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    This document provides an overview of fundamentals of nursing related to respiratory function. It discusses factors that affect respiration such as age, environment, lifestyle, and health status. It also covers conditions that affect the movement and diffusion of air like eupnea, tachypnea, bradypnea, and hypoxemia. Nursing management includes assessing the respiratory system through history, examination, and diagnostic tests. Common nursing diagnoses are also presented along with planning and implementing interventions to maintain airway patency and oxygenation.

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    This document provides an overview of fundamentals of nursing related to respiratory function. It discusses factors that affect respiration such as age, environment, lifestyle, and health status. It also covers conditions that affect the movement and diffusion of air like eupnea, tachypnea, bradypnea, and hypoxemia. Nursing management includes assessing the respiratory system through history, examination, and diagnostic tests. Common nursing diagnoses are also presented along with planning and implementing interventions to maintain airway patency and oxygenation.

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    Fundamentals of Nursing

    Daryl Grace Asuncion, RN, MAN


    NURSE INSTRUCTOR

    INSTRUCTOR’S
    PHOTO

    NORTHERN LUZON ADVENTIST COLLEGE – SCHOOL OF NURSING


    OXYGENAT
    ION
    Factors Affecting Respiratory Function
    • Age
    • Environment
    • Lifestyle
    • Health Status
    • Medications
    • Stress
    Conditions Affecting Movement of Air
    • Eupnea
    • Tachypnea
    • Bradypnea
    • Apnea
    • Hypercapnia/Hypoxemia
    • Orthopnea
    • Dyspnea
    Conditions Affecting Diffusion
    • Hypoxemia
    • Hypoxia
    • Cyanosis
    NURSING MANAGEMENT
    Assessing
    • Cough, sputum, or pain
    • Nursing history • Inspection
    • Medications for breathing
    • Palpation
    • Physical Examination • Presence of risk factors
    • Percussion
    • Diagnostic Studies
    • Arterial
    Auscultation
    Blood Gasses
    • Pulmonary Function Tests
    Nursing Diagnosis
    • Altered respiratory status
    • Altered breathing pattern
    • Altered gas exchange
    • Inadequate physical energy for activies
    Planning
    • Maintain patent airway
    • Improve comfort and ease of breathing
    • Maintain or improve pulmonary ventilation and
    oxygenation
    • Improve the ability to participate in physical activities
    • Prevent risks associated with oxygenation problems
    Implementation
    • Promoting oxygenation
    • Deep breathing and coughing exercises
    • Hydration
    • Humidifiers
    • Medications
    • Percussion, vibrations, and postural drainage
    • Oxygen therapy
    • Artificial airways

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