Nursing Assessment for COPD

Nursing Assessment for COPD

Nursing Assessment for COPD

The assessment includes information about past symptoms and manifestations of the disease earlier. Here are some guidance questions to obtain data on the health history of the disease process:
  1. How long patients have difficulty breathing?
  2. Does the activity increase dyspnea?
  3. How much restriction on the patient's activity tolerance?
  4. When do patients complain most tired and shortness of breath?
  5. Is eating and sleeping habits are affected?
  6. History of smoking?
  7. Drugs that are used every day?
  8. Drugs used in acute attacks?
  9. What patients know about the condition and the disease?

Additional data collected through observation and examination as follows:
  1. Pulse rate and respiratory patients?
  2. Is the same breathing without effort?
  3. Is there a contraction of abdominal muscles during inspiration?
  4. Is there any use of accessory respiratory muscles during breathing?
  5. Barrel chest?
  6. Do look cyanotic?
  7. Is there a cough?
  8. Is there peripheral edema?
  9. Are the neck veins look bigger?
  10. What color, number and consistency of sputum of patients?
  11. How, the sensor status of patients?
  12. Is there an increase stupor? Anxiety?
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