Nursing management of COPD
Effective COPD management plan includes four components: (1) assess and monitor disease; (2) reduce risk factors; (3) manage stable COPD; (4) manage exacerbations.
The objectives of effective COPD management are to:
Prevent disease progression
Relieve symptoms
Increase exercise tolerance
Improving the health status
Prevent and treat complications
Preventing and treating exacerbations
Reduce mortality
These objectives should be achieved with minimal side effects from treatment, a!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…