policies and protocols.
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We check our content against published sources, but we cannot guarantee that every page is complete, current or free of errors. Verify critical information, especially medication calculations, with an independent check before acting on it. The site is provided "as is", and we are not liable for decisions made based on it.
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The explanations, examples and code on this site are ours. You may print pages for personal study or bedside reference. Do not republish them without permission.