Post your answers on the discussion board to the respiratory questions.
1. How do you prioritize care for patients with respiratory disorders? Who do you see first, second, etc and why?
a. a patient who has COPD and needs their scheduled meds
b. a patient who had surgery several days prior, and still has chest tubes and is in pain
c. a patient with Covid pneumonia whose temperature is going up
d. a patient who thinks that they have been exposed to tuberculosis
2. What are essential teaching points for patients with asthma to prevent asthma attacks? What is the most common precipitating factor of asthma attacks?
3. What key areas are you focusing your assessment on with a Covid positive patient who is intubated?
4. What teaching points are you going to give a patient taking Rifampin for TB?
5. What are the medications that are given for moderate to severe Covid?
6. If a chest tube is accidentally removed what is your nursing action?
7. What is the best strategy for care for a child with epiglottitis?
8. Why do some patients develop ARDS with Covid?
9. What are preventive teaching points for patients with COPD?
10. What does the term BIBO mean? 🙂
