NUR1 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Maggie Sawyer, Bradycardia, Diaphragmatic Breathing
9 Dec 2017
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Introduction: dyspnea is a common symptom of respiratory disorders that ranges from mild sob on exertion, to air hunger. Dyspnea can be frightening for patients, families, and healthcare providers because patients think they are suffocating and going to die. Nursing management and interventions are especially important in managing this symptom: depending on whether the disorder is restrictive or obstructive, our management will vary however, dyspnea will be present in both types of disorders. Lecture overview: this lecture will cover the basics of pulmonary alterations to understand the physiology of different illnesses, and why our nursing management approach is particular, we will cover different respiratory disorders including: Brief discussion of tracheostomy: we will then look at the module to set patient priorities to determine who we should see first. Alterations in respiratory function: critically ill patients will have problems with their respiratory function in terms of ventilation, diffusion, and perfusion. Ventilation is movement of air in and out of the lungs.
