Nursing care of a patient with COPD

Nursing care goal

 * Educate the patient about regular and long-term medication administration.
 * Teach the sick person how to prevent the transmission of infection to others.
 * To help the patient overcome his mental and physical difficulties.
 * Give the patient enough information about the disease to avoid feelings of inferiority.
 * By cooperating with the family, ease the patient's situation - reduced fulfillment of personal, work and family obligations.

Nursing care

 * Compliance with hygienic-epidemiological rules - protection against droplet infection.
 * Instructions on behavior when interacting with other patients and nursing staff: cover your mouth when coughing, keep a distance when talking (turn away slightly), separate rooms for patients, prohibition of sharing the dining room, hand washing, use of protective gloves, mouthpieces, protective clothing ( empire), immediate disposal of used tools, compliance with disinfection and sterilization.
 * Nutrition: energy-rich, biologically valuable - rich in proteins, Ca, Fe, (meat, milk), fruits and vegetables - vitamins and fiber, plenty of drinks, nutritious (diet #11), alcohol is absolutely forbidden!
 * Care for regular undisturbed sleep and rest.
 * After the acute phase subsides, we carry out rehabilitation - breathing and fitness exercises.
 * We motivate him in an appropriate way to engage in treatment.
 * We support and encourage patients during long-term treatment.
 * We will arrange contact with the family.

First aid for deterioration

 * we sit him down and calm him down,
 * we will call the doctor immediately,
 * apply a cold compress to the chest,
 * we collect the blood in the emitting cup and cotton wool,
 * we give the patient sips of a cold drink.

Rights and obligations of a patient with COPD

 * is required to undergo treatment and subsequent hospitalization,
 * the patient has a free movement regime, but patients with fever are prescribed bed rest,
 * for patients, we try to maintain their self-sufficiency, if necessary, the nurse will provide assistance with self-care.

What to watch:

 * physiological functions,
 * airway patency,
 * amount, nature of sputum,
 * the presence of blood in the sputum,
 * nutrition and hydration of the patient,
 * general symptoms of the disease,
 * weight of the patient,
 * shortness of breath, fever and hemoptysis in (we report to the doctor).

Evaluation, prevention

 * Respiratory rehabilitation,
 * no alcohol.